Hopefully, you had a lot of happy moments and excitement during the New Year celebration. Now that it is over take time to reflect on the previous year and make new resolutions for the year ahead. Each year, we see negative news on health and safety. Nevertheless, let’s commit to making this year the safest year so far. To get started, here are some useful resolutions to keep in mind.
Practice what you preach.
There is a world of difference between talking about health and safety and actually doing something about it. An excellent way to back up your resolution with action is to organise seminars or awareness campaigns for clients, workers, colleagues and the general public. Likewise, ensure that there are practical steps people can follow to make the workplace safer. Also, equip the relevant people with the skills that will keep them safe; relevant booking on to health and safety training courses is a great place to start.
Information Sharing
Keeping a record on part incidents, accidents, hazards and potential risks relating to health and safety is crucial to workplace safety. In addition to sharing information on problems discovered, there must be a plan in place to solve it. Ensure that the plan is executed.
Avoid unnecessary time-saving approach
People tend to be impatient with little things like wearing helmets, putting on the right gear, observing safety rules. Negligence is the biggest reason behind most workplace accidents and injuries in the UK. Therefore, you must take this resolution seriously and avoid cutting corners.
Workplace Risk Assessments
The HSE offers a ton of information and guidelines on how to perform a risk assessment for various industries. You can check out their online resource to get information that is relevant to you. Risk management is a vital component of workplace safety. Hence, always make sure to carry out a risk assessment of your workplace regularly.
Assign the right people for the right roles
Assigning health and safety responsibilities to the right people is key to ensuring the safety of the whole team. You have to be able to recognise strengths and competency of various individuals at specific tasks before making them responsible for the job. Regardless of the task, be it handling a crane, working at height or operating any equipment, having a competent and qualified person in charge reduces any safety risk. Should you lack the right personnel, invest in health and safety training for the people available to you.
Points to remember