Although 2013 saw the fewest workplace fatalities since the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) began conducting its fatal injury census in 1992, there were still 4,405 workers killed on the job in the U.S. That’s an average of 85 deaths a week, or more than 12 a day, according to OSHA. With that in mind, employers around the country are making efforts to become more safety oriented in their daily operations, and those in the HVACR industry are no exception.
“Everyone wants to go home to their families at the end of the day,” said Steve Baker, safety director, River City Mechanical, Comstock Park, Michigan. “The ultimate goal is to keep people safe. Insurance costs and everything else trickles down from there.”