Hazards in the workplace happen. Sometimes unavoidable accidents occur, other times preventable incidents get out of control. Either way, keeping a company’s employees safe should be the focus of every good manager. A good strategy for being prepared in the case of an emergency is to provide proper resources to both prevent and control dangerous situations. A visit to Safety Resource Pages from the internet will offer more information. Here are four resources available for safety in companies.
Safety Resources in the companies
Training and Accountability
No piece of equipment stored in a facility will do any good if the team of workers doesn’t know how to use it properly. That’s why training for every new employee, as well as continuing education for all continued employees, needs to be a required part of the company expectations. Structured, appropriate training times should then be followed up through a system of accountability. Supervisors checking in to be sure the employees know how to use the safety gear – and are in fact using it – could be the difference between life and death.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Depending on the type of business, employees are subject to exposure to a variety of hazards in the workplace. Hazards can include:
- Chemicals that cause difficulties
- Radiation from varying elements
- Physically dangerous activities
- Electrical hazards
- Mechanical
PPE should be chosen to match the appropriate hazard within a company. These can be anything from
- Gloves to protect the hands
- Safety glasses to keep contaminants from the eyes
- Shoes with hard tops to protect feet
- Earplugs for muffling sound
- Hard hats to protect the head
- Respirators to ease breathing
- Clothing (such as coveralls, vests, and bodysuits)
Fall Protection Equipment
If at any point in a facility an employee could fall either off from or into space, there are specific safety measures that can be taken.
Railings – stair railings and hand rails to hold on to when walking up or down stairs- Floor hole covers – to prevent employees from falling into any open pits in the floor
- Safety harness and lines – if an employee has to climb any heights, having the proper safety harness and lines secured will act as prevention against crashing down to the ground and receiving critical damage to their body
- Nets – in the event an employee is high up and their safety harness or line fails, having proper safety netting in place is an extra measure of security
Railings – stair railings and hand rails to hold on to when walking up or down stairsFire and Smoke Alarm Systems
One way to combat the spreading of fire in the workplace is to install a fully functional smoke and fire alarm system, complete with appropriate sprinklers. Having a fire alarm hard-wired to the local fire district gives reassurance to the employees that fire is one eventuality the company has provided a resource against. The great thing about providing a smoke, fire, sprinkler alarm system is the measure of backup such a resource gives to a company. That for each stage of a potential fire, the system is there to catch and extinguish it.…