Workplace Health & Safety Checklist
The health and safety of your employees is critical to the success of your business. When you create effective workplace health and safety policies, you are encouraging a productive work environment that can lead to an increase in employee morale, a rise in quality of work and a boost in corporate revenue. Develop a workplace health and safety checklist to help you keep your company safe and productive.
Legal Compliance
Federal government organizations such as the Occupational Health and Safety Administration enforce workplace health and safety laws. According to the March of 2008 OSHA Fact Sheet, there are also several programs to help businesses understand and implement workplace safety laws in their own companies. Working with federal and state safety organizations to create policies that comply with the laws is necessary to avoid lawsuits from employees and government regulators. There is a great deal of research that goes into creating those laws that make them effective at helping you develop and maintain a safe and productive workplace as well as making your company compliant with the law.
Getting Assistance
When there is an injury or illness to an employee of a business with 10 employees or less, that loss can be felt immediately, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. But whether you have a business with more than 10 employees or fewer than 10 employees, the key to an effective workplace health and safety checklist is having information available on where to get help in case of an emergency. It is also prudent to have resources available for preventive care as well, such as flu shots and other vaccines to help prevent illness. Develop a network of caregivers such as hospitals and clinics in your area where employees can go, or be taken, when medical assistance is needed.
Hazard Assessment
The function of a checklist is to do routine inspections that help to improve the quality of a situation. When you have a proactive workplace health and safety program, your employees tend to feel appreciated and safer in their work environment, according to the online small business resource Entrepreneur. Develop the habit of conducting weekly inspections on things such as the safety of the storage areas, the functionality of safety lighting, and the posting of safety information and phone numbers in places where they can be easily seen. Make sure that product information sheets with important safety information are readily available and up to date, and make sure the company's safety policies are being followed. Anoint a safety inspector who is responsible for filling out weekly hazard assessment forms that initiate repair activity on broken or defective equipment and punishment for those who do not abide by the company's safety procedures.
Legal Compliance
Federal government organizations such as the Occupational Health and Safety Administration enforce workplace health and safety laws. According to the March of 2008 OSHA Fact Sheet, there are also several programs to help businesses understand and implement workplace safety laws in their own companies. Working with federal and state safety organizations to create policies that comply with the laws is necessary to avoid lawsuits from employees and government regulators. There is a great deal of research that goes into creating those laws that make them effective at helping you develop and maintain a safe and productive workplace as well as making your company compliant with the law.
Getting Assistance
When there is an injury or illness to an employee of a business with 10 employees or less, that loss can be felt immediately, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. But whether you have a business with more than 10 employees or fewer than 10 employees, the key to an effective workplace health and safety checklist is having information available on where to get help in case of an emergency. It is also prudent to have resources available for preventive care as well, such as flu shots and other vaccines to help prevent illness. Develop a network of caregivers such as hospitals and clinics in your area where employees can go, or be taken, when medical assistance is needed.
Hazard Assessment
The function of a checklist is to do routine inspections that help to improve the quality of a situation. When you have a proactive workplace health and safety program, your employees tend to feel appreciated and safer in their work environment, according to the online small business resource Entrepreneur. Develop the habit of conducting weekly inspections on things such as the safety of the storage areas, the functionality of safety lighting, and the posting of safety information and phone numbers in places where they can be easily seen. Make sure that product information sheets with important safety information are readily available and up to date, and make sure the company's safety policies are being followed. Anoint a safety inspector who is responsible for filling out weekly hazard assessment forms that initiate repair activity on broken or defective equipment and punishment for those who do not abide by the company's safety procedures.
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References
http://www.ehow.com/list_7410995_workplace-health-safety-checklist.html
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