Every company worth its salt is trying to find ways to save both time and money in order to protect its bottom line in a time of continued recession. However, there are certain processes that simply should not be foregone, even for the sake of the bottom line in the short term. One such process, perhaps the most important of these processes, is drilling the appropriate safety procedures that are relevant to your business.
Like most types of insurance based expenditures, drilling safety procedures seems like a waste of time, money and human resources until something happens that could have been prevented by it. When that takes place, the short-term PR and the long-term legal ramifications usually outweigh any financial gain that was made in the short term. Most likely, those gains will be wiped out by the time and the resources that will need to be spent fixing the problem that could have been prevented by simply drilling safety procedures on a regular basis.
Aside from this sermon of fire and brimstone, there are many financial rewards for drilling safety procedures. Most of them have to do with the prevention of problems that would be incredibly expensive were they to become larger epidemics. Preventing these types of episodes is especially important for new employees who do not yet know the ins and outs of a business and may increase the chances of an unfortunate mishap if they are not trained appropriately.
No matter the industry that your business is in, there are certain safety procedures that should be drilled no matter what. Below are some of the safety procedures that must be drilled in all businesses in order to fully maintain the stability of the company.
One – Your fire extinguishers should be inspected on an annual basis.
Many business owners think that just because fire extinguishers are in place, the building is safe from fire. Nothing could be further from the truth. Fire extinguishers, like all mechanical devices, were down with age and must be inspected to ensure that they can still do the job in case something goes wrong in a business environment.
An annual fire extinguisher inspection in Anaheim should be performed and be very thorough and weed out any fire extinguishers that may cause a problem in case of an emergency. Any annual fire extinguisher inspector should be able to tell you which fire extinguishers you need to replace and which ones you can keep on hand.
Two – Building exit procedures for unexpected emergencies should be well known throughout the company.
One employee who does not know where the emergency exits are in your building can create a massive problem in the case of an emergency. Also, if the procedure for properly exiting your building during an emergency is not made public to every employee, a situation that need not result in human casualty can easily escalate into a disaster. Make sure that everyone knows the exit procedure for fires, earthquakes and other natural disasters.
Three – Depending on the location of your business, you should drill the procedures for the natural disasters that are most relevant to your locale.
If you are in Anaheim, you should definitely have an earthquake drill review for every new employee that enters your company. If you are close to the California coastline, you will definitely want to do drills for mudslides and grass fires as well.
