Charlie Mack is the general manager of Macksteel Warehouse, Inc., a family-owned metal service center located at 415 20th Avenue SE, Watertown, SD 57201, 866-882-2188, www.macksteel.com. He is a business graduate of Minnesota State University – Mankato, a married father to three, and enjoys an active outdoor life.
They might come as a shock to some accountants, but the productivity gains, cost savings and other returns on investing in a safety-first culture are very real to the people who spend most of their days on the shop floor. After identifying safety trouble spots and investing in automated equipment that provides as inherently safe a workplace as possible, we have reduced workers’ compensation claims to near zero.