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Understanding Behavior-based Safety

Understanding Behavior-based Safety

There is a reason they are called ‘accidents.’ Let us look at usual dry facts recorded by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). In 2014, the US building boom spiked construction worker injury and death on construction sites increased by 5% in 2014, to 874%. Hundreds of thousands of workers are injured on the job, filing an incredible 1 million workers’ compensation claims a year for both temporary conditions – such as broken bones and sprains – and permanent injuries, including paralysis and loss of limbs.

In another take, the BLS also stated that nationwide, a preliminary total of 4,679 fatal work injuries were recorded in 2014, up from the revised count of 4,585 fatal work injuries in 2013, according to the results from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) program. In Pennsylvania alone, 2014 saw the incidence of 175 fatal work injuries in 2014.

How does it happen?

Maybe a story will work better where statistics might be hard to relate. Take the case of Steve, an experienced technician. He was performing a simple task but his mind wandered and his hand strayed.

“I was cutting compound miters on a radial-arm saw.  It was real routine – make a cut, move the piece, make a cut….

“Like 99.99% of the injured workers you talk to, I was tired, hassled, and rushed,” Steve says.

“A couple of people found the tips of my index finger in the sawdust. They put it in a coffee cup with some ice, and the doctor was able to take the skin off and graft it on. The finger works fine. It’s just a little narrower.” 

Steve keeps this memory fresh so that he won’t run into trouble again. “From that day on, I haven’t run a piece of work through without imaging my finger going into the cutter.  That sounds horrible, I know, but it gives me a heightened awareness.

Unfortunately, to maintain a heightened state of awareness is hard. So hard, that in the course of work, no means should be spared to keep workers in a perpetual state of awareness of the logical, if unexpected consequences of their every action. It is a fact that even experienced automobile technicians get hurt. They were performing a simple task, their stopped paying attention for just a moment and a hand went the wrong way.

Safety Begins in Your Head

If we are talking about the logical but unwanted consequences of actions of a number of people who are engaged in potentially dangerous work, then the best way understanding the problem is to take a look at the way people behave. Anywhere people come together in a group to engage in a task that is greater than the sum of their parts, the organization has a responsibility to ensure the safety of each individual.

When it comes to large scale operations such as a factory assembly line, or even a public beach, the concept of behavior-based safety largely lies and is dependent on people’s values, attitudes and belief system. The most commonly used system in behavior-based safety is the Hierarchy of Hazard Control. This comprises of five components that escalate to pretty much nail all the areas that you can be instrumental in promoting a culture of safety. Let us quickly understand these components:

  1. Elimination: The most effective way to deal with a hazard is to simply remove it; often physically.
  2. Substitution: The second most effective approach is to replace the hazard with something that is safe, such as changing to lead-free paint or materials to take just one example of substitution.
  3. Engineering Controls: This is the third most effective way. By engineering controls, we simply mean keeping people away from the hazard. Enclosure and isolation are two main principles of engineering controls for hazards.
  4. Administrative Controls: Procedure changes, training, signage and labeling are some administrative controls. Here, experts at Clarion Safety suggest, symbols on safety signs and labels that show human interaction with a hazard give viewers more imperative to take precautions to avoid it
  5. Personal protective equipment: Finally, it is down to wearing protective equipment such as hard hats, air filters, gloves, safety goggles, etc.

If we are talking about the purely behavioral aspect, the most important thing is knowing when to stop what you are doing because you are about to cross the point of no return is important. You should know the limits of your abilities and knowledge. Just like excessive force, excessive ignorance is a sure sign that things are going, or are about to go wrong. Remember, it costs nothing to stop at the beginning of a task but it is very expensive to undo any damage that might result of over-confidence.

Eye Protection, First Aid Safety, General Safety Issues, Hand Protection

How to safely handle chemicals?

How to safely handle chemicals?

Keeping your workers safe inside your facility should always be your number one priority, especially when it comes to dealing with chemical products. We all know that these products have to be handled and stored cautiously. Therefore, if you want your employees to work in good and safe conditions, here are a few tips that may be of some use to you:

First of all it is important that all your personnel wear the proper PPE (Personal Protective Equipment); glasses, gloves, protective helmets, masks, and so on. Some chemicals can be toxic or corrosive, it is thus compulsory for your workers to be protected from the potential dangers related to their handling, not only from a safety point of view but also from a legislative point of view.

