The Occupational Health & Safety blog is a great resource if you are looking to stay up to date on safety regulations and precautions to take to ensure your workers’ safety. Recently they posted an article about how to make sure your workers are fitted with the right gear. In the tower industry, this is especially important because proper equipment can mean the difference between a good day at work and an accident occurring. These four tips aren’t specific to the tower industry, but are important for every work environment:
Tip #1: Evaluate
Safety managers should constantly evaluate employees on the job to ensure they are using the right gear and equipment. Standing back and watching the wheels of a company turn will provide some key information as to the potential dangers in the workplace.
Tip #2: Retrain
Another step safety managers can take to ensure employees are fitted with the right safety gear is to retrain them. It’s not uncommon for employees to forget some of the basics of their original training, leaving them vulnerable to injury. Sending them through an ongoing training program, however, will keep safety precautions and guidelines fresh in their mind.
Tip #3: Update Your Safety Equipment
A third tip for safety managers is to keep your safety equipment and gear updated. If it’s old, worn and damaged, it’s not going to perform as well as new equipment. Hats, gloves, goggles, respirators, welding masks, etc. need to be 100 percent functional and free of damage
Tip #4: Recognize Employees
Of course, safety managers should also recognize employees who constantly work using the right safety equipment. Perhaps you could implement an employee-of-the-month program in your company (assuming you don’t have one already), taking into account safety as a deciding factor. (Source: OHSonline.com)
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