When an employee gets hurt, it is expensive for everyone. The employee may miss work during recovery from the accident. The brewery, meanwhile, must find ways to cover the schedule of the missing worker or suffer downtime and, by default, loss of production and revenue.

That is why, from a pure cost perspective, reducing the odds of on-the-job injuries is one of the most profitable things a brewery can do. Here are 9 steps you can take to maintain control of lost time accidents.