Never skip on the training. You have to teach your employees how to react in case of emergency, what kind of action should be taken in case of spill, or if a product or a part of the facility catches fire. Indeed, chemical incidents can happen very fast and it is necessary to be able to react quickly in order to prevent the situation from getting worse. This article (http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2017-03-18/leisure-centre-staff-created-gas-cloud-as-they-tried-to-mix-chlorine/) tells us how a gas cloud was created after two chemicals were mixed together in a swimming pool. Thankfully the employees were able to take the right decision, and immediately evacuated and closed the leisure center. This goes to show us how important it is for the personnel to be aware of the measures that have to be taken in case of emergency.

Also, make sure that all your chemical products are properly labelled so that your employees get all the information needed when they are handling them. A label usually specifies the name of the product, the risks and the safety measures linked to its use, as well as the name and contact details of the manufacturer. This information will allow your workers to quickly understand what type of product they are dealing with, which will help them handle them the proper way.

We could not end this post without talking about the fact that all chemicals cannot and should not be stored together. They all have their special features; this is why an explosive product should never be kept in the same place as a flammable product. There is no need to be a scientist to know what kind of reaction would occur if these two products were to come into contact. Moreover, some chemicals have to be kept in specific conditions; in a cold or in a well-ventilated place, and so on… Make sure you are abreast with such requirements so that the security in your workplace is optimal. Also, if you know your facility does not own the infrastructure necessary to the storage of chemicals, you can hire the services of specialized companies such as Barnastock (http://www.barnastock.com/en) which warehouses were designed in order to safely store all types of chemical products.

 

 

General Safety Issues

Common Office Injuries and How to Avoid Them

Common Office Injuries and How to Avoid Them

Construction sites and factories seem more dangerous than other workplaces and this is why they have such strict safety protocols. However, just because an office environment is safer doesn’t mean that it is completely safe.

Office workers face a distinctive set of potential injuries than do those in other fields. For example, remaining seated indoors, while talking on the phone or using a computer means the top injuries experienced by office workers are vision strain, pain in the wrists and hands, and neck and back pain.

Nevertheless, the most frequent cause of injury is one that people in any workplace suffer: slips and falls. People in an office workplace, however, are two times more likely to injure themselves in a fall than those in any other work environment.

It is, therefore, critical that people employed in an office remain alert, use common sense, and think ahead.

Falls

Not only are falls the most common type of office injury, they are also the cause of the most disabling injuries experienced by these workers. Falls result in disabling injuries for those in offices two to two-and-a-half times more frequently than they do for workers in other settings.

Falls are most frequently caused by:

·        Using a chair as a substitute for a ladder

·        Stumbling over loose cords or electrical wires, open file or desk drawers, objects in walkways/hallways, or loose carpeting

·        Slipping on a wet floor

·        Reaching for something or bending while seated on a wobbly chair

·        Insufficient lighting

As you can see from the list of causes, falls are preventable. Employees should:

·        Get up when trying to reach something instead of stretching while they remain seated

·        Look ahead before walking and avoid moving forward until their path is clear

·        Close drawers immediately after they are done using it

·        Use a stepladder to reach things overhead, rather than a chair

·        Report all fall hazards, like loose carpeting or electrical cords

·        Try to reduce fall hazards by cleaning up spills and picking up objects that could lead to injuries

Lifting Injuries

People who work in offices often find themselves lifting heavy items, even though that doesn’t seem like it should be such a frequent part of the job. But, workers nonetheless find themselves moving computers, monitors, stacks of files, reams of paper, etc.

If the lifting is done without proper precautions, it can lead to injury, especially for employees that tend to have minimal physical exertion during their workday. If an item feels too heavy to lift, employees need to ask for help or have another person do the lifting for them, as improper technique often leads to injury of the back, neck, and shoulders.

When lifting an item in the office, employees need to:

·        Lower their body by squatting

·        Using their legs to return to standing

·        Keep their back straight

·        Use the entire hand to secure the object, rather than the tips of the fingers

·        Hold the item close to their body, rather than extended

·        Avoid twisting

When they are prepared to set the item down, they need, again, to use their legs (instead of their back) for strength.

