In today’s business climate, most businesses have limited resources to fight a lot of different fires, per se. I often see management teams who have their manufacturing risks defined to how much they spend on post-it pads per month! When asked if they have their hazard risks that fined tuned, I often get the answer “it is what it is”, “we have learned to live with $XXX in worker’s comp cost per year”, etc. This not only is setting the facility up for failures in safety, we are also MISSING A GRAND OPPORTUNITY to determine our Risk Profile. Let me explain what a Risk Profile is in terms that most of us can follow (maybe not agree, but follow).
