Here’s some startling facts that will make business owners and employees cringe.
112,000: That, my friends, is how many fires took place in businesses in 2008.
$3,800,000,000.00: This was the total amount in business property loss.
1,400: That number equals the amount of people that were injured in these fires.
120: This is the unfortunate number of lives that were lost due to those fires.
There’s not one good thing you can take from those numbers. What the figures don’t show is how many lives were saved in 2008 because the industry got smart and spent money on fire safety. Further proving that smart business is not merely making a profit, it is defined by being prepared for anything.
Safety Products will save business and lives.
An employee just finishes up staining a tabletop. He throws the rag into the waste basket as he clicks off the lights and walks to another workspace in the building. A few hours later the rag ignites catching everything in the basket on fire. Next, the wall catches fire and not very long after that the room is engulfed in flames. What follows is a disaster that ends with a smoldering pile of rubble and ash where a thriving refinishing/woodworking business once stood.
Take that same employee, finishing the tabletop. Now place a Combustible Safety Waste Can in the room. He throws the rag into the combustible safety waste can. He shuts off the lights and moves on to another room in the building. Later that night the cans are properly emptied and business continues on as usual. Saved by a safety product that costs around $70.00. Simple solutions save businesses and lives.
