Safety MetricsIncentive Program "TEAM APPROACH" uses peer pressure in a SAFETY POSITIVE way
Recently OSHA has been making waves in the "incentive program" arena and in most cases, rightfully so! But incentive programs DO WORK when they are IMPLEMENTED and MEASURED PROPERLY! The big concern with incentives is that the employer puts too much emphasis on the end results and NOT ON the SAFETY PROCESS that produces the end results. So this article I will offer a way that we can use PEER PRESSURE in a POSITIVE way, rather than the old traditional way where accidents/injuries may get hidden. Last year I wrote about "safety activities" that should make up a safety incentive program; and let me state it again... NO INCENTIVE PROGRAM should be tied entirely to accident rates or number of injuries! Rather we MUST MEASURE the safety process and let the results fall where they may! Here is a little trick that will have your plant's incentive program hopping... |
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