title: Using a solutions approach.
abstract: Companies today are placing an even greater emphasis on keeping all recordable employee injuries to a minimum. A reduction in hand and finger injuries, along with their associated medical and indemnity costs, can have a positive impact on the company's bottom line. Safety actually can provide revenue when the safety program extends beyond the confines of specific product applications. Conducting a careful and complete analysis of all of the critical issues in a company's production process and the procedures in its safety program will allow the organization to identify opportunities for cutting costs while enhancing worker comfort and safety. Identifying business solutions--and not just product applications--will provide organizations with additional cost saving opportunities. Tighter controls, standardization, SKU reduction, productivity improvements, and recycling are just a few of the potential solutions that can be applied. Partnering with a reputable glove manufacturer that offers a critical safety program analysis has the potential to provide numerous, long-term advantages. A business solutions approach can provide potential productivity improvements, injury reductions, standardization of best practices, and SKU reductions, all of which result in a safer work environment.
authors.affiliation: Ansell Occupational Healthcare, Red Bank, N.J., USA.
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kimberley
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D017575:Gloves, Protective; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D016272:Occupational Health; D014481:United States