As we begin to shift from fall to winter, new hazards in the workplace need to be addressed. If companies employ workers who do most of their job outside, new considerations such as hypothermia and frostbite, pose unique risks to the workforce. These hazards, along with many others, can be safely avoided with open communication, proactive safety measures, and a thorough involvement of all staff members in your company’s safety procedures. We will look at a few of the main safety hazards in the workplace that are unique to the cold, winter months that are upon us.
What is Connected Safety for Workers?
We’ve all seen the buzz word #connectedsafety on the web recently and you might have been asking what is Connected Safety and how should I apply it to my work? Connected Safety is an Internet of Things (IoT) platform designed to connect workers, places, and equipment, and help organizations to facilitate improvements in worker safety, workflow, and safety process automation. So what does this mean? Let’s break it down.
Proactive and Reactive Safety Measures in the Workplace
Employees should feel confident that their health and safety are top priorities in their work environment. Although incidents in the workplace are often unpredictable, exercising proactive safety protocols not only decrease the probability of an accident occurring in the first place, they also make dealing with an incident much more manageable.
A Positive Safety Culture
Safety culture encompasses the expectations, feelings, and perspectives of employees toward the safety of all workers in an organization - it is how safety is managed in the workplace. Of course, taking a proactive approach
Scatterling is heading to San Diego next month [Visit our booth 3213 to claim your free sunglasses]
Scatterling is excited to be exhibiting for the second year at the National Safety Council Congress and Expo next month in San Diego on September 9-11, 2019.
The NSC Congress & Expo is the world's largest gathering of safety professionals annually that brings 14,000 attendees and 900 exhibitors internationally.
New Jersey Becomes the First US State to Require Panic Buttons for Hotel Workers
On Tuesday, June 11, 2019– New Jersey became the first state in the U.S to passed a law requiring hotels to provide ‘panic buttons’ that employees can activate in case of an emergency. According to the Senate, No 2986 by the State of New Jersey states that “A hotel employer shall provide a panic button to each hotel employee assigned to work in a guest room without any other employees present, at no cost to the employee. An employee