Why Safety Skirting In Your Plant?

There are many ways to cut cost in manufacturing but safety devices should be the exception. If you think about the cost savings of a $200 scissor lift table guard versus the cost of an operator getting injured there really is no comparison.

An injury can cost a company hundreds of thousands of dollars in downtime, litigation, and training new operators. The risk is just not worth the reward. You can view the statistical data to see for yourself.

All business, both large and small need to realize the true cost of injuries as they really are quite substantial. For every dollar they spend on the direct cost of the workers injury, they will spend much more just to cover the indirect hidden costs.

Just consider what one lost workday injury could cost:

• Productivity lost
• Productivity time lost by the employees and supervisors who visit the victim
• The time it takes to clean up and restart the operations that were interrupt by the accident
• The time it takes to hire someone else to replace the victim until they return to work
• The time and material required to repair or replace any of the equipment that was damaged
• Reduced morale with all the workers in the plant
• And the biggest cost of all, the lawsuits and lawyers which could get millions due to negligence