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Occupational
Health & Safety
Benchmarking Study
Occupational Health & Safety Benchmarking Association
is an association of companies that conducts benchmarking studies
to identify the best practices surrounding occupational health &
safety issues that improve the overall operations of the members.
Mission
To identify "Best in Class" business
processes, which, when implemented, will lead member companies
to exceptional performance.
Objectives
- To conduct benchmarking studies
of important business processes.
- To create a cooperative environment where full
understanding of the performance and enablers of "best in
class" business processes can be obtained and shared at reasonable
cost.
- To use the efficiency of the association to obtain
process performance data and related best practices from group
of companies.
- To support the use of benchmarking to facilitate
process improvement and the achievement of total quality.
Membership
The scope of Occupational Health & Safety Benchmarking Association membership includes
those organizations that have or will implement benchmarking of
occupational health & safety issues as part of or in
support of their core business(es).
Company membership will be considered with respect
to compliance with Occupational Health & Safety Benchmarking
Association mission, goals and operating guidelines, as well
as, qualification of the organization within the scope of membership.
Participation in specific efforts will be optional
and open only to members with costs shared by the participants.
We reserve the right to review membership applications
and to make the final decision whether or not to accept any application.
Consulting firms are ineligible for membership.
Benefits
of Membership
Studies: Occupational Health & Safety Benchmarking Association will identify
and present to members opportunities to participate in Benchmarking
studies on various topics of importance to occupational health & safety issues.
There are two types of Benchmarking studies provided:
- Consortium studies are offered to the membership
as a whole with costs divided.
- Single company sponsored studies addressing the
interest of one member company can be offered to other selected
members for no fee.
The association will also support occupational health & safety benchmarking efforts:
- Research - Access public and private databases.
- Identify study participants - Top companies interested
in benchmarking occupational health & safety issues.
- Collect data - Manage response collection with
the participants as a third party.
- Lead site visits - Structure with best participants.
Roundtables:
Interest group roundtables will be organized throughout the year.
Members will pay a nominal fee to join real and virtual roundtable
discussions that address specific processes.
Cost:
Currently, membership in Occupational Health & Safety
Benchmarking Association is FREE! Costs of studies
are shared by the participants.
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