The health and safety of workers has not always been a main concern for companies in the past. Production and profit was usually the main focus even if it was at the expense of the safety and health of the workers. The focus on workplace safety began during the industrial revolution when the incidents of worker injuries and deaths started to sharply rise (Rodriguez, 2012). In just one year from 1912-1913, the National Safety Council estimated that there were 82 unintentional work related deaths a year for every 100,000 workers in urban areas (National Safety Council, 2012). Many different laws were put into place throughout the 1900s that aimed to protect the safety, health, and general wellbeing of employees in the workplace. Beginning
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An effective safety training program not only affects the safety and health of the employees of a company, but it also affects the company financially. (Tuning workers into safety training, 2006). Frequent safety and health training reduces the risk of employee injury or death. By having refresher training courses on a regular basis, companies can significantly reduce the injury rate within the workplace (Ho & Dzeng, 2010). How an employee handles a hazardous situation greatly depends on the amount of education that the employee receives and how they choose to use that information based on the situation at hand (Rodriguez, 2012). For new employees, and even more experienced employees of a company, lacking crucial information about risks and safety can result in them developing habits or work practices that are unsafe. The employees unknowingly put themselves in a hazardous situation (Jacobi & O’Hara, …show more content…
In this format, employees sit in a classroom and are taught by a qualified instructor (DeSmet & Schwartz, 2010). This training is supplemented by hands-on, on-the-job training with the tools and machines that the employee will be required to use (Ho & Dzeng, 2010). However, technology has allowed workers to be trained in a more non-traditional setting. Workers can be taught safety and health related courses by using a computer and are still able to interact and/or get feedback about the information they are being taught (Press,
An effective safety training program not only affects the safety and health of the employees of a company, but it also affects the company financially. (Tuning workers into safety training, 2006). Frequent safety and health training reduces the risk of employee injury or death. By having refresher training courses on a regular basis, companies can significantly reduce the injury rate within the workplace (Ho & Dzeng, 2010). How an employee handles a hazardous situation greatly depends on the amount of education that the employee receives and how they choose to use that information based on the situation at hand (Rodriguez, 2012). For new employees, and even more experienced employees of a company, lacking crucial information about risks and safety can result in them developing habits or work practices that are unsafe. The employees unknowingly put themselves in a hazardous situation (Jacobi & O’Hara, …show more content…
In this format, employees sit in a classroom and are taught by a qualified instructor (DeSmet & Schwartz, 2010). This training is supplemented by hands-on, on-the-job training with the tools and machines that the employee will be required to use (Ho & Dzeng, 2010). However, technology has allowed workers to be trained in a more non-traditional setting. Workers can be taught safety and health related courses by using a computer and are still able to interact and/or get feedback about the information they are being taught (Press,