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AMERICAN FACTORY WORKER - Factory Safety

Environmental, Health and Safety continues to be major concern for U.S. Based Manufacturing Companies. The companies are not only concerned with the costs (Over $500 Million in Washington State in 2011 for example) but also the damage that can be done to a companies' reputation. In 2012, Wal-Mart took considerable heat for not agreeing to upgrades that could have prevented a fire with an off-shore manufacturer. If that had happened in the United States, the fall out would have been 100 times greater.

"According to a recent study released by a major insurance carrier, the cost of the most disabling workplace injuries and illnesses in 2008 amounted to $53.42 billion in direct U.S. workers compensation costs, averaging more than one billion dollars per week." - Via worksteps.com

Think about that for a second.......$1 billion dollars per week. There is a huge opportunity to improve. This impacts not only the lives of Factory Workers , but the financial health of American Companies. Workers Compensation is a series of laws, managed at the state level (Workers Comp by State links ), that are designed to protect a companies' employees if they are injured while performing their job. Most U.S. Manufacturers employ Environmental, Health, and Safety professionals who focus 100% of their time on reducing work place accidents and environmental issues.