Workplace safety

Rider Tip The most important thing a rider can bring to the table is safety. Safety starts before you leave your house by first checking your equipment and making sure your trailer is hooked up properly. Watercraft riders should have their head on a swivel constantly surveying the area and stay a safe range from the shoreline. Be aware of all hazards and try to understand the intension other watercraft o the water. Riders should be aware the water depth and only perform freestyle tricks when…

Railroad crossings are very simple things. It is sad that any people are ever injured on them. If people would just follow a couple easy rules then there would be close to no accidents. Here are a couple things that happen at railroad crossings. First off, in the Utah driving handbook it says that you always need to slow down when you come to a railroad crossing. If red lights are flashing, bells are ringing, and the gate is down a train is coming and you need to stop. In that same book it says…

If a crisis event occurs, and employees need to be contacted from outside of the workplace, they will be alerted via cell phone. AIS has assembled a voicemail system in which automatically alerts employees after hours if a crisis situation is in effect. The voice mail system is handled therefore by a subcontractor in which is fully equipped…

cannot wait until something unfortunate happens with students and teachers in class or on campus. Personally, due to all past events of violence and crime involving elementary schools, safety is very important to assist the needs of CVES immediately to prevent deplorable acts. At last, the education and safety for children should be handled as soon as…

Railroad crossings are all over America, in small towns, big cities and being smart and aware when around railroad crossings is the most important thing to remaining safe. Trains are large, heavy and can’t steer, they must follow the track they are on and in an emergency, the only thing a conductor can do is apply the brakes and wait for the train to stop. It can take up to a mile or more for a train to come to a complete stop. Trains ALWAYS have the right of way. In any situation no matter…

Virginia Beach Emergency Operation Plan ESF 10 Analysis Hazardous materials (HAZMAT) incidents are dangerous types of emergencies that can turn into a major disaster. Despite, many cities that run along the Atlantic Ocean become divested by tropical storms and flooding, HAZMAT related emergencies are a close second. In Virginia Beach, VA hazard risk are delineated into four categories: Critical Hazard – High Risk, Critical Hazard – Moderate Risk, Noncritical Hazard – Low Risk, and Negligible.…

increase our productivities, workplace stress are currently a growing concern around the world because it affects not only the individual 's health, but also the organization 's productivity. According to a number of results of Canadian studies to workplace stress, there are beneficial measures that employers and employees can develop their own solutions to avoid the negative impact of stress and to stop it from arising in the first place. Therefore, since the causes of workplace stress is…

Code Red: Health and Safety at GH2 (Hickey, 2011), examines the total costs of injuries at GH2 in 2011. Detailed breakdowns of the direct and indirect costs of these injuries are listed and described in the injury cost analysis (Appendix A). After reviewing these costs, recommendations are provided on how the safety culture can be improved within this organization. Recommendations The following recommendations will assist GH2 with improving the overall organizational safety culture: 1) The…

and safety in the work environment was particularly the business' obligation. Nowadays, the employees have managed to gain more and more rights, as well as responsibilities, and the target is that the existing health and safety emphasis on everyone’s wellbeing, employees and employers alike, in the workplace. Employers, and businesses in general, have many different responsibilities towards their workers. There are certain statutory duties of employers and employees relating to health, safety…

and Safety Act, 1993, requires the employer to bring about and maintain, as far as reasonably practicable, a work environment that is safe and without risk to the health of the workers. This means that the employer must ensure that the workplace is free of hazards, which may cause injury, damage or disease. Where this is not possible, the employer must inform workers of these dangers, how they may be prevented, and how to work safely, and provide other protective measures for a safe workplace.…