You’ve just kicked off your safety program. Or maybe you recently rebooted it. One way or another, your safety program is looking bright and shiny.

Health and safety at work is, ultimately, the requirement of the employer. That being said, effective health and safety programs need to be supported not just by managers and supervisors but also by workers as well. Safety rules are, after all, put in place primarily to protect these workers from harm.

Real talk: managing employee health and safety is hard. Between employee attitudes, managing the budget, and trying to stay one step ahead of ever-changing regulations, safety is not a job for the faint of heart.

You’ve got a book of safety procedures that would do the OSH Act proud. You’ve got an EHS team that would impress even the toughest safety inspector.

It’s that time of year again: budget season. Which means it’s time to do your least favorite thing: justifying your safety budget to your boss.

Any company that takes workplace health and safety seriously knows that it needs to get employees on board with its safety policies. If workers aren’t willing to follow along and take workplace safety seriously, it’s impossible to create the safest work environment possible.

It should be a given that all companies should be working to improve workplace health and safety. However, companies need to get employees on board with their safety policies and practices, which can be easier said than done.

Occupational health and safety is rarely a one-size-fits-all situation, even within the same company. Different jobs require different approaches to safety.

The obvious goal of workplace safety training is to protect your employees and reduce the chance of an accident or injury. But safety training done the right way can do so much more than that, helping your business on a number of levels. How does employee safety training make a workplace better? Let’s take a look at several of the ways that you can strengthen your business by becoming more dedicated to health and safety training.

If your company truly cares about workplace safety, one of the biggest challenges can be getting your employees to care about safety as well. It’s not always a given that workers will be safety conscious on the job. So how do you motivate employees to be more safety conscious?