Serious Injury/Fatality Prevention: Joint-Employer Settings

The traditional approach to understanding safety in a joint-employer environment has been primarily focused on important aspects of contract management, prequalification, insurance/compliance and business elements such as procurement. But are these enough to establish and maintain the ongoing risk assessment, monitoring and communications needed to maintain acceptable levels of risk? What happens when a business process changes, or leadership turnover occurs in a safety critical role?

As we continue to learn about the nature of risk in a joint-employer environment we are clearly seeing that more is needed in order to better establish reliability between both employers, especially as it relates to the prevention of Serious Injuries/Fatalities. In addition, we will discuss the simple advantages of a joint-safety management system to better anticipate changing risks/errors, identify the common precursors specific to the contingent workforce and explore current and emerging industry trends as it relates to two or more employers accomplishing work through a shared workforce.