Safety Awareness Poster And Graphics - The Backbone For Promoting Safety Awareness In The Workplace

It's a well-known fact - promotion of safety and health clearly demonstrates the commitment of the business owner to establishing an effective safety management system. Much careful thought and consideration should be given to this. Promotional approaches adopted should have clearly defined objectives. The following are some approaches to be tried, most of them can be based on almost free safety poster and safety awareness poster that does not cost much :Read more...
 

How To Find The Best Safety Workwear In Australia

All professions without saying the work entails putting their health into risks need safety workwear to protect them from any untoward occurrences. Safety workwear are intended not only to generate and increase profits but to basically care and promote safety of employees. All workers have the right to be given safety workwear and clothing by their employer.Read more...
 

Ohsas 18001 Safety Management Systems

OHSAS 18001 is an Occupation Health and Safety Assessment Series for health and safety management systems. It is designed to help organisations control occupational health and safety risks. It was developed in response to widespread demand for a recognised standard against which to be certified and assessed. Read more...
 

Workplace Safety Culture, It's No Small Thing

"Get product out the door, and be safe, too!" ordered Sam, Operations Manager at YoYo Express, at the end of the pre-shift meeting. Justin Time and Vera Careful stood up from their chairs and marched directly to the production floor to start their day. Outside of the conference room, the two forklift operators could see the yoyo machines were wide open, and production operators were scrambling to keep them going full-steam ahead. It was Justin and Vera's job to feed the insatiable appetite of the yoyo machines with raw material like strings, wood and plastic -- the goods that eventually became a yoyo. Read more...
 

Ask Your Employees if You Have a Strong Safety Program

One of the first questions we ask management when assessing a company or organization's safety program, is "How strong is your overall safety program?".
Invariably the answer is positive. Every company wants to believe that they have a strong approach to safety, and that they are doing the right things, even if the results aren't as good as they would like. A few years ago we started asking a follow -up question, "What would your employees say, if we asked them if you have a strong safety program" ? The reality is that the only assessment that counts is the second one, the opinion of the employees. If they don't believe in the company's safety program, it doesn't make much difference whether management thinks it's strong or not. The workers are the ones who are getting hurt, and whose behavior matters, and it is behavior that leads to injuries. The question that management needs to ask is not if the company's safety program is in perfect compliance, but if that program has a positive impact on the behaviors that lead to avoidable injuries and claims. Read more...
 

Focus on Safety during National Safety Month

It's National Safety Month and a great time to put some extra focus on safety in your workplace. Most companies have some kind of safety program to ensure they are in compliance with OSHA and other regulations. But this month, take some time to think about employee engagement in your safety program. Safety can be fun – okay, that sounds cheesy – but in all seriousness, it can be. Oftentimes employees view safety as a chore or a boring training session. Why not liven it up and get employees excited and engaged in workplace safety? Read more...
 

What Is a Health and Safety Poster?

A health and safety poster is a poster that explains a rule or gives advice that is designed to keep people out of harm's way in a public place such as an office, factory, school, government building or rented accommodation. They are primarily designed to warn people of a potential danger and how to protect themselves from injury. But they also play an important role in demonstrating that the owner of a business or public building is complying with health and safety legislation. This is important for landlords as well. Read more...
 

40 Free Safety Slogans for the Workplaces

Safety promotion or socialization is an effective way to maintain workers awareness in the plant site against safety. Safety promotion is a form of safety communications. One of the most common ways is by utilization of safety slogan. People may also call it by safety sayings, safety quotes or safety mottos. Whatever it is called, the main purpose is the same, namely how to use effective words to remind workers about safety in their workplaces. Read more...
 

Fire safety preventative measures within the workplace

Housekeeping Good housekeeping will lower the chances of a fire starting, so the accumulation of combustible materials in all premises should be monitored carefully. Good housekeeping is essential to reduce the chances of escape routes and fire doors becoming blocked or obstructed. Read more...