During my course of employment with the military and in a supervisor position there are definitely issues and situations that arise where I need to take action with employees. Recently, I had a member of our unit that was not keeping up their mandatory requirements to maintain their military duty. As the supervisor of this individual it was my duty to figure out why they were not keeping up with the requirements and see what I could do to help get the requirements up to date before any further action would be taken.
In order to determine why he was lacking in his requirements I needed to sit down with him and talk to him one on one. There could be a number of issues, personal or work, that could be influencing the discrepancy so I needed to make sure that he felt comfortable with me and felt like he could speak to me no matter what the issue was. I also needed to convey the importance of these requirements in relation to his job, safety and the safety of others. This decision to not keep his requirements up to date will not only affect him but his job, his family and others that he works with both financially and emotionally. I needed to make sure as the supervisor that I put myself in his shoes and keep an open mind and that I must stress the importance of maintaining all mandatory requirements.
When we sat down, I started with “small talk” to find out what he likes to do, a little about his home life and what he likes to do in his spare time and what he likes/dislikes
The health and Safety at work act is the law of health and safety during work times at work. This is normally to do with dangerous equipment and all types of equipment the health and safety law act. This act is to ensure the safety of workers and this is so they do not get injured during work because of the businesses equipment or due to the businesses work that they are making the workers do also the health and safety act is also for the customers, suppliers and anyone who goes to the business site. To take action with the law the businesses do training and they carry out some assessments to see if the worker knows what to do in the situation where there is a slippery floor and there is no sign the worker should know and they should put the
There are guidelines/protocols that have been put in place by the trust that must be adhered to by all staff. Ensure that I am dressed appropriately so that my clothing does not compromise my safety or the patients. Ensure work/clinical areas void of equipment that may constitute a hazard if stored or left in the wrong place. There is adequate information and training provided by the trust to ensure competency and safe working. For instance, when in the mould room, I have been trained to use equipment and been made aware of safe working when using the various materials and substances in the mould (i.e. lead, hot water). The body absorbs lead when you breathe in the lead dust or swallow lead when you bite your nails after working with lead
Since late 19th century, workplace occupational health and safety has drawn more and more attention in Canada with relative legislations becoming stronger and more comprehensive. Effective OH&S programs could help business save considerable cost on worker’s injury or illness. OH&S becomes even more significant in some open-to-public workplaces, such as schools, which not only relating to staffs’ health and safety, but also thousands of students’. George Brown College who has four campus all located in downtown of Toronto, ON. Let us look at some statistics about GBC. According to statistics from “Fast Fact 2014-2015” (2013) published by GBC, there are more than 25,000 full-time enrolled students; 3,200 part-time students and around 1,300 fulltime and nearly 1,900 part-time employees in GBC in the period of 2013-2014 fiscal year. The college makes noticeable efforts to ensure both public and staff’s health and safety and try to reduce the injury and illness.
All staff should know the standard safe working practices in a lab. They must know the types of hazard that they face; the worst event which could occur; and also the personal protective equipment and facilities which will reduce these risks. Safety showers and eyewash stations are included in these facilities. Lab employees must know where these are situated and how to use them. Each employee should also be familiar with all alarm signals, the evacuation procedures and the response to an emergency. If the lab worker knows all these then they should be safe while working.
manager is unavailable or unsure Health and Safety Executive should be able to provide any information you need
Safe work procedures, along with operating procedures, maintenance procedures, and training, form the foundation for achieving high levels of human reliability.
The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 - or HASAWA, provides the basis for all health and safety regulations in any workplace. Whilst those regulations may relate to a range of health and safety
Regulations and legislation in safe working practices are needed because they enforce safety in the workplace. Safety in a workplace is important because it helps to keep employees from getting injured or worse. An example of relevant health and safety legislations include the Health and Safety Work Act of 1974. The Health and Safety Work Act is an act of parliament and it is used to put a duty on all employers to ensure health, safety and welfare of their employees while at work. The Health and Safety Work Act is also responsible for a variety of things at work including; safe use and storage of hazardous substances, good training for all employees and safe access to the workplace. However, if the Health and Safety work act 1974 was not in place then this would put the health, safety and welfare of employees at work at risk because they might not have had the correct training for their position or the incorrect storage of hazardous chemicals may have released harmful fumes this could affect them through inhaling the fumes and depending on the chemical depends on the harm it could do to you.
Safe staffing has been a big problem for many years, especially in emergency departments, but not much has been done about it. Wolf, Perhats, Delao, Clark and Moon (2017) attempt to figure out what emergency department nurses feel are the biggest things affecting safe staffing and what they can do to fix it. They also discuss the effects of unsafe staffing on both patients and emergency department nurses.
Hi Jeffrey, I think you make some amazingly good points, and I can say I whole-heartedly agree with them for individual citizens. I might have been unclear, but I wanted to try and look at this question from the standpoint of individuals in the business world. Do you feel that safety legislation is out of place in that context? I would be very interested to hear your thoughts on that.
CLEAPSS Hazcards (which stands for: Consortium of Local Education Authorities for the Provision of Science Services) are used in schools and other education centres to give potential hazards and information for technician staff that use concentrated chemicals to prepare more dilute solutions for a class/lesson. In working environments they are used to produce data sheets for chemical manufacturers to give all relevant information for all of the products that they use. Details referencing what to avoid when using the substance, exposure limits and any specific hazards will also be displayed on the hazcards. The CLEAPSS service also provides; newsletters for schools, free
“Our Duty to People demands a safe and healthy work environment (Zukunft)” Duty to People is one of the Commandants three guiding principles that addresses work place safety as a top priority. In District Seven, Unit Safety Coordinator’s (USC) are not properly trained in eliminating work place hazards. Unit Safety Coordinators are ill-equipped to perform their duties because of the limited seats available for the Unit Safety Coordinator course, no in-depth training for their responsibilities and the lack of training on how to use the Health, Safety & Work-Life Service Center to enter critical unit information. The importance for USC’s to attend the Unit Safety Coordinator Course cannot be overstated.
In general good staffing of the floor not only depends on the patients’ acuity but also in consideration with skills and education of others on the floor including nurses and CNA’s as healthcare team members. Safe staffing leads to safe patient outcomes. According to American Nurses Association, 2014 elaborates the benefits of adequate staffing as shown as:
In regard to your question the following army regulations may answer your inquire AR 385-10, chapter 1-4 under responsibilities Explosive Safety is a key element of the Army Safety Program which is managed by 0018 (Occupational Safety Specialist) Table 1-1 and chapter 5 (Explosives Safety Management); and DA Pam 385-65, paragraph 1-7 (Explosives Safety Support). The magazines and any other structural is Real Property belonging the garrison footprint.
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