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8 Fast Tips To Ensure Health And Safety In The Workplace

September 9, 2012 by Admin Leave a Comment

 

Tips To Maintain A Healthy And Safe Workplace

Guest Article

For businesses and companies to operate effectively, it is important to ensure that the employees are provided with a safe working environment. The law requires that employers follow safety regulations that make the workplace safe for all so both employers and employees have to make sure that they follow the regulations that have been put in place to avoid accidents and incidents. There are a number of tips that can help to keep the work environment safe and healthy:

Cleanliness

Maintaining cleanliness is one of the most important ways to ensure that the work environment is hygienic. Having a well-ventilated and perfectly clean workplace will ensure that the office staff will not fall sick easily which will in turn boost work productivity. For instance, it is important to ensure that the drinking water is safe and the washrooms are clean at all times. This can help to prevent health hazards or outbreaks of disease.

Safety instructions

Every workplace needs to put up well detailed safety instructional signs in order to prevent accidents or incidents like fires and other hazards. This is a legal requirement that every company or business must comply with. The instructions have to be prominently displayed where all the employees can access them visually. They should also be in a language that all employees can understand. This is especially important in industries that deal with hazardous materials and have equipment that can be dangerous.

Safety training

New employees have to be trained when they join a company, and this training involves ways to ensure they maintain safety and health too. Those individuals working in conditions that can be considered to be high risk have to go through much more intensive and regular training. This will help to ensure that the employees remain vigilant and alert at all times. This training can even help to save lives while its basic benefit is to ensure that the operations of the company are not affected.

Risk assessment

It is important for employers to carry out a risk assessment of their premises on a regular basis. This will help to ensure that health and safety is maintained. Potential hazards can be identified and eliminated, and safety measures taken to avert problems. Issues like making sure that all faulty wiring is fixed can ensure that accidents are averted. The assessment can also highlight areas where workers can come into contact with harmful substances. Hazards that can easily be overlooked can be identified by carrying out regular inspections.

Medical care

Every employee is entitled to medical care while at work. The care facilities required are set by law and are determined by the type of work and profession. If any workplace accidents or occupational diseases occur, the employer must ensure that the worker gets the necessary medical attention. The worker also needs to be compensated for any treatment expenses if specialized care in a private hospital is required. Every workplace also has to feature a medical aid box that contains items like bandages, medicines, disinfectants and other medical necessities for minor accidents.

Implementing rules and regulations

All employers must ensure that they implement safety regulations that must be followed by employees. Issues like prohibiting smoking or consumption of alcohol in the workplace have to be highlighted. The employees should also know about areas where they cannot access without authorization and proper safety gear. The employers have to make sure that the employees abide by all the rules at all times. Industries that deal with hazardous materials and other risky environments need more stringent safety regulations.

Safety gear

In some industries, wearing safety gear is essential. In environments like construction where workers are exposed to hazardous materials, it is important to wear protective clothing. The type of protective gear will depend on the industry and the type of materials used. Ensuring that the equipment and sites or workspaces are safe is also important. Those working in high risk environments where they are exposed to chemicals, dangers of infection and other harmful substances will have to go through regular medical check-up to ensure that they are not suffering from some inherent side effects.

Workplace stress

In any kind of work environments, it is important to avoid working stress that can cause health problems. Employers should ensure that their employees do not work under stressful conditions that can result from too much work or pressure. It is important to ensure that all workers get adequate breaks and vacation time to ensure that their states of mind can enhance work productivity. Another step that has taken by many companies is that they have started to pay more attention to work life balance by allowing staff to take leaves such as paternal leave.

As you can see, there are many areas that can help to bring about a healthy and safe environment for your office staff and yourself. Has your company taken the necessary steps to promote this and more importantly, have you done enough?

John Bresnan is a Manchester based fitness trainer. He has been working with The Interactive  Health and Safety Training  Company since the last 15 years.

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