(Newswire.net — February 4, 2022) — Workplace health and safety (H&S) is vital to the smooth running of any business, regardless of industry or size. As such, it is prudent to undertake regular reviews of your business’s health and safety policies and make improvements as required. Improved H&S within a company is beneficial in many ways, so always worth reassessing. Sometimes though, it’s easy to overlook things that can be improved, so we will look at some simple ways to improve workplace health and safety.
E-learning
E-learning is an excellent way to keep current and new staff updated with H&S training. It allows staff to work at their own pace, around regular duties, while allowing management to monitor progress. Content can be easily and quickly updated and rolled out, especially useful if there are major law and policy changes.
Upgrade Physical Premises
Spend the money to upgrade your physical premises and minimize the risk of accidents. Ensure the correct warehouse guard rails are installed within the warehouse environment and that heavy machinery has appropriate space to maneuver. Office environments also need attention, with faulty chairs and damaged cables potential accidents waiting to happen. Investing the money to fix these issues vastly lessens the company’s likelihood of a damaging lawsuit brought against it.
Consult Between Workers And Management
While it’s normal for a company to have a dedicated Health and Safety officer, health and safety is not the sole responsibility of one person. Any health and safety consultations should include both management and worker from all sectors. Building a solid relationship between all areas of a company gives ownership to all staff, who will, in turn, invest in keeping good H&S practices. The added benefit is that people see different areas differently, so an issue that one person misses will be picked up and reported by another.
Steam Line Reporting
By streamlining the company reporting system to be more user-friendly, issues will be reported promptly. If the system for reporting issues is too difficult to use, people will avoid using it, especially for minor problems. The result will be that problems will go undealt until they either cause an accident or become a more extensive, more expensive repair.
Walk The Premises
The best way to identify issues is to see them in the wild, and undertaking walkthroughs of a workplace is an excellent way to do this. It’s as simple as having pairs of people take a fifteen-minute walk through their area and make a list of any potential issues once a year. Doing so encourages ownership of their department, where they want to stay safe and well. They’ll also be better able to pick up on issues at other times as their mindset is focused on seeing faults more readily.
Making improvements to workplace health and safety doesn’t require a timely and expensive overhaul. It is as simple as modifying training techniques and involving all staff members in a hands-on way to encourage ownership.