Spooner's Safety department recently looked at trending information from our workers’ compensation claims data and found that the majority of our clients have similar injury trends.  By taking the top 5 most common types of accidents and focusing their efforts in those areas, companies can significantly reduce injury rates and the associated claims costs.  The trends indicate that the most common injuries are due to the following:

1. Strains and Sprains from lifting, pushing and pulling.

2. Slips and falls from the same level due to slippery floors, icy parking lots and poor housekeeping.

3. Lacerations from sharp edges of equipment, knives.

4. Being caught in moving parts of equipment or between moving objects and stationery structures.

5. Foreign body or chemical splash to the eyes.

All of these injury types can be prevented using the proper prevention strategies, awareness training and enforcement by supervision.  Our Safety staff is ready to assist if you need help in identifying your safety “hot spots” and creating prevention strategies that can help reduce injuries.  To help clients implement safety awareness, Spooner, Inc. has developed a program we call “Lunch and Learn” which involve 15-20 minute training segments presented by our safety specialists during your employee’s lunch periods.  Employees can eat lunch while we explain how to avoid the injuries prevalent at your company.  We can be there through one or many lunch periods and hit upon one or two major topics with information that can help you improve safety performance.  In addition, we can use the remaining time to instruct your supervisors on how to train and enforce the basic safety issues at your facility.  This can save you a lot in preventing injuries and OSHA citations.  Please contact Rick Artino at (440) 249-5260 ext. 135 or by email for more information on scheduling a “Lunch and Learn” for your company.