How safe is your office?Sometimes it is easy to take safe environments for granted. After all accidents do not happen in your office and the likelihood of them happening is almost impossible. Do you really think that is true? The truth is nobody plans for accidents, they just happen at times we least expect. Is your office really safe? Warumc offer onsite health and safety awareness training to responsible/nominated persons and managers.
A safe and healthy working environment is good for business because it ensures the well being of staff which is essential to success. The majority of costs for most businesses comprise of their employees. Therefore creating a safe environment which ensures they are productive is important. It also ensures that the necessary health and safety legislation is adhered to.
Health and safety should not be done merely to satisfy legislative requirements. It should be embedded into the company's culture. Companies that value health and safety show respect for the health and well being of their employees and benefit from it. You may be wondering whether health and safety is really that important, but according to some of the latest statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE):
- 2.1 million People were suffering from an illness they believed was caused or made worse by their current or past work.
- 229 workers were killed at work, a rate of 0.8 per 100,000 workers.
- 299,000 reportable injuries occurred, according to the Labour Force Survey, a rate of 1000 per 100,000 workers.
34million days were lost overall (1.4days per worker), 28million due to work-related ill health and 6million due to workplace injury.
Most of this is due to employers ignoring their health and safety responsibilities. The awareness session is designed to give you the information you need to meet the necessary health and safety requirement responsibilities applicable to employees and employers. The objective is;
- Identify the necessary Health and Safety regulation you need to be aware of
- Identify health and safety responsibilities applicable to both employer and employees
- Discuss reasons why health and safety is essential in the work place
- Understand what hazardous materials are and how to identify them
- Knowing how to ensure fire and life safety
- Demonstrate how to handle weights and loads in a safe way
Other specific training sessions are available such as manual handling and DSE training. Contact us for details