Struck by Objects

It sounds funny, but office workers are frequently injured when they are struck by objects, bump into objects, or find themselves caught between objects. Object injuries include:

·        Catching fingers in drawers

·        Catching fingers in windows

·        Catching fingers in paper cutters

·        Catching hair or jewelry in office machinery

·        Bumping into desks

·        Getting hit by falling objects from cabinet tops

·        Having items cropped on feet

·        Being hit by a falling cabinet

·        Being struck by an opening drawer

These injuries can be avoided by remaining alert to the surrounding. Employees should concentrate on what they are doing and be mindful of the placement of their feet, hair, jewelry, and fingers. All materials should also be safely stored away, and equipment should have proper safety guards.

 

Jean Machado is a human resources specialist, head of an office safety team at her company, and a writer. She does freelance work for several trade publications targeted at executives and office workers. She’s also an expert health blogger specializing in behavior problems, addiction, recovery, treatment such as <a href=”https://www.addictions.com/marijuana-addiction-treatment/” target=”_blank” rel=”dofollow”>treatment for marijuana addiction</a>.

General Safety Issues, Uncategorized, Weather Protection

ROAD SAFETY AND THE EFFECTS OF VMS AND DRIVER FEEDBACK SIGNS

ROAD SAFETY AND THE EFFECTS OF VMS AND DRIVER FEEDBACK SIGNS

Ever since the coming of motor vehicles, transportation has taken a turn to more accidents and gruesome deaths by accidents over the past few years. Two wheelers and four wheelers along with HLVs have been experiencing rash driving due to the lack of road rules and safety measures. World over, accident rates have shown that measures need to be taken to provide safety or at least warn the drivers of possible dangers and remind them to stick to the traffic rules. VMS, Variable Message Signs have been introduced to update the drivers of multiple road rules and warnings that can be read with ease while driving.

What Are Variable Message Signs

Dynamic or Variable Message Signs refer to electronic traffic message signs used on the roadways to keep the travelers informed about the route or about any warnings in their journey. These could be to inform the passengers as well as the drivers about any traffic congestions, roadwork zone diversions, accidents ahead, speed limits or speed breakers. But in Urban areas, the VMS is covered only for parking guidance along with information systems that update the drivers about parking spaces and other instructions.

These message signs can be easily programmed and controlled wirelessly via a cellphone or wireless network. Some of the message types that VMS include are:

  • VMS can be used to display promotional messages about any services that the road authority might be providing such as carpooling.
  • It could warn the passengers about any crashes. It could also specify if it was a rollover or a spin out crash.
  • Inform about any road-works in process
  • Updating traffic congestions and other situations.
  • Road deviations and exit ramp closures.
  • Any fire emergency or vehicle on fire.
  • Weather warnings and AMBER, SILVER and BLUE alerts
  • Travel time limits for HLVs into city and city load limits
  • Speed limits within and outside city
  • Car parking bay availability

What Are Driver Feedback Signs

These signs are placed only to inform and keep the driver alert about the road safety rules in and around the city. They include:

  • Speed awareness for residential communities
  • Silence and speed awareness in school zones and educational areas.
  • Warning for jaywalking and pedestrian crossing in hospitals, etc.

These signs have proven highly effective over time in aiding traffic slowing. It also allows planned planning of traffic enforcements with access to timely data. It allows a pre-programmed automatic generation of reports giving engineers an uncomplicated view of speed data and comparative analysis. The benefits of having Driver Feedback Signs are:

  • High contrasting resolution LED design board for both day and night visibility
  • Additional features of emoticons in addition to speed limit display
  • Reasonable pricing
  • Easy statistical data collection
  • Easy to install and function
  • Easy maintenance and tough resistance to weathering.

The application and use of these sign boards have vastly improved driver-traffic communication and given the community more confidence and lesser accidents. With continued use of these signs we can assure 100% safety to drivers and pedestrians.

 

Eye Protection, First Aid Safety, General Safety Issues, Hand Protection, Head Protection, Hearing Protection, High Visibility Safety

5+ safety tips for construction workers!

5+ safety tips for construction workers!

