From time to time, we survey safety pros to give them insight into what their peers nationwide are thinking and doing. The topic of this survey: Safety budgets.

We asked 812 safety pros: Will next year’s safety budget at your company:

• Increase? (24%)
• Decrease? (8%)
• Stay about the same (68%)

About three of four safety managers don’t expect an increase in what they can spend next year.

With that in mind, reducing injuries — and their associated costs — becomes more important than ever.

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