Most of the organizations do not seriously consider the employees health and safety at workplace. Employees need to be both mentally and physically healthy and safe. But several organizations do not take it seriously as they think it will be a financial burden to the company. But an organization should know that it is difficult to handle the injuries and deaths of workers that occur at workplace. At this point, companies will face charges from regulation departments. So it is important for management to take care of employees health and safety.
Management should be aware of different types of possible hazards that might exist in and around the work place and if any such hazards exist, they should be immediately identified and eliminated. This can help to avoid accidents at workplace. It is necessary to provide knowledge to all employees, about all the types of hazards that exist in the workplace and provide proper training on how to eliminate these hazards.
There is chance to electrical short circuit in the organizations. This may lead to outbreak of fires, which then need fire extinguishers. So management should give proper training on fire extinguisher and fire alarms, and explain them how to use it and let them know where all these are located and so on.
Organizations should have emergency exits in their offices. In case of any emergency at the workplace, emergency exits will help the worker to escape from the accidents. Ensure that your staff knows where all these emergency exists are located. Give training on how to escape when emergencies takes place. Conduct tests monthly and check if they are following it properly or not.
In an organization, employees are not only need physical safety but also require mental protection. Certain jobs are purely based on minds like software jobs. Management provide stress relief measures like games, meditation, tours, and picnics, etc. Explain it to employees the different types of stress and how to overcome them. If employees overcome stress, it will increase the company’s productivity.