Health and Safety: Tips And Guidelines

Posted by Anna Haris on August 17th, 2018

The proper guidelines and methods that ensure the safety, health, and welfare of every worker in a work or employment. The correct following of the safety measures can help to prevent accidents and reduce the risk of employee injury and illness in a workplace.

A health and safety certified course can avoid work site safety risks up to a certain limit. It is the responsibility of each and every Employee to take a safety certification course from any affiliated institutions. And also under the law employers are responsible for health and safety management. They have to make sure that their workers and others are protected themselves from anything that may cause harm, effectively managing any risks.

Six Safety Management Methods for a construction site:

• A safety plan;
• Policies, procedures and processes;
• Training and induction;
• Monitoring the risky works;
• Supervision; 
• Reporting to authority.

A risk assessment on health and safety of the workforce is important to identify the risks and to prevent them by appointing responsible persons to monitor the workplace health and safety. Providing workers with sufficient information and training on occupational health and safety.

Five Health and Safety Steps To Risk Assessment.

Step 1: Identify the hazards in the workplace.
Step 2: Decide who might be harmed and how.
Step 3: Evaluate the risks and decide on precautions.
Step 4: Record your findings and implement them efficiently.
Step 5: Review your risk assessment and update if necessary.

The implementation of proper safety plans such as take precaution before going to work, identifying the risk in your work in advance and take proper training in health and safety can reduce the risk of workplace accidents. A safe environment in a workplace without any accidents and injuries employees can do their jobs without the fear of injury or death. There are many accidents reported in workplaces due to improper guidelines and without a certified training in health and safety.

Listed below are just a few of the main hazards that are encountered on a typical construction site:

• Working at Height. 
• Moving Heavy Objects. 
• Slips, Trips, & Falls. 
• Noise.
• Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome.
• Material & Manual Handling.
• Collapse.
• Asbestos.

By identifying the hazards especially in these areas in a workplace will help to reduce accidents, hazards and more injuries during the work.