Workplace Safety

• 1Compared to other industries, is your industry a relatively dangerous industry to work in, a relatively safe industry to work in, or about average?
• 2Which presents the greatest potential on-the-job danger to your employees?Top 100 question
• 3How many of your employees drive a vehicle as part of their job?
• 3aDo you screen applicants for jobs with driving responsibilities for prior moving traffic violations, drunk driving convictions, etc.?
• 3bDo you conduct driver safety training sessions for your drivers or send them to a place that does?
• 4Do your customers have free entry into your business or must they pass a guard, receptionist desk, or locked door before they enter?
• 4aDo you want or not want people to pass a security screen before entering your business? Do you feel that way strongly?
• 5Do you use security cameras to increase employee safety?
• 6Do you check the background of potential employees to determine if they have a history of violent behavior?
• 7Do you personally conduct or do you have someone else conduct periodic safety inspections of your workplace(s)?Top 100 question
• 7aWho conducts those inspections?
• 8Within the last 12 months, have you personally attended a seminar, conference session, or training on workplace safety or reducing accidents?
• 8aWould you be highly likely, somewhat likely, not too likely, or not at all likely to attend a half-day seminar on workplace safety if your firm got a break on its workers’ compensation premiums?
• 9Within the last 12 months, have you sent an employee to attend a seminar, conference session, or training on workplace safety, reducing accidents, etc.?
• 9aWould you be highly likely, somewhat likely, not too likely, or not at all likely to send an employee to a half-day seminar on workplace safety if your firm got a break on its workers’ compensation premiums?
• 10Are you or is a designated employee primarily responsible for safety in your business?
• 11Do you have an employee safety committee in your business?
• 12Do you have written safety rules or policies?
• 13Is safety training or safety awareness part of a new employee’s job orientation?Top 100 question
• 14In the last five years, have you requested from an outside source an on-site safety consultation for your business?
• 14aDid you request the on-site safety consultation from:?
• 14bWhy did you request the on-site safety consultation?
• 14cIf you were to request an on-site visit or otherwise obtain personalized workplace safety information for your business, from whom would you probably obtain the most useful information?
• 15Within the last five years, have you asked for help from a Small Business Development Center for any reason or attended a function sponsored by one?Top 100 question
• 15aWere you very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, not too satisfied, or not at all satisfied with the value of what you received from the SBDC?
• 15bHave you ever heard of Small Business Development Centers?
• 16Do you participate in a Voluntary Protection Partnership, also called a VPP?
• 16aHave you every heard of a Voluntary Protection Partnership?
• 17Within the last five years, has your business been inspected by OSHA or its state equivalent?

Volume 2, Issue 1, 2002
ISSN 1534-8326

William J. Dennis, Jr.
NFIB Research Foundation