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Safety and Health in the Workplace – Accident Prevention « MoreBags
Safety and health in the workplace is just as, if not more important, as staying safe at home. Employers are mandated under OSHA or other federal and state agencies to keep workplaces as safe as possible. Having an accident prevention plan is one way to monitor and prevent workplace injuries. In this article we will look at four of the most often occurring accidents and how to prevent them. This category is by far the most commonly occurring accident when it comes to safety and health in the workplace. Employers should make preventing slips, trips and falls a priority because it is the most occurring and can be a very costly type of accident. There are hundreds of ways to prevent slips, trips and falls, so it is impossible to cover every scenario in a short article such as this. Keeping walking and working surfaces clean, dry and uncluttered is a definite start. In addition, awareness training should be taught. Employees should not be under pressure to work too fast that they make careless mistakes when it comes to safety. Lastly, make sure that every engineering and work practice control has been put into place. For example, OSHA requires hand rails on stairs with four or more risers and guard rails and or protective barriers on certain elevated surfaces to prevent falls. This category is self explanatory. People tend to injure their back or other body parts like wrists, neck, or ankles when they lift, move or carry objects incorrectly. Safety and health in the workplace discourages people asking more of their body than reasonably acceptable. In most general industry, as well as construction work environments, proper lifting techniques should be taught. This training should include how to move and carry loads either by hand or by using a mechanical method. The push, pull category seems similar to lift, move, carry, but it is not. I like to keep it separate so that when I am reviewing accident reports, it becomes obvious hat the accident occurred due to incorrect work habits. There should be no reason for a person to put strain on their body by pushing or pulling when there are mechanical methods to do almost every task. A good employer will stress the importance of safety and health in the workplace and always discourage pushing or pulling on an object if it means putting excessive strain on the body. Repetitive motion injury occurs when pressure is exerted on a person’s nerves or muscles in a way where the motion is repeated over and over. Most people have heard the term ergonomics. This is a very important concept when it comes to preventing repetitive motion injuries. Basically ergonomics is the study of how the work environment affects the body. For example, a person develops carpal tunnel syndrome in the wrists. What has happened is that the same motion has been repeated so often with the wrists that the median nerve in the wrist is damaged. The ergonomics of the work situation was not correct. A correct ergonomic approach would be such that the wrist would be kept in a more natural or comfortable position while still getting the work done.
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Canada's migrant farm worker system - what works and what's lacking
The fatal crash of a van carrying migrant farm workers in southern Ontario has raised questions about the kind of workplace protections Canada offers to such workers.
At this time, there is no evidence that Tuesday's accident was related to issues of workplace safety, but those familiar with the world of migrant workers say they are not adequately protected and that the problem lies less with a lack of rules than with a lack of enforcement and inadequate sanctions for employers who violate them.
"Compliance with regulations is either voluntary, or it depends on the employer to show compliance, or it's complaints-based," said Jenna Hennebry, associate director of the International Migration Research Centre at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ont., who has done extensive research on migrant workers in Canada.
"You end up having enforcement issues."
When employers are found to be violating labour regulations or health and safety guidelines, often their only punishment is that they are barred from bringing in foreign workers the subsequent year or for another stipulated period of time.
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