Facilities and Safety Consultants
WORKPLACE SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE
On-Line Virtual University
At the core of all safety programs is the training required for all of your employees. We offer customized safety training programs and presentations for all of your safety and compliance needs. Let us develop and implement your training programs today.
Topics covered include:
- Hazardous Communication
- Lockout/Tagout
- Confined Space Safety
- Electrical Safety
- Machine Guarding
- Confined Spaces
- Emergency Action & Fire Protection
- Forklift Operator Safety
And many more.
Facility Safety Audits and Evaluations
OSHA requires regular safety inspections of your facilities. By conducting regular, thorough facility safety evaluations you are using one of the most effective strategies for identifying safety deficiencies that could result in injuries and accidents or costly OSHA and EPA fines. The objective of any audit is to underline the deficiencies found and to input and implement corrective action plans that will remedy the situations before they can create problems for the workforce and the organization.
We can customize each facility audit to meet your organizations needs, this way there will no lost time looking at unnecessary areas. The evaluations and audits can be as detailed as needed, or as simple as required. All customized to suite your business needs.
See sample Hazard Audits Evaluation (simple)
See sample Site Safety Evaluation (extensive)
Facility Safety Plans
Customized Corporate Safety Plans are available for all of your facility safety programs
and OSHA compliance needs.
Safety Manuals include:
- Emergency Action Plans, Emergency Response Plans and Disaster Recovery plans
- Lockout/Tagout program
- Employee Behavior Based Safety Plans
- Forklift Operating Plan for (PIT)
- Oil Spill Response Plans and Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans
- Hazardous Communication
And many more.
Employee Safety & Health Committees
“Make Safety a Core and Personal Value”
“(Safety talk + Safety Walk) = TARGET ZERO”
WCSG’s unique (CHSP) Comprehensive Health and Safety Program integrates safety into your business objectives. We can help you take a balanced approach to safety through our CHSP; this is the only system that applies a continuous improvement process and employee involvement for a balanced approach that ensures alignment with your corporate business strategies.
The core of any organization lies in its people. Without them businesses can not operate. Therefore it should coincide that companies that treat their people fairly and value their safety are the most effective. Below are the eight principles needed to build a sound and effective Safety and Health program:
Eight Principles of a Safe Workplace
CHSP-Eight Principles of a Safe Workplace
“Make Safety a Personal Value”
- Safety is an Ethical Responsibility. At its core, ethics holds up a positive vision of what is right and what is good. It defines what is "worth" pursuing as guidance for our decisions and actions. Workplace injuries and deaths are too often seen in the abstract as statistics. But when it happens to someone we love, we suddenly see the reality of the horrible pain and suffering and its widespread effect. It is our ethical responsibility to do what is necessary to protect employees from death, injury, and illness in the workplace. This is the only foundation upon which a true safety culture can be established in any workplace.
- Safety is a Culture Not a Program. The combined commitment and participation of the entire organization is necessary to create and maintain an effective safety culture. Every person in the organization, from the top management of the corporation to the newest employee, is responsible and accountable for preventing injuries.
- Management is Responsible. Management's responsibility is to lead the safety effort in a sustained and consistent way, establishing safety goals, demanding accountability for safety performance, and providing the resources necessary for a safe workplace. Managing safety is the responsibility of every management person, from the first line supervisor to the Chairman of the Board. (Safety talk + Safety Walk)= TARGET ZERO
- Employees Must Be Trained to Work Safely. Awareness of safety does not come naturally; we all need to be trained to work safely. Effective training programs both teach and motivate employees to be a productive part of the safety culture.
- Safety is a Condition of Employment. The employer must exhaust every reasonable means to lead, motivate, train, and provision employees to maintain a safe workplace. But, in the event the employee refuses to take the actions required to work safely, the employer must utilize a system of progressive discipline to enforce safety requirements and ensure the cooperation of the employee or the removal of the employee from the workplace in order to protect the employee and their coworkers.
- All Injuries Are Preventable. Sometimes accidents occur without the apparent indication of fault or blame. But there is always some chain of events that occurred leading up to the accident that, had we realized the eventual outcome, someone could have interceded. The fundamental belief that injuries are, by their nature, preventable is a catalyst that encourages us to prevent injuries.
- Safety Programs Must Be Site Specific with Recurring Audits of the Workplace and Prompt Corrective Action. The purpose of the workplace audit is to discover and remedy the actual hazards of the site before they can injure workers. Recurring hazard analyses, comprehensive inspections, and aggressive investigation of accidents or near misses, discover potential workplace hazards and identify weaknesses in safety plans, programs, policies, and procedures. Safety regulations and generic safety programs are not sufficient means to discover hazards because they are not specific to the individual workplace. A safety audit program is site specific. Whenever a safety deficiency is found, prompt action is required both to overcome the hazard and to reinforce the message that safety is a priority.
- Safety is Good Business. Reducing workplace injuries and illnesses reduces the costs of workers' compensation, medical expenses, potential government fines, and the expenses of litigation. Effective workplace safety is not an expense, its an asset.
A properly managed safety culture based on these Eight Principles of Workplace Safety will produce employees who participate actively in training, identify and alert each other and management to potential hazards, and feel a responsibility for their safety and the safety of others. Accepting safety as an ethical responsibility and value demonstrates a sincere concern for each employee which establishes the foundation for an effective safety culture.
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
WCSG rule of business:
“It is unwise to pay too much, but it’s unwise to pay too little. When you pay too much you loose a little money, that’s all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing you bought it to do. The common law of business prohibits paying a little and getting a lot- it can’t be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it’s well to add something for the risk you run. And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better.”
- John Ruskin
