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• 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
• Increased 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 works 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 owner who can help.
Safety and Health
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.
