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W EEKLY EDITION OCT 11, 2017 Question of the Week: Does the PSAI have any sample safety manuals or a sample program my company can use? We want something where we can just fill in the blanks and get this done ...continue d By PSAI Executive Director Karleen Kos Through its website, OSHA invites citizens to email questions that can be routed to appropriate agency officials for response. Any communication conducted via the "Contact Us" link on the OSHA website is considered an informational exchange rather than an official communication with the Department of Labor. For an official response to a question or concern, inquiries should be submitted in writing. If you would like to receive regular updates from OSHA about new pro grams, tools, best practices and other useful information, subscribe to the agency's e - news memo, QuickTakes. QuickTakes is issued twice monthly to subscribers and is always available online. You can subscribe to OSHA's QuickTakes at http:// www.osha.gov . Safety and Health Add Value. Addressing safety and health issues in the workplace saves you, the employer, money and adds value to your business. Recent estimates place the business costs associated with occupational injuries at close to $170 billion – expenditure s that come straight out of company profits. When workers stay whole and healthy, the direct cost - savings to businesses include: • lower workers' compensation insurance costs; • reduced medical expenditures; • smaller expenditures for return - to - work programs; • fewer mistakes on the job; • lower costs for job accommodations for injured workers; • less money spent for overtime benefits. Safety and health also make big reductions in indirect costs, due to: • increased productivity; • higher quality products; • incre ased morale; • better labor/management relations; • reduced turnover; • better use of human resources. Employees and their families benefit from safety and health because: • their incomes are protected; • their family lives are not hindered by injury; • their stress is not increased. Simply put, protecting people on the job is in everyone's best interest – the portable sanitation industry, the larger economy, our communities, our fellow workers and our families. Take the time to build a safety program that work s for you. Your fellow portable sanitation industry colleagues can also share ideas from their own safety programs that may help you. Be sure to bring it up at a PSAI conference round table – or call the PSAI office to see if we can refer you to another ow ner who can help. We're at +1 - 952 - 854 - 8300. PAGE 4