The construction job is one of the greatest and, at the same time, one of the riskiest jobs in the world. When you are constructing buildings, you are probably helping thousands of dreams to realize or you are just becoming the reason for providing someone’s haven. This is the part construction become a humane job, a great one. But at the same time, you are probably risking your life every moment you are on the job. Accidents, injuries and stress – you will frequently come across these words if you are in the construction job. And if you are unlucky enough, death is another word that you probably had to hear. It is needless to say that you must take all and every step that ensures your safety – EVRERYDAY!

Your safety precaution should encompass everything that you need to protect your body from – from the tools you work with, the scaffolding, the chemicals, and the piles of construction garbage to your habit of drinking! Here are a few tips that you might start with –

Tip 1: Learn!

Yes – that’s the first and most important things you can do to ensure your safety. And I am not just talking about what safety steps you should take – I am also talking about the escape and exit routes at your workplace; the location of the fire extinguisher and how to use one; the use of first aid kit. Ask your employer to do training if s/he hasn’t yet done one. Ask them to point out places that pose the greatest risk for the workers.

Tip 2: Have a look around

That’s the first rule of safety. As you reach your workplace, just take five minutes and look for any possible sign of danger – check the scaffolding, make sure the ladders are strong enough, test the equipments you work with. If you find something wonky, just inform your employer. Keep your eyes open. You might save yourself and a lot of lives too. Look for any

Tip 3: Wear the right clothes  

And the right gears too! The safety clothing and equipments you put on are known as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in the construction business.  The reflective vest, helmet and safety shoes save you from falling objects and sharp tools decreasing the risks of injury to the largest extent. Safety glasses and face masks protect you from hazardous and chemical substances.

Tip 4: Clean the garbage

As soon as you have finished the day’s work, do not make any delay to remove the refuse. Stack of construction garbage increases the risks of injury and if it contains any chemical or hazardous waste, it might set off big accidents.

Tip 5: Do have a lot of water and nutritious food too

That’s the basic rule to protect your health. This might sound like a lame tip. But trust me – if you start consuming more water, you will feel less tired than earlier as you finish your job for the day.

Tip 6: Talk to your workmates

Yes – talk to your workmates, make plans what you would do if someone faces an accident or injury and vice versa. Think of all the possible things you could do if someone gets into an accident – what your immediate action would be, who to inform, which immediate care you could provide. This would have two effects – the more you talk, the better prepared you would be and the less worried you would get if you face such situations. And second, you know you have a person you can lean on in your bad time!

Tip 7: Carry a First Aid Kit with you

You can provide emergency care service if you carry one. And who knows you might even save a life!

And last, but the best piece of advice – make a checklist of your personal safety rules.  Follow it religiously. No one but you can care best for yourself and for your workmates too!

Ergonomics, General Safety Issues

Safety Boots Standards Explained

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Safety Boots Standards Explained

Safety boots are essential gear for construction and electrical work. They’re also great for casual or personal use: working in the yard, around the house, or helping a friend with job. But how can you choose the safety boot that both fits your needs and is appropriate for the job at hand? After all, no one wants to spend all that money on a boot, only to end up with a nail through the sole and a sore foot! Fortunately, safety boots come labeled with the standards they meet, making it easy to choose the pair that’s best for you.

Boots labeled with a GREEN TRIANGLE indicate that this is a class 1 toe-capped boot with a puncture-resistant sole (no nails biting through to your feet!). The green triangle indicates that the boots would be appropriate for construction or other heavy industries.

A YELLOW TRIANGLE, on the other hand, means that the shoe is a class 2 toe-capped boot. This means that the shoe is better for lighter jobs, in which you would encounter fewer hazards, while still boasting puncture-resistant soles. They are a little weaker than boots with the green circle.

For situations in which you don’t need to worry about puncture resistance, look for boots bearing a GREY SQUARE with an R encased by a circle (grade 2 protection with no sole puncture protection) or a BLUE SQUARE (grade 1 toe protection, no sole puncture resistance) to suit your needs.

If you’re an electrician, you’ll want to avoid boots with the RED SQUARE with the black “C” on it. This indicates a boot that may not protect you in environments in which you may encounter electrical charges. Instead, if you are working on a job where you are at risk of encountering live electrical conductivity, you will want to purchased boots denoted with a WHITE SQUARE bearing an orange Omega. These will protect you in “live wire” situations.

