Safety Starts with Data - Connected World
Safety isn’t just nice to have on construction jobsites. It is a business imperative, and many construction companies are beginning to recognize and embrace this. A new report illustrates exactly this, highlighting how strategic investment in workplace safety can transform a construction jobsite.
The latest Health and Safety Performance Report from the ABC (Associated Builders and Contractors) shows comprehensive safety programs and leadership engagement can achieve incident rates nearly seven times safer than the industry average. That is a big difference. We are talking achieving incident rates 686% safer than the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics construction industry average, reducing total recordable incident rates by 85%.
How? Simply, it requires creating a plan and a culture for safety in the business. Of course, this is easier said than done. As I see it safety needs to be paramount on the minds of everyone in an organization. It can’t be a...
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