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Press Clippings
ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTOR NEWSLETTER:
"...the program is designed to reduce workers' compensation expenses
through healthy peer group pressure, incentives and employee recognition
to promote safety awareness. An AED distributor in Atlanta Georgia
say Safety Pays has helped it reduce workers' compensation premiums
by $120,000. It requires minimal supervision and includes a bonus
component for individual safety initiative..." Click <here>
to view the entire article.
ATLANTA BUSINESS CHRONICLE:
"It's auto liability losses were mounting as employees were having
more accidents. So Ron Mulberry, VP of fleet safety for Loomis Fargo
Armored Services in Atlanta, introduced a game called 'Safety Pays'.
Just before starting the game, the Atlanta branch had seven vehicle
accidents in seven weeks. Since the implementation of the program,
it has gone nearly three months without an accident..." Click <here>
to view the entire article.
BNA'S BULLETIN TO MANAGEMENT:
"The Safety Pays program motivates workers by targeting self-interest
while creating an atmosphere that unites employees toward a common
goal. Peer pressure is felt by workers to avoid the short-cuts and
unsafe actions. The program also provides individual acknowledgement
by posting the names of the winners at the conclusion of each game.
According to Jeff Reynolds of Pacific Supply Company, a West Coast
building materials distributor that uses Safety Pays... a mimimum
amount of administrative time is required. After his company adopted
the program, Reynolds reports workplace accidents decreased by 53%
and workers' compensation costs fell by $350,000 in a single year..."
Click <here> to view the entire article.
BUSINESS BRIEFING:
"Games can get your employees to buy into health and safety programs.
At Easton Aluminim, the business had 72 injury reports in 1990 costing
a toel of $760,342 in workers' compensation. By 1993, claims droped
to 20. These mostly minor claims cost just $13,000. Safety Pays which
manufactures the game..." Click <here> to
view the entire article.
CHICAGO INDUSTRIAL MAGAZINE:
"This newfangled bingo game is the brainchild of California businessman,
Seth Marshall, who like business operators across the country, was
desparately looking for a way to reduce the cost of workers' compensation.
For Book Covers, Inc., it's the hottest thing they have going. Not
only is it fun for the 130 employees, the company cut it's accident
rate by nearly 80% since implementing it..." Click <here>
to view the entire article.
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTION MAGAZINE:
"Sometimes it's the simplest ideas that work best. That's what
dealers and distributors who have adopted a deceptively simple safety
incentive program are finding. 'The employees like the program', reports
Whayne Supply, one of the largest Caterpillar dealerships in the United
States. Even more important, they pay attention. 'By (Safety Pays)
being a part of our daily routine, it forces everybody to think about
safety at least once a day..." Click <here>
to view the entire article.
SAFETY PAYS ALL ACROSS THE BOARD WITH BINGO INCENTIVE PROGRAM
What do game cards and a jackpot have to do with your workers' comp
expenses? Two equipment dealerships say that plenty of the one has
greatly diminished the other.
Click <here>
to view the entire article.
COST CONTROLLER MAGAZINE:
"Since putting the Safety Pays incentive program into place in 1992,
General Ribbon Corp. of Chatsworth California has experienced an 80%
drop in workplace injuries that involve workers comp claims, reports
Matt Carmen, Safety Coordinator. "This incentive game has allowed
me to be proactive, not reactive, about safety' Carmen notes..." Click
<here> to view the entire article.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION COST CONTROL NEWS:
"A specially adapted bingo game has helped American First Federal
Credit Union... significantly reduce its number of workers' comp claims.
Since they started the program two years ago, they've seen their loss
ration become very low. The game is faun and makes everyone work toward
the common goal of creating a safety working environment. In fact,
if employees are tempted to do something unsafe, peers will try to
dissuade them..." Click <here> to view the
entire article.
HOTEL/MOTEL SAFETY MANAGEMENT NEWSLETTER:
"According to Maury Mortensin, risk manager and supervisor of security,
at the Westin Mission Hills Resort in Palm Desert California, loss
time claims are down 15 cases from the previous year. Minor injuries,
not involving lost work days have dropped 48% since the program was
started. The Hotel Nikko at Beverly Hills near Los Angeles California
reports going from an average of one employee accident a day to one
a week since starting the program three years ago..." Click <here>
to view the entire article.
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY & HYGIENE NEWS:
"There's no denying that (Safety Pays) help many employers cut workers'
comp costs. The testimonials of Safety Pays program users abound:
A Michigan metal stamping auto parts firm that once sent members of
its roughneck crew to the hospital every week cut its accident rate
in half a year after buying Safety Pays. A Houston maker of oil well
packers reaped a 46 to 1 return on investment after running Safety Pays for a year and a half. A Wisconsin ready-mix concrete producer
attributes a $13,000 insurance dividend and a noticeable change in
attitudes to Safety Pays..." Click <here>
to view the entire article.
JOHN DEERE INSURANCE FEEDBACK MAGAZINE:
"The Safety Pays motivational approach works because it targets employee
self-interest while creating an atmosphere which unites everyone toward
a common goal. A sense of team and 'esprit de corp' grows as each
person realizes that the wat ti oreserve the ever-growing jackpot
of money is to watch each other and work together to reduce the possibility
of someone being hurt. The reason Safety Pays succeeds as an incentive
device lies in the simplicity of its application..." Click <here>
to view the entire article.
LOS ANGELES TIMES:
"Workplace accidents cost small business owners a fortune every year
in rising insurance premiums and lost productivity. That's why many
companies are taking agressive steps to improve worker safety and
awareness. In 1990, Sun Litho had 72 reported injuries at a cost of
$760,342, or about $10,500 per claim. A year after implementing Safety Pays, there were only 20 claims at a cost of about $655 each, for
a total of just over $13,000..."Click <here>
to view the entire article.
MANUFACTURING COST CONTROL STRATEGIES MAGAZINE:
A daily bingo-like safety game has had an impact on workers' comp
claims at SCP Enterprises in Ann Arbor Michigan. The game was introduced
three years ago and there have been no claims in the past year and
a half, compared to six claims per year before Safety Pays..." Click
<here> to view the entire article.
NATION'S RESTAURANT NEWS:
"One effort to encourage workplace safety and awareness involved a
bingo game designed by a company called, "Safety Pays based out of
Santa Monica California. 'It's a good thing for morale' said Karen
Strakosh of Los Angeles bases Daily Grill restaurants. 'It takes only
a couple of minutes each day. 'Our employees have a vested interest
in safety' said Jim Hicks, Koo Koo Roo director of restaurant communication
and operations services..." Click <here> to
view the entire article.
ORANGE COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL:
"Business in virtually every commercial and industrial setting have
found the same level of success. Safety Pays has allowed them to not
only raise employee safety awareness to an all-time high, but has
also facilitated the creation of healthy peer group pressure which
makes filing questionable claims socially unacceptable. The key is
for management to provide a system of incentives and rewards which
allow its employees to directly benefit from their successful efforts.
As they say in the seafood business, "you bait the hook to suit the
fish!" Click <here> to view the entire article.
SAFETY AND THE SUPERVISOR MAGAZINE:
"If you don't put gas in your car, it won't run. A safety incentive
program is like the gas in your car. Once you have the foundation
of a good safety program in place, you can give it gas by developing
a safety incentive plan. It's the 'power' that makes your safety program
run. The idea behind the Safety Pays system is that it constantly
changes to help capture and keep employees' attention... and in a
way that's fun..." Click <here> to view the
entire article.
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