A safe and healthy workplace not only protects workers from injury and illness, it can also lower injury/illness costs, reduce absenteeism and turnover, increase productivity and quality, and raise employee morale. In other words, safety is good for business. A common saying is a safe workplace is an efficient workplace! Keeping workers safe will improve employee morale and when employees are happy in their job, the more productive they will be. A hazardous workplace can cause unnecessary stress to workers affecting their morale and ultimately production. Employees operate much more efficiently when they know they can complete their job or task without their health being comprised. An effective safety program also works to reduce the number of injuries and illnesses, reducing the unexpected downtime of workers needing to take time off.