On the other hand, if you are not working around electricity per se, but rather in environments with a risk of static discharge, boots marked by a YELLOW SQUARE and “SD” will offer you the controlled electrostatic discharge you need in a boot. These boots have been tested and approved for anti-static protection.

Finally, if you’re working a job that requires the use of chainsaws, look for boots that have a green tree on a white background. This indicates that the boots are approved for protection against chainsaws – perfect if you work in the forestry industry or are a logger!

In addition to these markings, you can find a series of codes inside the tongue of your safety work boots. These codes will advise if the boots are for men (M) or women (F); if they offer impact resistance (I); compression resistance ©; metatarsal resistance (mt); conductive properties, which measure the shoe’s ability to drive static electricity away from the body (CD); electrical hazard protection (EH); static dissipative properties (SD); puncture resistance (PR); chainsaw resistance (CR); or dielectric insulation, which gives extra protection from accidental contact with electricity (DI).

All of these markings can be found on the sole or the tongue of the boots. Check out this infograph on the safety boots standards so that you can choose the best boots according to your need. The next time you’re shopping for your next pair of boots for work or an at-home project, be sure to examine them carefully in order to best protect yourself in any situation.

 

General Safety Issues

Why Workplace Safety Is so Important For Every Industry?

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Why Workplace Safety Is so Important For Every Industry?

 Workplace safety is so important for every industry because workers desire to work in a safe and well protected environment. Healthy and safety workplace is essential for all industry in order to promote the well-being of both employers and employees. Companies and employers that hire workers to work in their firm have a duty and moral responsibility to make available workplace protection. Job associated injuries are something that should be taken as a serious issue and the employers who offer safety measures to its employees can avoid job related injuries considerably.

Every business and industry has safety risks. Hence, companies and managers should devote the time to think about what safety precautions are needed to implement in their company to make sure that their workers are safe every time. Companies in every industry should utilize company resources to confirm that the staffs come to work daily are out of harm’s way. Without a doubt, workplace safety is necessary as it aids the companies to avert deaths, injuries, financial losses, property loss, enhances worker productivity, improves product or service quality, promotes a healthy place to work, and much more.

Here are some top reasons why workplace safety is so important for every industry:

Affect a Worker’s Ability to Effectively Perform

Work place injuries can badly affect workers capability to efficiently perform his job. If the employees are unable to perform his job duties proficiently, the company will have to face many types of losses including financial. Therefore, employers should to take the needed steps to look after employees from the injuries that affect their health. Remember that workplace safety will help you to form a productive, well-organized, contented and stimulating workplace. It can also aid you to create a greatly profitable company.

Affect Many Lives Forever

Irrespective of the nature of a certain business, injuries exist and accidents can take place. Severe workplace injuries or deaths that take place in work place really affect many lives forever including families, wife, kids, parents, friends, communities, and coworkers as well. It is obvious that job related injuries can generate major disaster for the families. The employee and his family who become prey to workplace injury will have to go through financial burdens and it will take a lot of time for them to get away from the burdens cased by the injury.

Affect the Happiness of Many

We all would love to come back home at night in good health when we go to workplace in the morning. Our family members and our friends will also expect us to be back in our home with no injury after the work. If you happen to experience a work related injury, everyone in your family will be shocked and they will lose their happiness until you become alright. The families will forever lose their happiness if death happens to you from your workplace. It is one of the main reasons why companies and employers should create a safe and healthy work environment.

Motivates Employees to Work Industriously

Safety at the workplace is imperative because it has the power to inspire employees to work industriously. Remember that industrious and inspired employers can help the company to earn and save millions. Job safety takes care of all features of physical, mental and social health and safety in a workplace. It is shows company’s attempts to put a stop to injuries and risks in all work environments.

Avoid Financial Loss

Workplace safety helps a company to avoid financial loss. If a worker is injured or happens to die on the job, it costs the company a lot of money. The company will have to suffer from insurance costs, workers’ compensation premiums, and legal costs. Therefore, every company should understand common reasons for injury and take steps to avoid it. A few of the most common reasons behind workplace injuries and risks consist of electrical shocks, falling from heights, hazardous practices which results in accidents, severe cuts or burns, chemical vapors or burns, recurring motion injuries, injuries from moving mechanical parts, unsafe equipment, fire hazards and many more.

