Workplace Safety Tips - My Top Ten List

Maintaining a safe workplace is almost but not entirely totally unlike following OSHA regulations. If complying with OSHA regulations at your lowest up front cost is your goal, then I suggest you read another site. However, if you are truly interested in keeping your employees safe and productive in your workplace then here are some workplace safety tips for you. They might even help you comply with some OSHA regulations along the way.

My Top Ten Workplace Safety Tips:

1. Maintain a clean work area. Not only will you remove many hazards from a work area by keeping it clean, but you will also provide a more productive work environment for your employees.



2. Use guards and engineering solutions wherever possible instead of relying on PPE - personal protective equipment. PPE is hard to police and uncomfortable to wear. Find a way to prevent the exposure in the first place. Your workers will be much more productive if they are comfortable



3. Assume your employees want to work safely and give them that chance. Many safety incentive programs seemed to be based on the idea that employees want to get hurt and you have to bribe them not to stick their hand in the machine. If you have that idea, then these tips are not for you.



4. Give clear work instructions. Make sure your employees know the right way to do what you expect of them. Don't just give them a list of things not to do. Include safety instructions in every procedure you write.
   



5. Don't dwell on worst case scenarios but focus on what is most likely to occur. Start by focusing your energy in preventing your most common incidents. That means you will have to keep an accurate OSHA incident log even if it looks bad to some manager you report to.



6. Love your employees. Don't confuse this with something that might get you a sexual harassment claim. I mean, care about your employees and let them know you do. If a machine is becoming unsafe, shut it down before someone gets hurt.



7. Spend time getting to know the work your employees do. Even if you once did that job, it is likely it is done differently by different people. Look at what people are actually doing and compare this to what is written in procedures. If the procedures are different from the actual practice , find out why.



8. Maintain the machinery in good working order. Many times employees get into dangerous situations by having to compensate for a machine defect or wear. In the case of wear, it may have occurred so gradually that they think it is normal. A strong preventive maintenance program makes for a strong safety program.



9. Avoid unnecessary hazards. Look for new materials or equipment that can eliminate the hazards your workers are exposed to.



10. Maintain a clean work area. See workplace safety tip number one above. Potential exposures to hazardous material and conditions can be dramatically reduced simply by keeping the work area clean. And the benefit in employee productivity and morale is worth the effort even without the safety incentive.

Mike Strawbridge is the owner of Straw Solutions Performance Improvement Consulting
http://www.mikestrawbridge.com

For more workplace safety ideas see http://www.mikestrawbridge.com/workplace-safety-training.shtml

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Safety information for students on a school trip

School trips to destinations including Washington DC, New York, Orlando and other cities are desirable the perfect opportunity for young people to learn and have fun with their peers, teachers and parents. For many parents send their children on school trips, educational trips can also be fear of the unknown. Educational travel agencies must act to minimize the concerns of parents of implementing measures that make them feel more secure in their confidence inothers. There are ways to ensure the safety of the students'.

Without proper control and planning, one of the most important places where problems can occur both during the travel of students to the hotel. For this reason, Educational Travel Consultants a permanent policy and procedures to ensure the safety of students during their hotel stay.

Let me explain effective strategies to ensure safety on a school trip, when groups of students to stay in different hotels. If these measures aretaken, there is less reason for concern.

Let's face it, there's always a chance something can happen, while groups of students are on tour. Therefore, a qualified education company travel insurance for all students will conduct guided tours. In addition to insurance, I am firmly convinced that the implementation of safety times the hotel is another way to ensure that all students followed. Students must not be tempted to have left the hotel, whereStay for points unknown in urban areas, are not family members.

Hotel Safety for Groups of students travel

The first choice of hotel is needed for safety on a school trip. My books only company student groups at the hotel corridors closed. It 's easier to monitor student behavior and ensure that they are not trying to leave the premises at the hotel with interior corridors.

According Students must have curfews. A clock curfew 11.00Standard on the road. If the group for some reason comes out in a hotel after 11 clock (which is rare) the curfew will begin 30 minutes after arrival.

Although the third adds an extra effort, a security guard patrolling the corridors of the hotel after curfew can be up in the morning. My philosophy is to provide protection on all trips for students.

The fourth security personnel, student band room curfew. The teacher may be responsible for disciplinary action, if the tape is torn or removed.

When the fifthCurfew is at 11 clock, this means that students need to lower TV and music and still be imposed. Noise and talk loudly can disturb other guests, and is not allowed. A teacher may request that the lights go out during curfew and do not talk is not allowed. In any case, if the bad behavior of a student to explain, this may be expulsion from the trip, which will have an impact as soon as possible: the return of students to school and home.

Sixth security guards have clear parameterswithin the work. When the guard comes to the clock service to 11, he or she has to rely on the availability last-minute switch to search and teachers and carers informed. Security guards are not authorized to enter student rooms for any purpose. However, they are obliged to keep records of all events during the evening. The guard will not wake disorders leading to small - only occurs when an emergency or problem that requires their input.

If these measures are being taken for safetySchool trips, I find that problems can be eliminated before it even begins. Young people need a well-defined rules. Similar to the class, inappropriate behavior in a school has serious consequences.

The majority of students I worked with groups over the years to follow these rules well and worked with teachers, instructors, guides and guards. If all travelers will establish guidelines, then the whole group is peace of mind and agood sleep, so fully enjoy the tours and attractions for the next day.

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