This is the question that most employers ask when it comes to starting, running, or maintaining a world class safety program. The ironic but sad truth is that the answer is always this one after the dust settles from a serious or fatal workplace accident: It is always less expensive to prevent an accident than it is to pay out the fines and lawsuits resulting from a catastrophic accident or death. The Big Branch Mine in West Virginia can attest to this. The fine that they had to pay in the end would have been a fraction of the cost at the beginning,that it would have been to prevent the disaster. Look it up for yourselves. It was huge!
So the next time that your employer asks you, "How much is all of this going to cost"? Say to them, "Less now than after an accident occurs". This is ole "Dangerous Dale" signing out and saying, "be safe".
