| Safety training is an important issue for | | | | claim for workers' compensation costs more than |
| employers. Quite frankly, safety training is | | | | $5,000. This includes not only medical treatment, |
| necessary for many reasons: to reduce work | | | | but also lost time and permanent disability. The |
| related injuries, to keep our employee's doing the | | | | Remember Charlie video will force your |
| job we pay them to do, and to reduce the | | | | employee's to think about safety at all times. |
| amount of workers' compensation claims we | | | | 3) Is personal protective equipment (PPE) |
| have. What does this have to with a single safety | | | | important? Ask Charlie Morecraft. A lack of |
| video? Well, the Remember Charlie video is | | | | safety procedure coupled with no use of personal |
| perhaps the most influential safety video ever | | | | protective equipment equaled disaster. Yes, the |
| made and it will save your company money. | | | | video will reinforce why your PPE is necessary, |
| Here are four reasons why this video should be | | | | vital, and a required part of working on the job |
| an important part of your safety training regimen: | | | | safely. |
| 1) The Remember Charlie video is highly | | | | 4) This is one safety training video that will leave |
| motivational! Charlie Morecraft's story will | | | | a mark on your employees. The video will leave a |
| absolutely capture those who watch it. It is an | | | | very lasting impression amongst those who |
| inspirational story of why safety training and | | | | watch. As most know, safety training videos are |
| safety procedures are a very necessary part of | | | | boring and forgettable. Ask anyone who has |
| the American workplace. | | | | watched this video and they will tell you that it |
| 2) This video, although expensive, will pay for it | | | | has affected their work life, and has made them |
| self many times over. How much is a work | | | | think often about the need for safety practices |
| related injury worth to your bottom line? The | | | | and procedures. |
| insurance industry estimates that the average | | | | |