Safety Criteria At Work That You Cannot Ignore

90% Of Accident Cases Could Be Avoided If Fundamental Workplace Safety Standards Were Adopted, Learn The Most Basic Ones And How To Apply Them

There is not a year that goes by without people leaving their jobs due to accidents suffered in work environments. To give you an idea of the severity, more than 4 million people suffered some type of work-related accident between 2012 and 2018 in Brazil. Of these, about 17 thousand employees ended up dying.

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The scenario is concerning, isn’t it? Especially knowing that 90% of these cases could be avoided with the required protections in place.

With that in mind, we have listed some workplace safety standards that you cannot ignore. They are fundamental for making data like the ones presented above increasingly lower. Shall we go?

Pay Attention To The Risks Present In The Workplace

A work environment needs to be safe for employees. There should be no possibility, or at least there shouldn’t be, for a worker to perform their task knowing that they could have an accident at any moment.

However, when a segment already conditions you to a risky situation, such as chemical, biological, and physical tasks, you need to have a risk assessment done by a workplace safety specialist.

Risks are not just those where the employee has real chances of injury. Harmful noise to hearing, for example, also needs to be pointed out in the report so that they can be avoided.

All risks that cause harm to the worker’s health must be addressed. And for that, it is essential that you stay alert to all possibilities. With the risk assessment in hand, you will have better control over what you will need to combat each one of them.

Be Aware Of Unhealthy And Dangerous Activities

With the report in hand, it is possible to identify what dangerous and unhealthy activities exist in the work environment.

First of all, it is important to define what dangerous and unhealthy jobs are. Dangerous jobs are those that put the worker in direct contact with electrical energy, flammables, and explosives, in addition to facing risks of robbery and physical and psychological violence.

Unhealthy jobs, on the other hand, are those that put the employee in situations of contamination and in contact with agents harmful to health.

The most effective way to combat them is by using personal and collective protective equipment. If this rule has already been implemented in your company, be attentive to its use. Employees must be equipped to perform their activities.

Conduct Periodic Training And Workshops

Although it may seem less important than those mentioned earlier, this method is fundamental. This is because it raises awareness and helps the employee understand the importance of workplace safety, as well as how to protect themselves.

It is recommended that employees have workshops on the importance of using protective equipment. Knowing how to identify risks is also important.

When it comes to training, they can be conducted in two fronts: one to guide and teach how to use each piece of protective equipment, and the other to assist and help employees perform their functions in the best possible way.

It doesn’t matter whether you work with epoxy resin, electronic recycling or centrifugal pumps. Every industry has its risks and dangers when it comes to performing work. Think carefully and identify all of them. A safe environment for the worker is a conducive environment for bringing good results and profits to the company.

This article was written by Iago Martins, Content Creator at Soluções Industriais.