BENEFITS (Expected and Unanticipated)

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Here are expected and unanticipated benefits when implementing Phase 1 (jewellery holder) and Phase 2 (Medical Alert key holder) of the LeClasp™ No Jewellery Program.

 

Workplace No Jewellery Program EXPECTED BENEFITS:

1. Helps prevent jewellery-related contact with objects, equipment and moving parts of machinery accidents

2. Helps decrease jewellery-related upper extremities (fingers, fingernails, hands, wrists, neck and other) part of body injuries

3. Helps decrease jewellery-related lost-time claims

4. When handed out as part of a new-hire package, the LeClasp™ No Jewellery Program helps safety supervisors highlight the dangers and increases awareness on a daily basis with "high risk" new hires and young trainees of wearing jewellery in the workplace, especially during the transitions period.

5. Payback (ROI) is achieved on average after averting ONE (1) jewellery-related lost-time claims

6. Helps decrease jewellery-related accidents with guests (VIP's, supplier reps, government inspectors, etc.) visiting the facilities

7. Help decrease jewellery-related claim insurance premiums and claims due to damaged, lost and stolen jewellery

8. Great handed out to workers as part of a safety recognition, achievement or incentive campaign guaranteed to bring forth WOW reactions from workers and visitors to the facility

UNANTICIPATED BENEFITS:

1. Helps decrease key replacement costs (lockout\tagout, truck, warehouse, office, etc.) as much as 60%

2. Can help your organization avert criminal liability:

   The Attorney General of Canada introduced Bill C-45 to establish criminal liability for organizations and individuals when they fail to take reasonable steps to prevent workplace accidents that affect workers or the public in general.

    

   Effective March 31, 2004, the expanded legal mechanisms that engage corporate liability will have effects in many areas, including environmental, occupational health and safety offences.

    

   The amendment states that: "Every one who undertakes, or has the authority, to direct how another person does work or performs a task is under a legal duty to take reasonable steps to prevent bodily harm to that person, or any other person, arising from that work or task."

    

   The legislation will expand the legal mechanisms that engage corporate liability, which will have effects in many areas, including environmental and occupational health and safety offences.

    

   Punishment for breach of duty by officers of an organization can bring penalties of fines that reach tens of millions of dollars, and jail terms for life.

    

   So, it is more critical than ever for facility managers across the country to make sure their staff is familiar with the elements and work together towards preventing environmental disasters, occupational diseases and safety related accidents and injuries.

3. Helps increase productivity... workers worry less about damaging or losing precious and valuable jewellery