What is the cost of poor hazard awareness or health and safety practices? Learn how improving your on-site safety will benefit your business, employees, customers and visitors.

1. The True Cost of Poor Hazard Awareness and On-Site Safety
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Did you know...
In 2015, 4,836 workers died from
work-related injuries or illnesses in the
United States. A significant portion of
those fatalities
– 7.3%, or over 350 – were in the
manufacturing industry (United States
Department of Labor).

3. Changes in health and safety legislation and practices have seen
a huge reduction in work-related fatalities in the past decades.
Since 1970, an estimated 75,000 lives have been saved in
the United States through more effective health and
safety management.
That’s around 1,500 lives saved per year on average.
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4. But…There are still approximately 2.9 million nonfatal workplace
injuries and illnesses reported by private industry employers
annually (a recently published USDOL statistic from 2016).
But...
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5. What is the cost of work-related
injuries and illnesses?
First and foremost, the cost is human. As an organization, you
want to take care of your employees and foster a positive
workplace culture.
But there are real fiscal costs associated with poor health and
safety practices too.
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6. Your organization could be
paying for poor health and safety
management through...
Lost working days
Manufacturing injuries and illnesses resulted in a total of 118,050
days away from work (DAWF).
Loss of reputation
A high rate of incidents or illnesses can negatively impact your
reputation to current and prospective employees and clients.
Productivity losses
Injured or unhealthy workers can lead to a decline in production
rates and a high
Legal costs
If you don’t comply with health and safety regulations, you could
face big legal costs.
Insurance costs
Insurance premiums can increase if your organization has a higher
rate of illness and accidents.
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7. Employee safety doesn’t cost.
It pays.
Businesses spend $170 billion a year on costs related
to occupational injuries and illnesses
Workplaces that establish safety and health
management systems can reduce their injury and illness
costs by 20-40%
According to the United States Department of Labor…
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8. Safety and security starts by
knowing who’s on-site.
To help ensure you have a tight grip on the safety
and security of everyone on-site, use a visitor,
contractor and employee management solution like
WhosOnLocation.
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9. How can WhosOnLocation help you?
Increase hazard awareness by making sure people acknowledge
each hazard before continuing on-site
Improve site safety and security by knowing who’s on-site at any
given time, currently or historically
Reduce risk of injury by ensuring everyone is properly inducted,
certified and qualified
Effectively manage an evacuation and verify the safety of anyone
signed into the site by using the WolEvac app
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Learn more about improving
on-site safety
Download our latest white paper:
Improving safety: Reduce Incidents Through Hazard Awareness and Verify
the Safety of People When an Incident Occurs
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