SafetyIMPACT!

Despite an enviable safety record, this aerospace company decided to take a dynamic new approach to managing its worker safety by implementing SafetyIMPACT!. The Walled Lake, Michigan aerospace manufacturer contracted O/E to implement a major organizational development initiative aimed at changing the way it manages worker safety.

Increased global competition has companies looking for ways to make their operations more efficient and cost-effective, and rising medical costs require companies to manage worker safety as carefully as they manage labor, quality, or cost of materials. Williams International joins a growing number of companies who recognize that improving worker safety is more than just the right thing to do; it makes good business sense as well.

Prior to SafetyIMPACT!, Williams was spending an average of $275,000 annually on costs related to worker injuries which, by most manufacturer's standards, wasn't extreme and most people at the company took an, "If it's not broke, don't fix it" attitude about the company's safety process. This attitude pervaded the company's corporate culture, until the CEO decided that it wasn't good enough.

After the implementation of SafetyIMPACT!, the aerospace manufacturer spent 60% less than this average, and 13% less than it had the year before. On April 18, 2007, Williams International and O/E co-presented at the Michigan Safety Conference in Grand Rapids. In July 2007, Williams was rewarded with a certificate of recognition from MIOSHA acknowledging its "proactive efforts to improve workplace safety."

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