Accident prevention is a plan to identify, assess, and prevent safety hazards in your organization to protect your team.  

Workplace accidents almost always occur unexpectedly – and unidentified safety hazards and a lack of preparation are usually the culprit. While some hazards are simple to spot others are easily overlooked. 

Identifying Workplace Safety Hazards for Accident Prevention

Good safety habits amongst employees can save your company time and money. Safety habits are greatly influenced by the policies and procedures enforced.

Time is a valuable resource that can significantly impact a business’ operations. When time is maximized, companies benefit from improved employee productivity, organizational efficiency, costs savings and more. The right safety habits can contribute to saving time and reaching organizational goals. 

4 Safety Habits That Can Save Your Company Time

A Safety Manager creates and executes safety policies. With an ongoing responsibility to boost effectiveness, Safety Managers must be proactive.

As a Safety Manager, you play a critical role in your company’s daily operations. Your team depends on you to create and execute policies that will keep them safe while at work. On the other hand, upper management relies on you to implement safety policies that will cut bottom line costs and drive productivity. These ongoing responsibilities require you to constantly seek ways to hone your skills to become a more effective safety leader. 

5 Ways to Become a More Effective Safety Manager

Strengthen your company’s safety culture by assessing the current culture, providing trainings, getting support from your team, and encouraging feedback.

A strong culture can positively influence employees’ viewpoints, causing a significant change in safety behaviors. Additionally, companies with strong safety cultures have noticeably lower injury and fatality rates in comparison to those with poor or non-existent cultures. Today, companies better understand the significance of a workplace culture centered around accident prevention and employee safety. 

5 Ways to Strengthen Your Safety Culture

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Metal and machine shops are dangerous. Slip and fall hazards in metal shops can be avoided by wearing the proper safety gear and maintaining a clean workspace. 

Keep Safe While Working in a Metal Shop

Keep Safe While Working In a Metal Shop

Auto body shop owners value the safety of their team. Safety within the shop begins with the body shop owner who must set the example for their employees. 

Optimizing Auto Body Shop Safety Starts with the Owner

Optimizing Auto Body Shop Safety Starts With the Owner

A machine shop is one of the most dangerous places to work. With proper training and by following government guidelines, machine shop crews can stay safe.

Basic Machine Shop Safety

Safety footwear is a form of personal protective equipment that can prevent common workplace accidents like slips, trips, falls, electrocution, and punctures.

As an employer, being knowledgeable about the different types of protective gear your team can wear to stay safe on the job can be lifesaving. Safety footwear is one form of highly effective PPE that can be worn to reduce accidents and create a safer work environment. Not only do protective shoes defend against foot injuries from sharp objects, spilled liquids, slips and falls and more, but they also help companies more effectively achieve their safety goals.

4 Facts Employers Should Know About Safety Footwear

Shoes For Crews® to provide DEWALT® Industrial products in Canada. This recent partnership agreement will provide a new outlet for consumers to acquire DEWALT® Industrial footwear and apparel products.

Shoes For Crews is now the exclusive provider of DEWALT industrial footwear and apparel in Canada. This partnership will deliver more brand value to Canadians coast to coast who have come to trust high quality products from DEWALT while leveraging Shoes For Crews' safety footwear expertise. 


Shoes For Crews partners with DeWalt to provide Industrial footwear and apparel in Canada

Shoes For Crews® To Provide DEWALT® Industrial Products in Canada

Cafeteria employees and janitorial staff work together to create a healthy, hazard-free environment for kids to eat lunch and for themselves to work in. 

Eliminate Health and Injury Hazards in Your Cafeteria

Manufacturing facilities must have strong safety guidelines and standards to create and maintain a safer work environment. 

SFC Safety Blog