How Do We Help?

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 Whether your small business is in construction, manufacturing, transportation and logistics, or a nail salon, you probably need support for functions such as accounting, legal, and IT.  Business often outsource these functions until they need a full-time resource so they can keep focused on their core business.  Safety is different. 

Safety is about caring for people, and you can’t outsource caring.  Even in companies that have full time safety professionals, safety should not be left to the safety department.  Safety needs to be an integral part of how every leader leads, and how you run the business.   You need to be efficient for your business to survive, and you also need to be safe for your people to survive.  Doing both at the same time is tough, but you will find that when you get safety right, you get a lot of other things right as well:

· You get quality and productivity right.

· Good employees stay and attract others to your firm.

· People who feel valued and respected give more than their time; they give you their best effort, innovation and quality work.

· Your workmen's compensation mod factor and insurance costs drop.

· Your customers can see it and you stand out. 

 Getting safety right protects your people, your profits and your reputation. WorkSafe Texas helps you integrate safety and efficiency into your operations for a reasonable monthly subscription plus a one-time Startup fee.    We serve as your company's fractional (part-time) safety resource providing the support you need, when you need it, without the expense of a full-time salary.  This includes:

• STKY (Stuff That will Kill Ya) Assessment so we can focus on the things that pose the greatest risk to your workforce. 
• We will review and revise your safety manual to ensure it is current or create one if you don't already have one.
• Regular leadership training workshops to help your leaders build a safer and more efficient operation.  
• On-call support for help with best practices, OSHA regulations, and risk evaluations to help reduce your Workman's Comp Mod Factor  
• Support for creating OSHA 300 logs and other reporting as needed.  
• Access to an online safety resources library with reference tools, presentations, worksheets and training materials.  
• Optional site inspections to verify how well safety systems are used.  
• Discounted support for additional activities such as site inspections, additional training, etc.  

In the United States, 14 people die every day in a workplace incident.  No worker thinks it will happen to them, no owner thinks it will happen in their company, but it does.  Hundreds, maybe thousands of others only get to go home each day because they were lucky.  Luck is good any time you can get it, but it shouldn't be the thing we rely on to get us home each night.  The PDR Work Process was built so that people didn't have to count on luck.  It is not just a good thing to do, it is good business.  

Safety Supplementation

If your company already has an established safety function, and you want to do more, we can help.  Whether it is dealing with issues like employee or executive engagement,  improving your strategies for preventing serious injuries and fatalities (SIF's) or helping upskill your safety leaders we can provide customized, remote or onsite support.  

As we explain HERE many company safety functions only emphasize Skills and Systems, but fail to address the other three performance factors.  We can help you fill in the gaps to build a safe and efficient operation.  

SOP and Procedure Development

Procedures are a vital tool in the Systems portion of the Performance Factors Model.  

As your business grows, your customers will expect operations that are consistently safe and efficient.  That will be very hard to accomplish if the same job is done differently from leader to leader, and crew to crew!  Our team will help you capture your best practices and use them to create practical procedures where you need them, while maintaining flexibility where you can.

Site Inspections and Audits

Site inspections and audits are a vital part of creating a safe and efficient workplace for two primary reasons.  

1.  To verify that work is being done as it was planned to ensure safety and efficiency.

2.  To ensure that work plans and procedures provide give people what they need to be safe and efficient.  

You must inspect what you expect to make changes stick, and you need to be sure that the things you expect are actually performing as expected.  

Incident Investigations and Learning Reviews

The only thing worse than a workplace incident is failing to learn from it.  In the unfortunate event of workplace incident, we can provide or support your team in developing a comprehensive plan to prevent future incidents.  

We use the Performance Factors Model to ensure a comprehensive review of the situation so you can take corrective action to prevent future tragedies.   Reviews of thousands of incidents, great and small, show that incidents occur because of many factors.  The point of the investigation is to learn and get better, not find someone to blame.  

As an outside resource we can provide:

• An unbiased perspective, 
• Best practices approaches to maximize learning,
•  Best practices tools and methods from across industries to prevent future incidents.  

Assessments, Coaching and Team Development

As a member of the Hogan Consulting Network, we have access to numerous personality profiling tools, 360-degree assessments, and team dynamics evaluations.  Our coaches can work one-on- one or with groups to improve interpersonal relationships and team performance.