Shop Floor Safety — A Cause for Concern

“Senior management commitment to safety is key,” Saujani says. “We used to pay $600,000 to $700,000 a year (in losses). Now, we pay about $135,000 for eight months. We only used to have one insurance carrier that would underwrite us; they all want our business now.”

The investigation process has paid dividends. With the discovery of root causes comes corrective measures. For instance, FDC followed the ergonomic training plan blueprint promoted by OSHA and PIA/GATF, and developed a program. That led to the purchase of mechanical lifting devices, which has enabled the company to drastically reduce its number of strains, which at one time stood as FDC’s biggest LWDII problem.