Impactful Safety for Small Businesses: Understand Your Current State and Take Action

Small businesses face many of the same safety risks as larger organizations – but with limited budgets, fewer staff and competing priorities, managing those risks can feel overwhelming. Knowing where to start, what to improve and what will have the most impact on safety is critical to your business’s overall productivity and growth. This session will focus on practical, high-impact strategies to help you assess your current safety state, identify your most urgent priorities, and take meaningful action to achieve the best business outcomes. From employee safety perception surveys and onsite assessments to hazard identification/mitigation, leadership commitment, worker engagement, and consequential near-miss/incident reporting, we’ll share realistic and impactful actions that help you predict and prevent safety and health incidents and sustain a business culture of safety and productivity.