When’s the Last Time Your Company Did a Safety Review?

Every company should make sure to keep its workplace health and safety plan up to date. Obviously, safety is important, and having a plan in place that everyone adheres to is a key component to having a safe workplace.

Companies also need to conduct periodic reviews of their safety plans. Here is a checklist of things that companies should be doing to maintain a safe workplace.

Management should understand their legal responsibilities for health and safety. There should be copies of legal guidelines that spell out these responsibilities in the office. Management and workers should know where they can go to get legal advice regarding health and safety.

Everyone in the company should know about the safety policy and know what their responsibilities are regarding safety. And workers should be involved in decisions that affect their health and safety on the job.

The company needs to identify all workplace hazards. And health and safety risks needed to be evaluated, and steps taken to address these risks. The business should also have guidelines set up for how to go about identifying possible risks and hazards.

The company needs to keep records of all workplace injuries and illnesses. It should have first aid procedures set up, as well as emergency responses for crisis situations. There should be guidelines for how accidents are reported and when.

Orientation for new workers should include health and safety training, as well as first aid training.

Procedures should also be in place for responding to people who make physical threats against others or engage in other aggressive behavior.

Plans should also be updated for fire safety – making sure all fire exits are clearly identified and extinguishers are working properly. Workers should all have ongoing training in the use of fire safety equipment, and there should fire evacuation drills.

The company should have procedures spelled out for all operations and all equipment that is used, as well as ongoing training in the safe use of the equipment. And the safety review should include a check to see that regular maintenance checks on the building and equipment have been carried out.

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