Safety Consultant
DFW SAFETY & FIRST AID offers complete Safety Director and Safety Consultant Services to help your company implement and support a comprehensive safety program that is fully OSHA compliant.
Safety Director Services
Because of the considerable requirements of compliance with OSHA regulations, and the legal and financial liabilities that can result from noncompliance, it is best to have a certified Safety Director who has extensive experience. This is what DFW Safety & First Aid provides.
PROBLEM:
Small to mid-size companies have the same requirements for health and safety compliance as large companies. Minimal resources can make it cost-prohibitive to hire a full-time Safety Director. Often, these tasks are assigned as a secondary responsibility to someone who has minimal or no experience in the safety field. Often, safety programs are not maintained, are incomplete, and lead to increased accidents, lost-time injuries, costly workers’ compensation insurance premiums, lost productivity and exposure to liability and OSHA fines for non-compliance to regulatory health and safety laws.
SOLUTION:
DFW SAFETY & FIRST AID offers on-site, complete third party Safety Director services to help your company implement and support a fully compliant safety program. We work with a wide array of businesses and have a deep understanding of the OSHA Regulations and how to apply them to specific work environments. We understand that one size does not fit all and will tailor safety programs to the OSHA requirements of your specific industry and business.
We provide the following services:
Worksite hazard inspections
Review of current safety programs
Strategy for complete written programs
Establish training programs conducted on site and online
Documentation that tracks retraining requirements
Recordkeeping and signage
Establish the foundation for a sustainable safety culture and compliance with OSHA regulations and reporting requirements
The Clear Business Case for Safety
OSHA reports that the associated costs of occupational injuries and illnesses total $170 billion a year, which is deducted directly from company profits. Workplaces can reduce these costs by 20 to 40 percent by establishing safety and health management systems.
Result of Injuries and Illnesses
- Higher worker’s compensation and retraining costs
- Absenteeism
- Increased risk of faulty products
- Decreased morale and productivity
- Decreased profits
Safe Workplaces Engaged in Active Safety Programs
- Significantly lower rates of injury and illness
- More satisfied and productive employees
- Higher ratings as “better places to work”
- Workers who return more quickly after injury or illness
- Higher quality products and services
Safety Compliance Matters – A Case Study
One of our clients, a large manufacturing firm, received a surprise OSHA Inspection prompted by an employee complaint notifying OSHA of hazards in their workplace. OSHA completed the inspection and found numerous violations resulting in significant fines in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. (This company had no established safety program to ensure safety and compliance with OSHA requirements.)
The client reassigned a long-term employee to the role of Safety Director, although she did not have any specific training and background in Safety. DFW Safety & First Aid was hired to assist in supporting the new Safety Director. We began with routine workplace hazard inspections, developed and implemented specific, required Safety Programs/Policies and implemented a schedule of routine instructor-led and interactive on-line safety training with documentation.
Additionally, we provided guidance in establishing a functioning Safety Committee and attended scheduled safety committee meetings to review accidents, site inspections, and develop hazard abatement measures.
After several years of work, the company is now fully compliant with OSHA Regulations, accidents and injuries are significantly reduced and a culture of safety is firmly embedded in the day-to-day operations of this company. As quoted by a senior executive in this company, DFW Safety & First Aid has become a “Partner” not a “Vendor” in helping them to become a better company.
We strive to partner with our clients to establish safer, healthier work environments with a demonstrable return on investment. This helps you to become a better company to work for and to do business with; and that provides better returns for your shareholders.
OSHA Compliance Program Benefits
- Up-to-date written safety programs specific to your business environment.
- Documentation of training and hazard identification that supports your safety efforts.
- Lower workers’ compensation costs due to an ongoing reduction in recordable injury and illness.
- Increased productivity — increased safety awareness through ongoing employee training.
- Your company is in compliance with OSHA Regulatory Safety laws and requirements.
- We provide your company with ongoing support and updates for safety, regulatory compliance.
- It is very affordable — much less cost than paying an in-house salary to an employee.
- You have a partner in safety and compliance to help provide peace of mind that safety is front and center in your business.
Customer Feedback
Jim, thank you for a fantastic job. WELL DONE. Our company would be nothing if safety was not an important part of our plan. We appreciate you taking the time to point out that importance so that we may reiterate that to our employees your thoughts. This also shows our customers and GC we take safety seriously.
Selecting Jim Davis and DFW Safety & First aid to work with our fast growing company to develop, implement and maintain a turn-key first aid and safety training program has been one of the best business decisions we’ve made.
Jim has worked with C&W Manufacturing for the past two years providing monthly safety meetings, managing our respirator program, providing first aid and safety supplies, and conducting monthly workplace safety evaluations to identify hazards and corrective measures. Jim’s efforts have helped us to maintain an excellent safety record which translates to lower workers compensation costs and a substantially more productive work environment. We’ve always been able to count on Jim. You will not go wrong in aligning your safety efforts with Jim and DFW Safety & First Aid.
DFW Safety & First Aid has done a tremendous job training several hundred of our staff in CPR – First Aid and AED’s. They support our AED program and first aid supplies. We’ve always found them to be very responsive and easy to work with. I recommend anyone looking for a great local service to help with their first aid, and safety needs.
Railroad Controls, LP have used DFW Safety & First Aid to provide our new-hire CPR – First Aid Training during our weekly orientation. It is very important to us to have a provider that we can rely on to work with us on our evolving schedule for new-hire safety orientation as we bring our employees in from out-of-town each week for this training. Jim engages our employees and makes sure that they have the necessary skills and training to respond in the event of an emergency. Jim always emphasizes personal responsibility for safety in his presentations which coincides with the safety orientation we provide. We are very satisfied with the professionalism and value Jim contributes to our safety training efforts.
DFW Safety & First Aid has provided Bass Pro Shop in Grapevine with monthly first aid supply services, CPR – First Aid, AED training for our staff and Respirator Fit Testing. We have found Jim’s training to be very professional and thorough. His safety classes are engaging, concise and relevant. His flexibility and willingness to work with our schedule makes it easy to keep our employee’s training current and up-to-date. Jim’s high quality supplies and services are reasonably priced and his service is excellent. He is up to date on all of his information and offers helpful suggestions. He is honest and reliable. You won’t be disappointed if you choose DFW Safety & First Aid as your safety and supply vendor.
