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Safety in The Workplace

The document discusses various workplace safety issues and tips. It identifies common safety hazards like slips, trips, and falls. It provides safety guidelines for different work environments like the office, workshop, and in general. Key tips include being aware of your surroundings, maintaining correct posture, taking breaks, never taking shortcuts, reporting unsafe conditions, and always wearing protective equipment. The overarching message is that safety should be the top priority and accidents are preventable through awareness and following proper safety procedures.

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Safety in The Workplace

The document discusses various workplace safety issues and tips. It identifies common safety hazards like slips, trips, and falls. It provides safety guidelines for different work environments like the office, workshop, and in general. Key tips include being aware of your surroundings, maintaining correct posture, taking breaks, never taking shortcuts, reporting unsafe conditions, and always wearing protective equipment. The overarching message is that safety should be the top priority and accidents are preventable through awareness and following proper safety procedures.

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Safety in the

Workplace
REMEMBER!

“ Safety is not an accident”


Common
Safety Issues
Unsafe Actions or behavior that you or a co-worker
Acts carriers out that may be potentially harmful

SAFE WORKPLACE
Unsafe
Control and eliminate recognizable hazards
to minimize the risk Workplace

Unsafe Anything you or a co-worker finds that is


Conditions potentially harmful
Common Safety Issues
 Slips, Trips and Falls
- Falls are the
number one leading
cause of injury in the
workplace.
Common Safety
Issues
 Fire Safety
- The best safety advice related to
fire safety is to stay calm. You can’t help
yourself or a co-worker if you lose
control during an emergency.
Common Safety Issues
 When a potential hazard is discovered…
Make sure that everyone else in Notify your supervisor. Unless
your workplace is aware of the you are the supervisor; then get
problem. going on that safety committee
plan.

Follow up. Telling someone


there’s a problem is not File any reports or documents
guarantee that the problem will about the problem.
be resolved satisfactorily.
Safety in the
Office
Safety in the Office
Keep the Don’t read
Look before Do not run,
walkway while
you set. relax.
clear. walking.

Use Don’t put


Watch Use the
elevator anything
where you stairway
whenever atop
step. handrails.
necessary. cabinets.
Safety in the Office

Don’t eat at your


Don’t carry
workstation and in
anything higher
front of your
than your eye level.
computer.
Safety in the
Workshop
Safety in the Workshop
Always listen carefully Do not run in the
and follow instruction. workshop.

Know where the Bags should not be


emergency stop buttons brought into a workshop
are positioned in the as people can trip over
workshop. them
Safety in the Workshop
When learning how to
Don’t use training shoes, use a machine, listen
wear good strong shoes. very carefully to all the
instructions.

Do not use a machine if


you have not been Don’t rush in the
shown how to operate it workshop, be patient.
safely.
Safety in the Workshop
Always use a guard Keep hands away from
when working on a moving/rotating
machine. machinery.

Report any damage of


Use hand tools carefully,
machines/equipment as
keeping both hands
this could cause an
behind the cutting edge.
accident.
Workplace
Safety Tips
Workplace Safety Tips
1. Be Aware of
your
Surroundings
Workplace Safety Tips
2. Keep
Correct
Posture
Workplace Safety Tips
3. Take Regular Breaks
Workplace Safety Tips
4. Never Take
Shortcuts on
the
Procedures
Workplace Safety Tips
5. Be Aware of
New Safety
Procedures
Workplace Safety Tips
6. Keep Emergency Exits Clear
Workplace Safety Tips
7. Report
Unsafe
Conditions
Workplace Safety Tips
8. Always Wear Personal Protective
Equipment
REMEMBER YOUR SAFETY ABC’s

“ ALWAYS BE CAREFUL”

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