John Gibson talks about Swingle and safety |
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Tuesday, May 09, 2017 02:00 AM |
“One of the first things I worked on 25 years ago when I came to Swingle was cost containment,” says John Gibson, president of Swingle Lawn & Landscape Care. “We started it because we wanted to continue a culture of safety and to change the behavior of our teams.“ While cost containment through the State of Colorado program saves companies 5% on workers’ comp premiums, the real savings arise from keeping a safer workplace for crews and individual team members. Swingle’s focus is on safety awareness and prevention and they start with a job hazard analysis on their sites before the job starts. They look for potential hazards and ways to reduce risk of injury or incident. When an injury occurs, Swingle has a 3-step system to evaluate what went wrong and implement lessons learned. Step 1 – “Freeze-frame” analysis Step 2 Step 3
What is learned from this analysis can help predict upcoming incidents and the information is shared by the team. “We use this information for visual trending of leading and trailing indicators,” says Gibson. Swingle was also recognized last year for its 25 successful years of participation in the Colorado Cost Containment program. Read more in this issue of Colorado Green NOW: |