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The area of health and safety is an obvious thing to focus on for employees working within the construction, manufacturing, medical, and transportation sectors– but it is also important in all other industries, too.
Every single workplace has the potential to face risks to its staff’s health and safety. Therefore, businesses should consider workplace safety a top priority to protect employees and clients from the face of harm.
This can be achieved by following these 5 tips.
Undergo proper training
Businesses need to do everything they can to make sure that all employees are properly trained.
Proper training from people such as Carlos Ramirez Safety who have both industry experience spanning over several years and up-to-date knowledge of current practice is important to get all staff up to speed in health and safety.
Acknowledge safe behavior
Employers need to reconsider the types of workplace behavior that are normal to celebrate and reward. More often than not, rewards for productivity can often be given to employees who will tend to cut corners while ignoring safety procedures. This is very common in the transportation sector where drivers are encouraged to manage their time effectively to get the most done in the least amount of time but this can, of course, be a safety compromise.
Instead, employers should reward the employees who act safely and who produce high-quality work in a safe manner- acknowledging that quality over quantity is still a job well done.
Invest in tech
Following the proper training, employees may now have all of the knowledge and experience they need in order to make safe and correct choices. However, without the right tools and equipment in place, they are less likely to be able to protect themselves and others around them.
Companies should look through their technological inventory to see if they have the right equipment in place. These could include having wearable technology and machinery guards as well as safety software. They should be considered a non-negotiable investment for accountability and transparency of safe business practice.
Hold regular check-in meetings
Adequate safety requires regular communication. Companywide meetings with representatives from each level of the business should be held to give everyone a view on how the safety procedures work across each department comprehensively. Representatives are then able to discuss how certain practices are working in their favor.
Regular meetings are also an excellent way to ensure that everybody in a business is on the same page when it comes to important matters such as the health and safety of colleagues and coworkers.
Encourage workplace culture of safety
Even with the best will and intentions in the world, it is not enough to have safety policies and procedures in place without fostering a culture of safety. Areas that hold significant importance such as this should hold a place as high as planning the financial year for business. Teams need to be accountable in contributing to safety culture with a responsibility of understanding and getting the right training where they need it.
Encourage employees to report any concerns they have around specific areas of safety and rewarding safe working habits all add to the goal of achieving ultimate workplace safety.
