If you're looking for a way to improve on-the-job safety at your nursery, consider implementing a workplace safety program. Any policy, procedure or training used to further the on-the-job safety of employees is considered part of a workplace safety program. Workplace safety programs to reduce work-related injury and illness are concerned with:
- promoting and rewarding safe practices at work
- reducing injuries and illnesses at work
- eliminating fatalities at work
According to OSHA, work-related injury and illness prevention falls into three categories in order of priority: engineering controls, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment controls.
Workplace safety initiatives can be as simple as closing and locking the door; replacing burned out lights inside and out; closing drawers before walking away from the desk or file cabinet; knowing and using proper lifting techniques; providing adjustable workstations to accommodate differences in people’s stature and weight to eliminate repetitive motion, back, neck and shoulder injury; and using the proper tool for the job in an appropriate fashion. These and other basics should be universally adopted safety procedures in any workplace.
For more: www.osha.gov