"Taking a Stake in Safety"
Jonathan Katz
Industry Week
December 2006, pp. 35-40
This article examines several plants that have focused on improving employee safety. A common thread of effective programs is employee involvement in the safety process. A second key component is the assessment of potential hazards.
Safety and top performance also seem to go hand in hand: For the 25 finalists in the 2006 Industry Week Best Plants competition, the median OSHA-reportable incident rate per 100 full time employees was 3.6. By comparison, the industrywide rate was 6.3 in 2005 according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Plants discussed in the article are TRW's OSS Mexican Operations, Cyro Industries, Bombardier Recreational Products, and Mattson Technologies.
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