What Does It All Mean?

Making changes in the workplace is not easy. Take time to think about how you are going to evaluate your changes. Thinking through your options will provide you with the information necessary for making better decisions in the long run.

Evaluation can be very complicated or it can be relatively simple. Although the simplest methods may be seem less "scientific," they can still give you good information for making some important decisions. After a simple evaluation, you can decide to expand the intervention to other work groups in your company, or consider making additional changes.

Improving worker safety and health, as well as increasing productivity, is a continual process of:

Your organization may benefit from evaluations done by others and vice versa. Share your evaluation results with local and national trade associations and labor unions. Some international organizations are developing solutions databases to make such information available worldwide.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) would like to know about your success stories. Let NIOSH know how you have made your workplace safer and healthier. You may contact Ray Sinclair at (513) 533-8172 or RSinclair@cdc.gov to discuss your successes.

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