Our Mission To You
I am committed to helping business owners and managers create and sustain quality life in the workplace – where employees feel safe in their work – and employers feel confident their decisions will not cause injury or illness to their employees.
Gordon Coffey, President, Specialty Safety Services, Inc.
This Is What We Think
Most safety consultation focuses on educating employers on how to stay in step with fed OSHA and state WISHA. That’s called compliance-based safety. It’s fine as far as it goes. But it’s mostly treating symptoms.
Specialty Safety Services goes to the heart of the safety challenge by showing employers and their supervision why employees get hurt in the first place.
We help businesses manage their safety programs so employees are motivated to make safe choices.
The company takes the position that occupational injuries and illnesses are controllable…that worker’s compensation is a controllable cost… and the cheapest worker’s comp claim is the one you never have.
This Is How We Work
Our clients understand that a solution is a total commitment. When we offer a solution, we are committing to making something work – not just going through the motions. The solution is complex – not simplistic. It involves real-world experience, skills and wisdom. That’s why we never promise a solution I can’t deliver on.
- Relationship oriented
- Customized solutions
- Verifiable value
- Proven results
- Charge for value
"Back, Again!"©
Comprehensive Soft Tissue Injury Prevention
Did you know…?
- Across all industry, on average, soft tissue injuries account for 30 to 40% of all workers comp claims…
- On average, soft tissue injuries account for 30 to 40% of all workers comp costs…
- Not counting vacation and personal leave, back pain is second only to the common cold as the main reason employees take time off from work…
- More medication is sold for back pain than any other ailment with the single exception of the headache.
So, let’s see if we understand what you’re up against….You say you have a “safe lifting class” once a year and it doesn’t work because nothing seems to change and people keep hurting their backs or knees or shoulders. So, you’ve given up and decided to just pay the freight and hope for better employees, right? Well, that once-a-year training class in lifting square boxes is like trying to heal bullet wounds with band aids. It will never work. You gotta go deeper...you gotta look at the JOB!
Soft tissue injuries are preventable
Click here to see how!