How Workplace Safety Audit Helps Organisation to Prevent Injuries and Fatalities

Imagine a typical day at work. Everyone is doing their job until one of your employees gets severely injured – permanently partially disabled. All because you failed to get the machinery checked or for a new machine didn’t give full safety training. Do you know the possible repercussions of this unforeseen incident? Not only does this present you as a bad employer who does not care enough about his employee, but it also puts you in a position wherein you legally have to protect and compensate your employee for it.

Workplace safety is paramount. It is non-negotiable, and its importance cannot be stated enough. Injured workers and compensation can quickly turn into a liability for your company. The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948, or the ESI Act, demands that employers compensate the employees who have met with an accident while fulfilling their duties during work hours. And the best way to protect your employees from getting injured at work is to promote a good Health and Safety Culture.

So how can it be achieved? A good health and safety culture can be achieved in any company in 2 ways: learning courses on health and safety (not as a standalone, as it is not enough), but it has to be coupled with ensuring that your workplace is ACTUALLY safe for your employees. And to do this, you must organize workplace safety audits. 

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