• Requires Vision
• Requires a Commitment to Zero
• Requires a Culture Change
• Requires Unity of Purpose
• Requires Selling
• Requires Training
• Requires Time
• Requires Hard Work
• Requires Quality of Effort
  

It is safe to say that eliminating injury is exactly what most folks in facility construction and maintenance have always wanted to do. It is also safe to say that no one wants an injury to occur to a worker. This being true leaves a company in a very frustrating position. Given that no one wants to be injured and no one wants an injury to occur, why then is it that worker injuries continue to happen?

Some wish to blame it all on the worker. These say that if the worker would just pay attention to what they are doing and comply with all of the safe work procedures then the workplace would be injury free. Others say that worker injury is all caused by an unsafe workplace. They further say that the cause of most all injury is because managers and supervisors keep pushing the workers to get the job done without proper re-gard for safety measures. The truth, of course, is much more complex than either of the above positions.

While the above argument is waged there are those in some quarters experiencing a new phenomenon on their projects. They are working millions of hours without any serious worker injury. Zero Lost Workday cases! Some have even worked a million hours without even so much as a Recordable! Yes, while the above argument rages, some are quietly eliminating serious injury from their projects! How do they do that? You can also!