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The global scale of workplace accidents is truly staggering, with over 561,000 nonfatal incidents reported in 2022 alone. This figure, along with the daunting 340 million occupational accidents worldwide, underscores the urgent need for comprehensive workplace safety measures. Even in the UK, where stringent health and safety laws are in place, these incidents persist at an alarming rate.
While there are a great many things you can do to protect your employees in the workplace, sadly, you cannot always eliminate every risk, and there will always be some degree of risk regardless of how diligent you are. And while things like insurance policies can help you recover the costs of an incident, Roofers Insurance can protect workers when working at height, while medical malpractice cover can protect your doctors and medical professionals should they find themselves facing a malpractice suit; these are there in the event something happens it help you avoid out of pocket expenses, they don’t reduce or eliminate employee risks.
These tips, however, can help do just that.
Thorough and effective training is a crucial tool in your arsenal to reduce accidents stemming from improper equipment use or unsafe working practices. Inadequate training or knowledge gaps among employees significantly increase the risk of harm to themselves, their colleagues, on-site visitors or customers, your equipment, and even the building.
The type of training your employees need includes training on their specific job roles and duties, training on the company and your sector to keep up to date with changes, best working practices, and new equipment, tools, or technology you are integrating into the company. And of course, they should be trained on health and safety risks and dangers they might face during their working day and how they can reduce these risks and keep themselves and others safe.
Regular health and safety meetings are not just a formality but a crucial platform for everyone to be involved and responsible. They allow you to ensure everyone is on the same page, address any issues that might have arisen, and discuss new policies or incidents. These meetings are an opportunity to assess the collective understanding and fill in any knowledge or skill gaps that might surface.
Safety equipment is required even in the most low-risk environments, i.e. an office or reception area. Threats can come in many forms, and being prepared is vital for the safety of everyone on-site at all times. Whether this is as simple as having a first aid kit ready for any accidents or injuries or a direct line to call for help, a first aider or the emergency services, or providing safety goggles, boost hi-vis workwear, gloves, masks, hard hats and breathing apparatus and so on. The type of safety equipment you will need to use, of course, depends on the work you do, your sector, and any legal guidelines covering your industry and what you do.
If your aim is to reduce the number of workplace accidents and incidents, being positive about health and safety can enable you to do as much as possible and keep everyone safe at all times. These tips can help you ensure you have the basics in place; from here, you can make more specific improvements to further improve health and safety.
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