As someone responsible for managing the workplace, you want to create a place that is productive and conducive to getting the work done. While productivity is an important standard, you also want to provide a place where everyone understands and practices safety. Prioritizing and promoting safety offers tangible benefits to you and your team. Here are three tips to consider.

Hire a Pro

A comprehensive safety approach is both proactive and reactive about issues and hazards. Consider hiring or naming a safety manager or coordinator for your workplace. As part of a program, this experienced person can focus on reviewing workplace conditions, developing initiatives, recommending changes and providing training for a top-down approach. Look for someone who has knowledge of OSHA requirements and best practices when it comes to promoting a culture of safety.

Show and Tell

In an active roadway construction zone, you’d expect to see guide signs Washington to aid drivers. Your workplace should also have signs that warn of hazards and promote safe behaviors. From signs that warn of wet floors to a break room poster explaining CPR, the safe approach should include plenty of showing and telling to help others understand.

Equip Your People

Working in and around heavy machinery and dangerous tools require the use of personal protective equipment. Hard hats, gloves, hard-toe shoes, safety goggles and ear plugs are common examples of PPE that help protect workers from injury on the job. It is incumbent on you to help manage hazardous conditions and one of the ways to do so is providing tools and products that help to mitigate risks.

You can’t have a happy and productive work environment if safety isn’t a priority. No two workplaces will have the same requirements. Having a plan, providing warnings and offering PPE are just three ways to make your professional spaces safer places to be.