Businesses are continuously making safety and health changes in
the workplace. But when making those changes, successful employers
and managers want to be sure that they really work. What were the
results? Was the change an improvement? Here are some examples of
positive outcomes that employers use:
• reduced employee injury and illness
• increased employee satisfaction
• improved safe work practices
• reduced absenteeism
• reduced workers’ compensation costs or rates
• increased productivity
• improved workplace air quality
Measuring the results of workplace safety and health changes benefits
employers and employees because both gain confidence that the change
results in a safer workplace. Since most changes occur by trial
and error or in stages, information about the effectiveness of each
stage is naturally helpful to the process. These changes often result
in increased productivity and demonstrate that employee safety and
health can be a good investment. Employees must be involved throughout
the selection of safety changes and their measurement.
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