 

Affect Productivity                                                                                                                                               

If a company does not offer workplace safety to its workers, they companies will have to face a lot of issues including productivity. Workplace accidents and injuries will affect a company’s productivity in a negative manner. Injury to a worker denotes lost man hours and the companies should keep in mind that productivity is lost when other employees have to stop doing their job duties in order to take care of the injured person. Employees will become unfocused, troubled and may take long break from work to forget the incident that took place in the company. Some of the employers may even show no enthusiasm to work with your company in future.

Averts Death and Injury

Workplace safety is important for all industry because it averts death and injury. The death of a worker or injury of a staff on the work as a result of poor safety conditions can guide a company to more difficulties. The death of a skilled and experienced employee will definitely affect the company in future along with facing a lot of financial loses. Death and injury that take place in a company will affect a company’s reputation in the business field. None of the employees will show their interest to work in a company that is not safe to work. High-quality working conditions save money as well as improve a company’s reputation in the field.

More Dedicated Workers

There is a chance for the workers to get injured when they hoist heavy items and also deal with unsafe tools. It can result in a harmful psychological impact on an employee and therefore, they may not work with their full dedication. Without a doubt, people working under safe environments will be more dedicated to their work.

Loyalty and Happier Employees

Workers will be loyal to the company if they understand that safety is assured in working conditions. When companies form a healthy and safe workplace, they can form a team of loyal employees. It is clear that a safe and sound working environment makes happier employees because everybody wants safety.

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First Aid Safety, General Safety Issues, Respiratory Issues, Respiratory Safety

How To Maintain A NIOSH/OSHA Safe Workplace?

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How To Maintain A NIOSH/OSHA Safe Workplace?

 

One of the primary responsibilities of every business or employer is to fully implement an effective safety and health program in the workplace. A properly managed workplace safety program shows commitment to the safety of workers by the management. This, in turn, creates a more productive workplace that maintains the highest standards for safety and health.

As an employer, you’re responsible for ensuring that your business is in full compliance with the latest safety and health regulations set out by the law. The Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSHA) and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) oversee the implementation and promotion of occupational health and safety programs that help prevent injuries, illnesses, and deaths in the workplace.

How do you maintain a NIOSH/OSHA safe workplace?

Identify Hazards in Your Workplace

You can do this by evaluating all occupational roles in your business, the work involved, and the tools and equipment used. For instance, hazards may include technicians working with heavy machinery, a warehouse worker stacking heavy boxes, or a janitor working with cleaning chemicals.

With a good understanding of the various hazards and risks that your workers and employees are exposed to, you can now take steps to minimize or eliminate them to ensure their health and safety.

Develop a Safety Plan and Do Drills

Once you have identified workplace hazards, you need to develop a safety plan. Your plan must comply with the latest NIOSH/OSHA standards, rules, and regulations. Ensure that all your employees understand what needs to be done should there be a health or safety crisis in the workplace. A written plan of action should be formulated and included in your business policies and operational procedures.

Regular vetting of your safety plan must be done with the involvement of managers, supervisors, and employees. It’s not enough to simply have a safety plan in place. To ensure it can be implemented, carry out drills at least once or twice a year so as to practice on what to do and where to go in case of a safety hazard or an emergency.

Inspect Your Workplace and Review Safety Procedures

Regularly check your workplace tools and equipment to ensure that they are in good condition and safe to use. Are your employees properly trained and updated on how to handle equipment safely? Make sure that you also review all workplace operational and safety procedures. If you have invested in new safety equipment such as Moldex-Metric hearing protection or respiratory masks, are your workers aware of the updated safety procedures?

Being in the know of how your entire workplace operates and what measures are in place to ensure employee safety is critical.

Train Your Workers and Teach Awareness

Investing in proper health and safety training is necessary for all employees. Train them on safe working procedures and teach awareness. Training is best done on an on-going basis and should be offered in a simple, practical and easy-to-understand way.

Provide written instructions and other resources like online training and conduct regular supervisions to ensure employees are performing their jobs as expected and safely.

Communicate Safety Procedures Clearly

Communicating the safety procedures required in your workplace clearly is important. Make use of safety posters, data sheets, color codes, signs or labels to communicate to workers and warn them of potential hazards. Established operating procedures should also be communicated in the same way to remind employees of health and safety requirements.

