Personal Safety Learning | Personal Safety Training » workplace safety http://www.personalsafetylearning.com/blog Personal Safety Learning | Personal Safety Training Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:48:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Lone Working – Health and Safety Executive (HSE) resources http://www.personalsafetylearning.com/blog/2009/07/lone-working-health/ http://www.personalsafetylearning.com/blog/2009/07/lone-working-health/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:31:05 +0000 Pierre http://www.personalsafetylearning.com/blog/?p=334 Lone Working – Health and Safety Executive (HSE) resources. The HSE (responsible for enforcing workplace safety regulations in the UK) researched a large number of case studies on lone working and personal safety – you can find it here: http://www.hse.gov.uk/violence/loneworkcase.htm. One of their key findings were that training of staff is an extremely successful measure in reducing risk to staff. At http://www.personalsafetylearning.com we provide training in a wide range of Lone Working topics, and will be happy to assist you. See the link to http://www.personalsafetylearning.com/blog/elearning/ for more information.

The roles researched by the HSE include:


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Safety in the workplace for dummies, By Chris Loomis, Personal Safety Examiner

What is the number one cause of work place accidents?

Bet you can’t guess what the Number One cause of accidents in the workplace is! Here’s a hint:

It’s NOT accidentally stabbing your boss with a letter opener!

It’s slipping and falling down. Millions or workers each year are injured by slipping and falling in the workplace. The reasons for this are pretty obvious if you think about it. And it’s high time we each thought about it because safety in the workplace is an attainable goal we can all work toward. So let’s consider some of the hazards:

Reason Number One

In every office or plant, there’s always at least one guy who sloshes his coffee all the way from the break room back to his workspace. He’s oblivious to his sloppy behavior. He has no idea that his carelessness could cause someone to slip and fall. He makes no effort to clean up his mess.

Reason Number Two

Your company is full of people. Anytime you put a bunch of people together in one location, weird stuff happens.

* The lady in accounting is eating her cinnamon roll while she walks down the hallway.

* An applicant tracks rainwater all the way from the front door to human resources.

* The guy in receiving spills lighter fluid while refilling his lighter.

* The receptionist drops her lunch as she’s walking back to her desk.

All these accidents make for a slippery floor. Can someone please call the janitor? While the janitor is being called, Miss Lambert from payroll strolls down the hallway on her break and BANG! She slips and falls rupturing a vertebrae. It takes her six weeks to recover.

There was safety in the workplace that day except for that one little stretch of hallway during that 20 minutes it took the janitor to respond.

Remember: Safety in the workplace is no accident!

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