It Pays to be Safe

In any workplace, safety should be a primary concern, and Joyce Couch recognizes its importance. Many years ago, she read about the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s On-Site Consultation Program that offers free and confidential safety and occupational health advice to small and medium-sized businesses across the country, giving priority to high-hazard work sites. Couch saw an opportunity and helped her co-workers at Husky, a Missouri company that manufactures gas nozzles and related petroleum dispensing hardware.

 
As a human resources manager, Couch used the available resources to educate and train employees. It helped Husky to continue OSHA’s Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program. Safety and health consultants visit often and give talks about safety and train employees on using new equipment. “Businesses sometimes get nervous when they hear the term ‘OSHA’. But this is a true partnership with skilled professionals who can share safety and health information with our workers,” Couch explained.

“We are very excited about earning the SHARP designation. It is a sense of pride for our employees to know that they have an exceptional safety and health compensation premiums have decreased and those funds are reinvested into safety programs. It pays to be safe,” Couch said.

By achieving the SHARP status, the company has placed itself in an elite group of small businesses that maintained exemplary injury and illness prevention programs.

For more information about Husky and its innovative fueling products, you may contact us at (800) 325-3558 or visit our website at https://www.husky.com/