Talk to Leaders and Employees

Maintaining a safe workplace is a collective effort that involves everyone from business owners to managers and employees. Meet your staff regularly to discuss health and safety issues. Encourage sharing of thoughts and ideas and how to improve workplace safety. You may even want to provide first aid training for all employees so that they can better handle emergencies.

Report, Record, and Investigate Incidents

It’s important to report all work-related fatalities to your nearest regulatory bodies such as OSHA or NIOSH. You should also keep all records of workplace-related injuries and illnesses, incident investigations, inspections, and health and safety training activities. Conducting investigations in any type of incident, however small, can help you determine why it happened so you can take preventative measures.

Adopt a Comprehensive Injury and Illness Prevention Program

OSHA encourages all employers to adopt programs that play a critical role in reducing the number and severity of workplace-related injuries, illnesses and deaths. Check with your state to clarify if there are specific requirements or guidelines for workplace injury and illness prevention programs for your small, medium or large business.

With the right prevention program in place, your business will see reduced cases of injuries, illnesses, fatalities and even compensation claims. It’s important to make safety a key part of your business so as to maintain a NIOSH/OSHA safe workplace.

The Bottom Line

With the recently updated OSHA guidelines for safety and health programs, employers in a wide variety of business settings and industries are adopting and implementing the recommended practices. These practices incorporate a proactive approach that helps you manage workplace safety and health, ensuring a safer and more productive working environment for everyone.

Author Bio:

Carolyn Clarke is a lead safety consultant and occupational health and safety expert who writes for a number of authority health and safety websites and blogs. She provides professional guidance and training around the use of personal protective equipment in specialist business settings. She also works with clients to create safe working environments for employees and workers and is a certified Occupational Safety and Health Technician.

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General Safety Issues, Uncategorized

Top Three Android Spy Apps for Employers 2016

Top Three Android Spy Apps for Employers 2016

Even as a start-up business company, business owners come up with and implement a number of different strategies, all of which aim towards the growth of their new business. From brilliant ways to advertise without having to spend too much to coming up with ways to generate revenue utilizing the easiest means imaginable, a company will do anything to create a name for itself in the business world.

Now, keeping an eye on such things when the business is relatively new, business owners are keen on improving their businesses, employees are full of energy and newest ideas to improve their business. But, with time, this energy and keenness deflate and monotony settles in. This is when most employees rather browse through various online videos, Facebook their friends and chat with co-workers, instead of actually doing the work assigned to them.

At this point, the productivity and monthly turnout of a business seriously suffer even with thousands of employees at work. Therefore, planning ahead for such catastrophes is always in the best interest of business owners. One such preventive measure is the use of Android spy applications.

TheOneSpy – Android App

When it comes to monitoring employees, TheOneSpy comes as a game changer. It has so many different features (roughly sixty plus) that you will automatically feel tempted to try it. In addition to saving browsing history, monitoring social media, keeping a record of calls and text messages, it bugs camera and mic both. This is something not easily available in most of the spy apps. It also monitors Skype, WhatsApp, Viber and Line. Well, it definitely does not stop here. This extraordinarily powerful Android phone spy app also checks incoming and outgoing emails including the Gmail accounts of employees. This feature allows you to make sure employees are not stealing data or are communicating with competitors.  The best thing about this app is that it not only lets you monitor in-house employees but you can also use it to keep an eye on the mobile workforce as its GPS tracking feature gives you location details of your on-the-field employees with maximum accuracy so that you know that they are where they are supposed to be and are not wasting time drinking coffee in a nearby café.

mSpy Android Software

The second app which comes in our list of top three apps is the mSpy. Without any doubt, it is one of the most successful and longest running spy apps in the industry. They are deemed the best spy app not only by various websites and critics but also themselves. The offer the basic features that almost all spy apps do like SMS and call logs, blocking websites, GPS tracking, Bugging, etc. but unlike other spy apps it offer like a bazillion features and even the ability to browse through dating apps like tinder if your spouse or partner, unfortunately, has made an account on it and has the app installed on his or her smartphone. Additionally, based on your requirements, its features range from simple/basic to quite advanced one.

