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OSHA encourages all organizations, regardless of size, to implement
an injury and illness prevention program to identify and address
problems before they occur in the workplace. This not only will reduce
the likelihood of a safety event such as an injury, illness or fatality
but also increase employee morale. Employees are loyal and positive
toward an organization that clearly values their safety, leading to
greater productivity and talent retention.
International Standards such as OHSAS 18001 and ISO 45001 provide the
framework for health and safety management systems, but many mid-market
organizations face an array of challenges in implementation.
Limited Resources
In a mid-market company, health and safety typically is one of the
smaller departments, with employees wearing many hats and stretched
thin. With limited human capital, there often isn’t capacity to
implement an effective health and safety program, and the department
becomes reactive rather than proactive.
Those running the EHS department are stuck investigating why a safety
event occurred, rather than identifying and correcting risks
beforehand.