How to Prevent Workplace Injuries

Workers' compensation creates frustration for employers because most don't understand how they can lower their costs.

March 16, 2014

Summer is vacation season. But rather than taking a road trip, one safety expert suggests taking a metaphorical "guilt trip" to reduce workplace accidents and injuries.

"I think we can put people—including ourselves—on a guilt trip for safety and thereby increase self-responsibility for injury prevention," explains E. Scott Geller, a noted safety thought leader and senior partner at Safety Performance Solutions.

For more, read "The Guilt Trip: Increasing Self-Responsibility for Safety"in sister publication EHS Today.