As a safety professional, you’re trained to recognize safety issues in the workplace. More than that, you have to train your workforce to recognize safety hazards when they arise and how to go about their workday safely.

Regardless of how much workplace safety training an organization has in place for employees, there remains some element of risk because there is simply no way to control for every possible outcome.

While companies have been very busy trying to keep up with all of the changes and new COVID-19 related legislation such as the expansion of FML regulations to include the Families First Coronavirus Response Act or FFCRA, OSHA has been busy investigating the huge influx of COVID related whistleblower complaints.

While workplace safety requirements can vary across industries, it’s important to realize that for these rules to be effective, it requires buy-in from employers and employees alike. These requirements may be issued by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as well as state occupational health and safety agencies, regulatory agencies, and municipalities.

When you’re developing a training program related to health and safety for workers, it can be hard to know where to begin. It’s vital that employees and employers understand how important safety training is, so you may be feeling a lot of pressure to get it right.

In 2018, workplace injuries cost a whopping $170.8 billion, an average of $1,100 per worker. How did we get here?

Unfortunately, in this ever-changing business landscape of downsizing and outsourcing and limited resources, every spare dollar has to be justified, even in the case of safety training and, worse, in the case of hiring EHS professionals. You need to make every cent go further, but you still need to guarantee the health and safety of your employees.

At the heart of any good EHS program is health and safety management that sets it apart. And as an EHS professional, you know how much of a difference good or bad management can make.

We all take health and safety in the workplace seriously, which is why we should be willing to use every resource possible. You never want to experience a workplace accident and think that there was something more you could have done to prevent it.

Like a quiz in school, a health & safety quiz is a great way for an EHS team to test what employees know about safety. But at a deeper level, it’s also a great way to get your workers thinking about essential safety issues.