FlexiSpy Android Spy

Flexispy is another spy app that has a bazillion features to its credit. Not only does it allow the user to listen in on live calls being sent and received by the target device but it also lets you read the text messages before they are sent or received. Additionally, apart from the very basic and common features like Bugs, GPS tracking, etc. it is the first spy app ever to give the user the ability to crack and decode the password placed on android and iPhone devices at will. Additionally, it encourages its user to enquire about their services and give their users 100% guarantee that they will give their money back if they are not happy with the services.

Conclusion

Though there are dozens of Android spy apps available for employers but the three mentioned above are considered the best not only in terms of features and specifications but also in terms of price, customer service, reliability and other similar things. You may visit the official website of all these apps in order to know more about their features, working, payment mechanism, installation methods and much more.

Author Bio:

Angela is a technology writer, security apps adviser and also social media marketer. She writes on latest trends and gadgets check her work on spy app for employee. To know more about her follow on twitter @LatestTechBlog

 

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Safety Tips to be followed by everyone having small kids in house

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Safety Tips to be followed by everyone having small kids in house

We all go through several articles and blogs about general safety, workplace safety, traveling safety, etc but hardly have we seen safety tips for kids inside your house. There is a huge misconception in people’s mind that if the kid is in the house he/she is absolutely safe. You guys will have to come out of that bubble as your kids are most insecure when they are inside your house.

When kids are around you inside the house you get a bit care free and relaxed neglecting lots of safety concerns that can cause really bad damage to your small kids. Safety starts at your own house is a true thing, keeping your kids secure a home will help them learn a lot as they will be able to differentiate between the threats and harmless things. Here is the list of safety precautions that everyone having small kids in house must take:

  • Cover all the extra sockets: we all must be having lots of switch boards in our house and majority of them are not even used. If you have small kids and your switchboards having sockets are at a lower level where your kid can easily reach so make sure you cover all those sockets with the appropriate amount of tape or else your kid might get current from it. You can use the sockets that are on the higher level. Also make sure you don’t leave your chargers plugged in the socket.
  • Make sure your balcony is covered: no matter you live in an apartment or a bungalow you must be having a terrace or a balcony. It is very important that you cover the terrace or balcony nicely so that it doesn’t ruin your home’s beauty and also it gets secured. There is a high chance of small kids falling down from terrace or balconies, so it is always better to take timely precautions rather than curing it later.
  • Get a door fixed next to the stairs: if you live in a one unit house and you have stairs in your house then you have to be extra careful with your toddlers as they do not have enough sense about the stairs. Make sure you block your stairs with a beautiful small wooden door, you can get one customized according to your interiors as it will not look bad and will also fulfill your safety needs. These doors can also be temporary so you can get rid of them as soon as your kids grow up. This will prevent your small kids from falling down the stairs.
  • Don’t keep your straighteners and tongs on the floor: many young mothers make this mistake of leaving their witched on tongs and straighteners on the floor without realizing that their kids are crawling and roaming in the house so they can get their hands or body burned by touching it. Small kids obviously don’t know what a tong or a straightener is or what a scented candle is. All these things are attractive for small kids and they will want to grab it.
  • Keep your electrical stuff out of reach: any electrical stuff in your house should be kept far away from your kid’s reach. May it be beauty products; chargers, kitchen products or whatever is it in your house keep it on a higher level where your kids cannot reach. There have been so many cases observed in different countries where kids lose their lives just because of their parent’s carelessness. Of course you don’t want to be one of them, so make sure that you take this precaution and keep your kids safe from any incident.
  • Make sure your kids don’t reach any chemicals, bleach, finyle, etc: apart from all the electronic things in your house there are lots of other things that should not be in your kid’s hands. You might be having different cleaning chemicals, hair chemicals, and other hair products, you might also be having finyle, colors, paints, polish, perfumes, and so on, make sure all these things are kept on a higher level where your kid cannot reach or if it’s even on the lower level in the cupboard or cabinet then make sure its locked all the time until and unless it is not being used.

Above mentioned are very simple and minor things that are ignored by many people and because of this small kids have to suffer a lot. You should always take precautions instead of getting your kids and yourself in trouble.

Author Bio: David J. Paul is an engineer by profession and a lecturer by passion at Assignment Help Online. He has conducted hundreds of training and safety sessions in his career of seventeen years.