subject: Employers Need To Do All They Can To Reduce Workplace Accidents [print this page] Even though every employee of a company has a large role to play in ensuring that the workplace remains safe and relatively risk free, a great deal of responsibility is also borne by the employer.
There are many things which an employer should do to provide their employees with the proper knowledge and tools to ensure that they are not placed at risk of being involved in an accident. If an employee is involved in an accident, there is every chance there will be a financial penalty for the firm to pay, so it makes sense for a company to ensure that it has provided training and information for its employees to help them avoid accidents in the workplace.
Providing staff training is something that all firms must do and it is inevitable that part of this training will focus on health and safety. This is never going to be the most exciting or engaging training package people will take part in, but it has to capture the interest of the participants. Informing employees of safety measures employed by the firm and of the right and wrong way to behave in the office can make a big difference to the number of accidents that take place. A company also needs to consider whether it uses any specific products or materials that would make an accident more likely to occur. If it does, this needs to be included in the training programme as well.
A great way to reduce the risk of injuries is to introduce an accident book to the office or workplace. Any accidents which take place in the workplace should be recorded in this book. It should then be the task of the manager or the safety office to review the book and determine whether there are any issues which should be resolved to lower the possibility of accidents occurring in the workplace. If the same sort of accident continues to occur, be it in a certain place, resulting in a certain type of injury or the same employee being involved, it is then up to a senior official to implement changes that will ensure that this type of accident no longer occurs.
Another thing that employers can do to minimise the level of risk and injuries experienced by people in the workplace is to place safety signs at strategic points around the building. These signs can inform people of where to go in the event of an emergency or of where to find a first aid box in case an injury has been sustained in an accident.
