Resources to help keep employees and their families safe outside of the workplace

• Family Safety & Health Magazine



• Family Teen Driver Guide



• Distracted Driving Resource Kit



• Alive at 25 Parent Program – Parent Kit 25-Pack



• Learn child and infant CPR with CPR Teddy



• Prescription for the Flu Influenza training



• First Aid & CPR Skills Posters

Off-the-Job Safety

What is off-the-job safety?

Off-the-job safety is the extension of an organization’s on-the-job safety culture. Off-the-job safety programs educate employees about being safe while not at work. A growing number of businesses now consider off-the-job safety critical to good management of health care costs, productivity and profits. More importantly, off-the-job safety programs help save the lives of employees and their families.

Impact of off-the-job injuries and deaths

U.S. workers are actually safer on the job than in their homes or communities, according to the 2009 edition of the National Safety Council’s Injury Facts. Nine out of 10 deaths and more than two-thirds of the disabling injuries suffered by workers in 2007 occurred off the job. For every two workplace injuries, seven off-the-job injuries occur.

Direct and indirect costs

Unintentional off-the-job worker injuries and deaths cost the nation at least $246.8 billion in 2007, a staggering $822 per U.S. worker. This figure includes lost wages, medical and hospital costs, and administrative expenses associated with insurance. Employers lost more than 225 million days of production time due to off-the-job incidents, compared with 75 million lost workdays resulting from workplace injuries. Future lost production time resulting from off-the-job injuries that occurred in 2007 will total an estimated 505 million days – more than eight times the 60 million days lost in future years resulting from workplace injuries that occurred in 2007. These costs are even higher when you add health care claims and other benefit costs associated with injuries and deaths to workers’ family members.

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Download these free resources to help launch or expand your off-the-job safety program:

• Off-The-Job Safety Program Manual 2nd Ed.
  Motivate employees and create the right culture.



• 7 Elements of an Off-the-Job Safety Management System Discover the essential elements of an off-the-job safety program.



• Gap Analysis for an Off-the-Job Safety Management System Use this checklist to determine gaps in your off-the-job safety program.



• Off the Job Safety Compass Plot the stages of an off-the-job safety program.



• Promoting Off-the-Job Safety Customize this PowerPoint presentation to help make the case for an off-the-job safety program.



• Safety+Health Magazine Archives Read about successful off-the-job safety programs and updates on the state of off-the-job safety.



• The Injury Cost Capturing Tool Gather and report on- and off-the-job injury data.