Keeping Safety In Mind At The Workplace

If you have a business especially one that is larger with a warehouse or stockroom

you will have a lot of heavy items and also potential hazards that should be known and also make your employees aware of these hazards.

In any business when you have people walking around you will always have to keep safety in mind, if you have a retail store accidents can lead to lawsuits and you will end up losing money to pay for any accidents that occur on your business property. There are a few things that you should do to prevent accidents. When you have a retail business your employees should always be aware of hazards for the shoppers in the store, these include liquid spills that often occur, broken glass and various other hazards.

If there is an accident in the store such as a broken bottle which leads to spills someone should immediately call maintenance and in the mean time your store should have spill signs, these often come as cones or A-signs to let customers know to avoid the spill or hazard and you should always have an employee stand near the spill to inform customers who may not see the spill sign.

Now if you run a warehouse or industrial type business there are many more hazards involved due to the amount of heavy machinery and large bulky items that come with most of these types of jobs. When you have one of these businesses you should employ safety signs throughout the work area to let your employees know of any hazards which are present in the work area. You should also have hand protection and ear protection for your employees for those businesses that require handling things which can injure employee hands or very loud work areas the ear protection should be used.

Another thing that almost every business should have is a first aid station or cabinets where you can store medical items in the case of an accident occurs and the injured can receive immediate treatment, while major accidents these will not be sufficient you should still call the hospital for major accidents but the first aid station is good for small cuts and scratches and also treating foreign material in your eyes.

Along the same lines having a eye wash station is very valuable for your employees especially those that work in an industrial area as there can be a lot of dust and material in the air which can go into your employees eyes. So the bottom line is to ensure that your business is a safe one, you want to value your customers and employees health over productivity and profit.

by:Jamie Francis

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