Thursday, May 26, 2011

General Workplace Safety Rules

Safety rules are not only for the organization, but also it includes employees duties. The cooperation of every employee is necessary to make the organization safe. Employees help themselves and others by reporting unsafe conditions and hazards immediately to supervisors or managers. Employees should give earnest consideration to the rules of safety presented to their poster signs, discussions with supervisor, posted department rules, and regulations published in the safety booklet. Employers are required to provide workers with a safe working environment. Some states also have "state-specific rules" to follow.

a. Good housekeeping:

A good housekeeping provides a great safe workplace environment. Keep machines and other objects like merchandise, boxes, shopping carts etc out of the center of aisles. Place trash in the proper receptacles. Cleanup spills, drips, and leaks immediately to avoid slips and falls. Stock shelves carefully, so merchandise will not fall over upon customer contact. Begin right by always thinking of safety as you perform your job, or as you learn a new one.

Poor housekeeping may cause accidents in the workplace. To prevent accidents supervisors, managers and employees follow a few simple housekeeping rule.


b. Follow the regulations:

To keep workplace safe every employee of the organization should follow the companies regulations. Employers should follow the regulations in order to keep workers safe. However it is also responsibility of employees to follow the rules set by their employing company. Employers or supervisors should provide safety training to all the employees and develop communication between the employees. A written safety plan, employee and supervisor safety training and frequent safety-issue updates help each person at a workplace to know his rights and responsibilities.

c. Safety observations:

Safety observations are important to keep workplace safe. Most specifically, the workplace should be checked often for any hazardous conditions or potential accidents. Employers, managers, and supervisors observe the total workplace environment in regular intervals. Recognizable hazards, toxic fumes, workers not following safety rules, faulty tools, equipment and vehicles, poor electrical or lighting equipments, and other hazards should be dealt promptly. Regular observations will help persons in charge to use their senses of seeing, smelling or hearing unsafe condition in the workplace. It is also the right and the duty of workers to report unsafe working conditions, faulty equipment and other situations that could jeopardize anyone's safety.

d. Protective clothing and equipment

In workplace all tools, equipments and vehicles should be maintained properly so that workers are not seriously at risk of extinction. Work place management should involve, inspection of all tools, equipments and vehicles, whether it is properly working or not. For limit downtime and extend productivity we should maintain effectively the tools, equipments, machinery and vehicles, so that we can reduce the operational cost of the construction project. We must always be aware that maintenance tasks are potentially hazardous and can result in injury.

All employees should be provided with, and use, the proper protective clothing specific to their jobs. Everything from hardhats, safety masks or goggles, work gloves, safety boots, fall protection harnesses and coveralls might be needed. In other work situations, workers may need plastic gloves, paper face masks and sanitary lab-type coats. Every job may require protective equipment or clothing.


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