HOW TO AVOID ‘GENERAL SAFETY MISTAKES’
Today, Workplaces are comparatively safer than those of centuries ago because of the stress given to avoid “General Safety Mistakes.” This is due to the increased awareness in employers for workplace safety and the best interests of their employees. Also, the fact is that a safe workplace is a more profitable workplace. Keeping your workplace […]
EVERYDAY CHALLENGES HSE MANAGERS HAVE TO FACE
“Workplace fatalities and injuries” are the elementary challenges, HSE managers have to face while managing occupational health and safety. About one million people get hurt at work daily, affecting economically, physically, and socially. Nearly 3 million workers die from occupational accidents and work-related diseases while about 400 million workers suffer from non-fatal workplace incidents. Poor […]
SCAFFOLDING: A TRANSITORY FRAMEWORK
What Is Scaffolding? Scaffolding is a transitory framework to support the original formation. The workforce used it as a platform to carry on the work at various heights. Various types of scaffolding are used with the different types of work and heights. It should be stable and strong to support workmen and other construction materials […]
The Good Reasons To Manage Workplace Safety In Your Organization
Moral, Legal, and Economic are the three types of Good Reasons to Manage Workplace Safety. Workplace health and safety is very important for each and every organization as it is the key factor for all organizations to promote the wellness of both employees and employers. The Importance Of Safety A safe and healthy workplace not only […]
The Impact Of Covid-19 Pandemic On OHSE
The coronavirus infection that first occurred in Wuhan, China, and had a wide impact on the world in a short time, was declared a “COVID-19 pandemic” (an epidemic that made people panic) by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. The world of Occupational Health and Safety is profoundly affected by the pandemic. In […]
ILO-OSH – GUIDELINES ON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
The ILO (International Labour Organization) has designed the guidelines on occupational safety and health as a practical tool for assisting organizations and competent institutions for improvement in occupational safety and health (OSH) practices. These guidelines have been developed according to internationally agreed principles. ILO (International Labour Organization) ILO is a specialized agency of the United […]
Occupational Epidemiology: Systematic Exposure Hazard Recognition
“Epidemiology” is the study and analysis of the dispensation, order, frequency, and affective factors of health and disease conditions in specific occupants, and “Occupational Epidemiology” is its branch that deals with explorations of workers and workplace issues. Thus it is an exposure-accustomed discipline with coupling to both epidemiology and occupational health. Occupational Epidemiology includes studies to […]
Female Professional in Health and Safety Sector
A female professional is a rare face in safety, particularly in leadership roles. The recent HSE Insights Survey revealed that the gender split ratio in the HSE field currently stands at 3:1 in favor of males. Women make up 42% of the worldwide employed population. An image first comes to mind of a safety professional […]
Is Zero Harm a Feasible Goal For Organizations?
Zero Harm for organizations means: everyone should be injury-free, fit, and well at the end of each shift. It’s a new safety culture movement that focuses on creating an entirely safe environment for employers, employees, contractors, and visitors daily. Zero harm culture has been highly supposed impossible and impractical to achieve. Despite its argumentative character, […]
Achieving good standards in occupational health and Safety: “Potential barriers”
There are certain specific ‘Potential Barriers’ to upgrading good standards of Occupational Health and Safety because of which organizations might not be able to achieve or maintain safety standards and the well-being of their employees. Occupational safety and health (OSH) is the understanding and knowledge of the estimation, evaluation, and prevention of risk of hazards […]