Reporting procedures are an essential part of safety management.
You will not be able to regulate safety hazards in the workplace if accidents, injuries and safety threats are not brought to your attention.
Incidents that are reported should be investigated for the cause of the incident, and the company should come up with solutions for making the environment safer to prevent reoccurrences.
2. Incident Reporting Procedures
• Reporting procedures are an essential part of
safety management.
• You will not be able to regulate safety hazards
in the workplace if accidents, injuries and
safety threats are not brought to your attention.
• Incidents that are reported should be
investigated for the cause of the incident, and
the company should come up with solutions for
making the environment safer to prevent
reoccurrences.
3. Fire Safety Procedures
• They requires employers to abide by
particular fire safety procedures, such as
maintaining smoke detectors and fire alarms
that function properly ensuring that aisles,
passageways and escape routes are not
blocked or obstructed and seeing to it that
emergency exits are clearly identified in the
building.
4. Security Procedures
• Security procedures have to do with
keeping employees safe from burglaries,
violence, break-ins and other criminal
behaviors. Such procedures require
employees to abide by certain safety
precautions.
5. Good Housekeeping
• Good housekeeping procedures include
addressing slip and fall hazards by
mopping up spills and leaks immediately
after they happen.
• You can avoid the spread of infectious
diseases by creating a procedure for
cleaning and disinfecting common areas,
including break rooms.
6. Reporting Process
• One of the ways to help get employees
and management involved together in
the safety procedures of your company is
to implement a reporting process.
• When employees see potential safety
problems, they should be trained to avoid
trying to handle the problems on their
own.
• Employees should be aware of the safety
company reporting process, and report
safety issues immediately.
7. Evacuation
• When an emergency happens within
your facility, such as a fire or explosion,
it is important for everyone in the
company to know the evacuation
procedure.
• Develop an evacuation procedure that
covers everyone in the company.
• Point out the closest emergency exit to
each department, and develop a set of
procedures for the safe evacuation of
the building.
8. First Aid Kit
• Well stocked first aid kits should be a part
of any safety company program.
• Place first aid kits in each work room, and
have a small first aid kit in every manager's
office.
• A first aid kit should contain sterilized
bandages, medical adhesive tape,
headache medication, antibacterial
ointment, surgical gauze and over-the-
counter pain medication.
9. • Workplace safety procedures are
designed to keep employees, visitors
and customers safe while helping to
reduce the stress associated with the
work area.
• Company management should take the
time to develop safety procedures at
work that get the entire staff involved in
making company safety a priority.