Safety Tracking Software

According to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, employers are mandated to provide a safe work environment for employees. An effective way to manage the safety of the workplace is to use safety tracking software that tracks and monitors incidents, accidents and injuries.

Function

• Safety tracking software is a user-based electronic system that allows company personnel to input sensitive safety information. Software systems track incident types and locations, victim information and damages.

Reporting

• Safety tracking software allows employers to generate reports, which are used to analyze safety trends. Employers study hazard and incident patterns to come up with new ideas for making the workplace safer.

Benefits

• Companies realize many benefits from instituting safety tracking software, such as safer work environments and improved employee performance. Workplaces are safer when hazards are closely monitored. Consequently, employees are more productive in safe environments than they are in hazardous ones, according to Rochester Institute of Technology.

Vendors

• Safety tracking software can be purchased from a software vendor, but companies pay a high price for professionally-designed tracking systems. If money is an issue, employers can develop their own basic safety tracking program using Excel spreadsheets.