Offices should be safe, but risks can be hard to detect.
Working in an office environment doesn’t present the same obvious dangers as staffing a factory floor or a construction site. This may lead to complacency on the part of managers. Accidents in the workplace may occur at any time, but they’re especially common when no one has spent time focusing on getting the premises up to standards.
To avoid easily preventable workplace accidents, as well as the negative attention of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), it’s important for leaders to figure out the potential hazards lurking in their offices. These can take many forms: from physical features of the environment to gaps in employee knowledge. Performing an honest and thorough search for hidden risks is the first step to creating a compliant and secure office.
Tags: Employee development • office safety • OSHA • Safety Training