From creating a safety culture to identifying ergonomic risk: 5 tips to help plastics manufacturers promote employee safety, plus highlights from the NPE 2015 showroom floor.

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Key Insights to Help Manufacturers Identify Risks & Promote Safety
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4. You know your workers are one of your most critical
assets. Does your culture focus on keeping them
safe?
A culture of safety can help:
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4 Steps to Building a Culture of Safety
 Create an environment where employees want to work safely
 Engage employees at all levels to work together to make safety improvements
 Attract and retain a skilled workforce
 Create brand recognition in the community and industry

6. In 2014, 28% of workers compensation claims made to Travelers
occurred within the first 90 days of employment.*
Many of these injuries may be avoided when safety training is part of
the onboarding process.
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8 Key Components of a Safety Management Program
A job safety analysis can help:
 An organization select and train employees
 Analyze risk and make safety improvements
 Continuously match work to an injured employee’s restrictions and capabilities
* Source: 2014 Travelers data

8. Some job tasks and workplace factors put employees at risk of
musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), which cost between $45 and
$54 billion in annual lost wages, lost productivity and
compensation costs*.
An ergonomics job analysis can help:
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Tips for Effective Workplace Ergonomics
 Improve workstation design, making work safer for employees performing the tasks
 Develop ergonomic knowledge to integrate ergonomic principles into the design or
redesign of work stations
 Reduce the frequency of MSD-related injuries
* Source: National Research Council and
the Institute of Medicine.

10. A good accident analysis can help identify important areas
for improvement.
An accident investigation program can help:
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5 Top Manufacturing Workplace Injuries
 Discover the root causes of an accident
 Develop corrective actions that can help prevent a similar accident in the future
 Continuously improve safety management practices

12. Understand some of the unique exposures to loss that can
impact your people, your property and your business
operations.
Having the appropriate fire protection in place can help:
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Facility-Specific Fire Risks
 Protect your employees from situations involving fire and/or explosions
 Protect your property from fire loss
 Protect your business from interruptions

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14. From the NPE floor:
Infrared sensors detect over-temperature conditions, and can de-energize the heat
source to help prevent fire hazards and keep employees safe.

15. From the NPE floor:
Air cushion technology can help reduce hoisting movements, which may cause
injury on the manufacturing floor.

16. For more manufacturing risks and trends,
visit www.travelers.com/manufacturing
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