Winning bragging rights can be rewarding in and of itself, but if there’s a carrot being dangled, we become even more determined.
It isn’t easy to put a price on a worker’s health and safety, but if we had to, it would be this: $1 billion. That is the amount U.S. employers pay every week in direct workers’ compensation alone, according to OSHA. With a sum like that, one can say workers’ safety is a prized commodity.