Minimizing Potential Workplace Accidents
2/13/2012 12:00:00 AM
The workers comp Massachusetts employers are obligated to carry, helps to compensate workers who are injured in workplace accidents. Responsible employers take steps to minimize the potential for workplace accidents.
The first step in making your worksite safe is to identify potential hazards and take steps to eliminate any unnecessary risks. This may involve tasks like checking the safety of business premises and processes, changing risky processes to make them safer and working with employees to create a work culture that emphasizes safety.
It’s impossible to remove all risks from the workplace but you can take steps to minimize the chance of workplace accidents. Training and coaching your staff plays an important part in helping to create a safe workplace.
•Make sure that workers have full training in all aspects of their jobs, and have developed appropriate levels of skills.
•Pay particular attention to educating workers about any hazards related to their jobs.
•Make it a rule that no job can be done unless the worker has been trained and instructed.
•Make it a rule that no job is to be done if there are any doubts about its safety.
•Have all managers and supervisors trained in safety matters and be sure that they understand their responsibilities.
Involve everyone, from workers on the shop floor to senior managers, in your safety program – and be sure to be seen to obey the same safety rules as your employees. Don’t rely on workers comp Massachusetts to compensate injured workers; take proactive steps to identify and eliminate workplace hazards and prevent accidents.
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The first step in making your worksite safe is to identify potential hazards and take steps to eliminate any unnecessary risks. This may involve tasks like checking the safety of business premises and processes, changing risky processes to make them safer and working with employees to create a work culture that emphasizes safety.
It’s impossible to remove all risks from the workplace but you can take steps to minimize the chance of workplace accidents. Training and coaching your staff plays an important part in helping to create a safe workplace.
•Make sure that workers have full training in all aspects of their jobs, and have developed appropriate levels of skills.
•Pay particular attention to educating workers about any hazards related to their jobs.
•Make it a rule that no job can be done unless the worker has been trained and instructed.
•Make it a rule that no job is to be done if there are any doubts about its safety.
•Have all managers and supervisors trained in safety matters and be sure that they understand their responsibilities.
Involve everyone, from workers on the shop floor to senior managers, in your safety program – and be sure to be seen to obey the same safety rules as your employees. Don’t rely on workers comp Massachusetts to compensate injured workers; take proactive steps to identify and eliminate workplace hazards and prevent accidents.
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