Accidents

And how they will affect you

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Webster defines “accident” as...

An unfortunate event from carelessness, unawareness, ignorance or unavoidable

causes

Accidents

Will affect your...

Livelyhood...A means of support or subsistence

Why do you work?

MONEY!

You live on what you make

Workers comp will pay:

Hospital bills

Dr. bills

Medicine bills

And about 66% of your base salary when injured

Bills...An itemized account of the separate costs of goods

sold , services rendered or work done

Will not be forgiven

Will keep coming

Loans may be if insurance was taken

Your credit potential will be affected

What about employer provided Health Insurance

You may be responsible for full premiums after COBRA or LTB stops

Mental...Relating to the total emotional and intellectual

response of an individual to an environment

Your environment will change

You will have lots of time to think about things... The Accident, the Bills, your Livelyhood etc...

Try shaving with your left hand if right handed or applying your makeup with left hand if right handed

You will have lots of time to learn to do things all over

Go out for Supper, You may think no problem, but when you realize how many people look or watch you will change your

habits. You will be affected mentally!

Recreation...To create anew, restore, refresh.

Refreshment of strength and spirits after toil

Can you afford recreation?

Can you manage yourself in this condition?

Boating? Golfing?

Hunting? Camping?

Fishing? Sports?

Anything you like to do will be affected

Socially...Marked by or passed in pleasant companionship

with ones friends or associates

Are you involved socially?

Church

School

With kids?

Your friends will still love you ...

But they will act differently because

YOU have changed. YOU are not the same.

Your friends will be uncomfortable around you!

Family...A group of individuals living under one

roof and usually under one head

Can you make it on one income?

Your income is now fixed

You will come to rely on your family because...

They are the ones who will assume responsibility for you

Your Family will pay the price for your accident!

Ask yourself this question EVERYDAY! before work.

If I choose to ignore safety rules,

(and it’s your choice)

and I am seriously injured on the job and will be disabled for the remainder of my life,

Can my family survive?

OBEY SAFETY RULES...Obey;

to follow the commands or guidance of an order

Obey the safety manual...

Obey the regulations...

Most of them were written in BLOOD!

To some degree, they are a condition of employment.

Questions? Comments?

What is the Dollar for?

The Dollar bill represents Money!

Companies spend piles of Dollars on safety equipment, safety

programs, training, compliance, research and insurance.

If YOU follow the safety rules and regulations

You will MAKE MONEY!