A Missouri cold steel manufacturing firm changed its safety culture with the help of the Missouri On-Site Safety and Health Consultation Program.
Nearly 4 percent of all cold steel workers suffer recordable injuries each year, so St. Louis Cold Drawn Inc. contacted the program in 2016 to help improve the safety and health management program, according to an April 29 U.S. Department of Labor release.
“The Missouri On-Site Consultation Program helped St. Louis Cold Drawn understand that OSHA works cooperatively with businesses who voluntarily implement programs to ensure the workers’ safety and health,” Steven Kaplan, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health acting regional administrator in Kansas City, Mo., said, according to the release.
St. Louis Cold Drawn Inc. was recognized by the Department of Labor through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program, the release reported. The company first received status in September 2020 and will seek renewal in 2022.
“St. Louis Cold Drawn made major improvements to its safety programs and did so with worker input,” Kaplan said in the release. “These efforts increased the ownership and involvement in safety at all levels of the company’s organization and significantly enhanced its safety culture.”
He said Cold Drawn showed what a company in a hazardous industry can do to reduce injury and illness when it listens to workers and keeps them involved in training emphasis and in developing workplace safety programs, the release said.
