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Safety Reminders: 5 Basic Safety Tips That Require Employee Awareness
The document outlines five essential workplace safety tips to enhance employee awareness and prevent injuries. Key tips include maintaining situational awareness, using tools correctly, knowing emergency exits, reporting safety issues, and minimizing distractions. Regular reminders and consultations with safety experts are encouraged to sustain a safe work environment.
Safety Reminders: 5 Basic Safety Tips That Require Employee Awareness
- 1. Safety Reminders: 5 BasicSafety Tips That Require Employee Awareness
- 2. Workplace safety is oneof the most critical concerns an organization must deal with as part of day-to-day business operations.
- 3. Safety is notonly important from an efficiency and compliance standpoint, but also in the prevention of serious injury or even death.
- 4. Even though safety isan important issue, over time employees can forget their onboarding safety briefings and slip into bad habits.
- 5. Safety reminders arebest done on either a quarterly or yearly basis to prevent accidents and injuries from occurring.
- 6. Safety Tip #1 SituationalAwareness
- 7. Situational awareness covers manydifferent areas. First, it requires employees to be aware of where hazards in the workplace are located. Second, it informs employees on how to deal with hazardous situations. Lastly, it covers personal and group safety.
- 8. Safety Tip #2 UsingTools and Machines the Way They Were Intended
- 9. This safety tip mayseem like a no-brainer, but when people work with the same machines and equipment day in and day out, shortcuts can be taken.
- 10. Safety Tip #3 KnowWhere Emergency Exits Are and Ensure They Can Be Reached
- 11. In the eventof an emergency, employees should know where all safety exits are located and which are nearest to them. Employees should also be reminded that safety exits are to be respected at all times, and should never be blocked with boxes or other obstacles.
- 12. Safety Tip #4 SafetyReporting: Report All Safety Issues to Supervisors
- 13. Remind your employees toreport all workplace- related safety issues. Stressing that even the smallest and most mundane items must be reported will ensure a safe and compliant workplace.
- 14. Safety Tip #5 Keepingthe Workplace Free of Distractions
- 15. Employees should be remindedthat if stress becomes too overwhelming and they feel they are putting themselves or others at risk, they should seek out a supervisor before it is too late.
- 16. If your company’ssafety program could use a new approach, it’s time to consult an expert in safety and training.
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