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| Kroeschell - Managing
Risk More Easily with ClickSafety |
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For 127 years, Kroeschell, Inc. has
been a leader in mechanical and electrical
engineering. The company installs, constructs, and
services industrial heating and air conditioning
systems for customers that range from Caterpillar
and the Archdiocese of Chicago to Abbott Labs and
the U.S. Air Force. Managing the risk to its
employees requires Kroeschell to maintain a rigorous
safety training program. Before implementing
ClickSafety, the company relied on logistics heavy,
classroom-style training programs that pulled
employees away from projects during the peak
business season. Now, Kroeschell’s employees
complete many of their training requirements between
projects, when business is slower. In addition,
thanks to ClickSafety, Kroeschell no longer manages
its safety training program using spreadsheets, a
time-consuming and manual process. |
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The Challenge:
Untangling Safety Logistics
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Although meeting the
safety requirements of customers and regulations has
always been a priority, Kroeschell’s devotion to
safety is internally-driven. “We’re determined to
provide a safe and healthy workplace for our
employees,” says David Stavropoulos, Corporate Risk
Manager for Kroeschell. As part of its safety
program, Kroeschell conducted extensive classroom
training six times a year in addition to weekly
safety updates. Scheduling these was often a huge
endeavor. “On any given day, we could have over a
hundred different jobs where anywhere from one to
over a hundred people were working,” explains
Stavropoulos. “Trying to coordinate times for 350
employees to come in was problematic.”
While some training was carried out during normal
work hours, longer courses, such as OSHA 10-hour and
OSHA 30-hour classes, were conducted over the
weekend. “Not too many of our employees were happy
about that,” adds Stavropoulos. Furthermore, to keep
on top of training requirements, Kroeschell had to
schedule training sessions all year round, even
during the peak times. |
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By adopting ClickSafety,
Kroeschell, Inc. has been able to:
Train employees at slow, rather than peak, times
of the year
Respond quickly to customer demands for OSHA
10-trained workers
Extend OSHA 10 training to all core employees
Spend less time managing its safety training
program
Impress customers with its Kroeschell-branded
online university |
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The Solution:
Streamlined Training and Management
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With ClickSafety, Kroeschell no longer struggles to
coordinate the schedules of its 500 employees.
Stavropoulos simply assigns employees courses and they
can complete them over time. “Instead of tying workers
up during productive times of year, we can do a lot of
safety training during the sluggish winter months,” says
Stavropoulos. “We’re a lot more efficient now.” While
the company still does some classroom-style training,
Kroeschell depends on the wide variety of courses
ClickSafety provides to conduct much of its safety
training. “The fact that ClickSafety had exactly the
courses we need was a big selling point for us.” |
Because it’s so much easier to safety train
employees using ClickSafety, Kroeschell has been
able to expand its training goals. Whereas once the
company gave only supervisors OSHA 10 training,
Kroeschell is now intent on providing the course to
all its core employees. “Customers like the OSHA 10
because it assures them that the employee has a
certain level of competency when it comes to
safety,” says Stavropoulos. “ClickSafety has made
providing OSHA 10 training to our core employees a
reachable goal. It’s helped us from a marketing
standpoint.” Furthermore, if a customer requests
that all workers on a job have OSHA 10 training,
Kroeschell can quickly respond. “We can assign
training to workers and they can get it done
quickly. I do not have to hire a third-party vendor
or drop everything to
conduct training.”Not only is conducting training
easier with ClickSafety, Kroeschell has also
streamlined the management of its safety program.
“Everything used to be monitored manually on
spreadsheets,” says Stavropoulos. “The logistics of
trying to track training for hundreds of employees
was time consuming and effort intensive. Now, I can
manage the program easily by tracking and assigning
training online.” |
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“The logistics of trying to track training for
hundreds of employees was time consuming and effort
intensive. Now, I can manage the program easily by
tracking and assigning training online.”
David Stavropoulos
Corporate Risk Manager
Kroeschell, Inc.
“Instead of tying workers up
during productive times of year, we can do a lot of
safety training during the sluggish winter months.
We’re a lot more efficient now.”
David Stavropoulos
Corporate Risk Manager
Kroeschell, Inc. |
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The Results:
Happier Employees, Satisfied Customers |
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With ClickSafety in its safety training arsenal,
Kroeschell has improved its ability to train employees
efficiently. Employees are happier that they can conduct
training during slow times, rather than at peak times of
the year—or on weekends. ClickSafety has also made it
possible for Kroeschell to set its sights on a new goal:
Providing hundreds of its core
employees with OSHA 10 training, not just a handful of
supervisors. Not only are customers pleased that
Kroeschell can respond quickly to demands for OSHA
10-trained workers, they are also impressed with the
company’s online university. “It gives our
training program a higher level of sophistication,” says
Stavropoulos. In addition, seasonal workers no longer
receive a safety handbook upon arrival at the job. They
take a ClickSafety orientation course, allowing
Kroeschell to document their safety instruction more
automatically.
Managing the logistics of its safety training program is
no longer the headache it once was. “I spend less time
tracking training and it’s easier to do now,” says
Stavropoulos. Explaining the impact ClickSafety has had
on Kroeschell, Stavropoulos sums it up this way:
“Managing our risk requires that we train our employees
and comply with industry regulations so that we can
reduce our overall incidents. ClickSafety has
significantly impacted our overall risk management
program.” |
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