MARTOR Australia understands how important knife safety is in the workplace. Knife safety prevents injuries and makes workplaces safer environments. Many workplaces, though, often underestimate the importance of knife safety, which results in reduced productivity, injuries, financial loss, and more.

A risk assessment can help workplaces better understand how to select the right safety knife. It can also help them determine if the knives they currently use are appropriate for the task.

MARTOR Australia offers safety knife audits and trials that evaluate specific knife-related tasks in the workplace. After completing the assessment, we evaluate the answers and provide recommendations for products and improvements.

After providing our recommendations, we offer customers a knife trial, allowing them to test out the knives to assess their efficiency. During the trial period, we provide employers with a Trial Evaluation Form so they can take notes whilst trialling the knives. We discuss the results afterwards to see where they can improve, what worked for them, and what didn’t.

Learn more about the benefits of a MARTOR Risk Assessment below.

 

4 Benefits of a MARTOR Risk Assessment
A MARTOR Risk Assessment has many benefits that can improve workplace knife safety. Here are four of them.

1. Enhance Safety
A MARTOR Risk Assessment evaluates a workplace's environment to understand how knives are used in the workplace. We identify where they can make improvements to enhance safety and efficiency. We inform employees of knife safety best practices and educate them on how to improve knife safety in the workplace.

Both employees and employers can use these insights to benefit the company in the future.

 

2. Reduce and Prevent Injuries
A MARTOR Risk Assessment evaluates how a workplace uses knives and offers safe-cutting solutions that can prevent and reduce injuries. We assess how knives are used and if the right knives are used for specific tasks. After the risk assessment, we offer recommendations that can dramatically reduce cut injuries and improve employee safety in the workplace.

 

3. Improve Productivity
A MARTOR Risk Assessment educates employees on using knives in the most efficient ways possible, which can improve productivity. Once the assessment is complete, we recommend knives that can make jobs more efficient and help users complete tasks much quicker. These recommendations improve cutting performance and efficiency across the organization.

 

4. Save Money
There are many financial costs associated with knife injuries. In fact, many companies are unaware of the costs of cutting injury administration. When a knife injury occurs, companies can lose money to investigative costs, reporting procedures, corrective action, and more.

A MARTOR Risk Assessment also saves costs associated with damaged products. After an assessment, we make recommendations and help you choose a safety knife that reduces product damage. Our on-site visits also identify procedures and tool selection methods that prevent damage to products.

Product damage has a significant cost impact on a business. A MARTOR Risk Assessment can minimize the risk of damaged products by advising you of the right knives to use for specific products. We also educate employees on how to properly open packages with a knife, which can reduce product damage.

 

CONSIDER A MARTOR RISK ASSESSMENT TODAY
In a MARTOR Risk Assessment, we ask employers what cutting tools they currently use. We also ask them to describe their cutting procedures and the types of materials they cut.

By understanding the cutting tools, tasks, and procedures common in workplaces, we can identify risks and determine the specific features you need from a cutting tool. With this information, we can suggest the right tool and make recommendations to improve workplace safety.

MARTOR Australia provides industry-leading risk assessments that help businesses find solutions to their cutting problems. Our assessments are free of charge. We work with businesses to identify issues such as blade misapplication and misuse, and provide advice that improves productivity, reduces injuries, cuts costs, and reduces product damage.

To learn more about safe cutting and knife safety in the workplace, click here.

MARTOR Australia’s mission is to encourage safe cutting in all workplaces. We strive to reduce accidents and encourage proper training and use of safety knives. Our goal is to reduce injuries and increase your safety record.

If you want to learn more about knife safety in Australia and are interested in receiving the relevant training, we’re here to help. Contact us today. You can also learn more about the MARTOR Difference here.

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