| OSHA Small Business
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| Safety and Health Add Value To Your Small Business |
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SAFETY PAYS
- Effective management and implementation of workplace safety and health programs add
significant value to individuals and companies by reducing the extent, severity and
consequences of work-related injury and illness.
- Workplaces that establish safety and health management systems reduce their injury
and illness costs by 20 to 40 percent.
- Businesses spend $171 billion a year on costs associated with occupational injuries
and illness, expenditures that come straight out of company profits and can comprise as
much as 5 percent of a company’s total costs.
- Preventing injuries and illnesses decreases workers compensation and retraining costs,
absenteeism and faulty product.
- Preventing injuries and illnesses increases productivity, morale and ultimately, profits.
- OSHA has been helping employers and employees save lives, prevent injuries and protect
the health of America’s workforce for more than 30 years. Since 1970, occupational fatalities
have been cut in half, and on-the-job injuries and illnesses have been reduced by 40 percent.
- OSHA reaches out to small business employers through extensive outreach, education
and compliance assistance efforts, focusing on finding solutions, not just identifying problems.
OSHA's Consultation Service is a free, confidential
on-site service that an employer can choose to use to add
value to his or her small business.
- Safety and health add value - to your business; to your workplace; to your life.
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