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Lately it's been all smiles for Tampa, Florida-based Transitions
Optical, Inc. - and it's got little to do with the perfect weather.
Transitions, the world's leading provider of
photochromic lenses (the ones that automatically darken and lighten),
has one of the best safety programs in its industry.
In fact, Transitions' Pinellas, Florida
facility, with approximately 500 employees, recently clocked more than 1
million work hours without experiencing a single "lost time" accident, a
milestone that tops the company's already long list of achievements.
Greg Crocetti, PMA Sr. Risk Control
Consultant, has been helping Transitions, a PMA client since 2005, to
improve employee safety in its business operations, which include the
use of complex manufacturing equipment. As training and safety outcomes
improve, Greg continues to offer additional assistance in monitoring the
databases that coordinate Transitions' training efforts and benchmark
their outcomes. Due to the complexity of their operations and machinery,
all of the federal required OSHA programs, such as "Machine Guarding,"
"Lock-out/Tag-out" and "Hazard Communication," are always in full
implementation and Greg assists with updating them as needed. Throughout
recent years, Transitions' work with ergonomic methodology as it relates
to material handling, bench work and processing lines, has made the
company a pioneer for employee safety within its industry.
"Transitions takes employee safety very
seriously," adds Crocetti. "It's part of how they do business and really
opened the door to allowing our partnership to realize some fantastic
results that only grow better and better with time. They set a fine
example for businesses everywhere."
Mark James, Safety Supervisor for
Transitions, adds that the keys to achieving such a safety milestone are
education and making safety an integrated part of each employee's
approach to the job.
"We don't just educate employees on the
rules; we educate them on the rationale for the rules, so they see the
value in our policies and procedures, and following them becomes
second-nature because it makes so much sense," says James.
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