Safety culture just like the name implies is the attitude, perception, values, and beliefs that employees share about safety in our workplace.
In workplaces, there will always be a way people do things.The way they react to issues .the way they respond to incidents and accidents, the way they the workers work and manage productions.
The origin of Valentine is a bit muddled, dark and bloody.The Catholic church celebrates the day in honor of two men named Valentine were executed by emperor Claudius II on February 14 at different years in the third century. Later, Catholic Pope, Pope Gelasius I in the 5th century muddled the Valentine day with Lupercalia, a pagan festival, to expel the festival from going on that day.
NEBOSH is National Examination Board for Occupational Safety and Health. It is founded in 1979. It is a Uk body (a private organization) with charitable status that organizes vocational examinations in occupational health and safety.
Audits is a systematic, independent, and documented process for obtaining objective evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which the audit criteria is fulfilled.
People use mobile phones to make calls, do searches on the internet, Chats and send messages to their loved ones, family and friends or even their co-worker. In fact, it has become a necessity for people to communicate at work within the employees. The employees use a mobile phone to access digital information. The use of mobile phone is immeasurable.
Audit- Systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining audit evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which the audit criteria have been fulfilled.
5 steps in fire risk assessment in our workplace. Fire risk assessment is a significant topic in fire safety. There was an article I wrote on the fire triangle where I listed out the three things that must be present for a fire to start.… Read More »5 steps in fire risk assessment in our workplace
Welfare provision in a workplace is the responsibility of the employer. First of all, The Factories Act Cap F1 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 was solely enacted for the protection of the occupational safety and health of Nigerian workers in all occupations.
Follow these steps now-If you want to get a job in the health and safety profession. Health and safety officer is a profession anyone will like to join when given the necessary information that will facilitate the employment of the job. Every work in a… Read More »Follow these steps now-If you want to get a job in health and safety profession.
Fire is a commodity that is sold in the olden days. People buy fire locally from burning charcoal.This was because the things used to produce fire is very scarce. So when a fire is created, the owner preserve it in an enclosure to ensure it continues to burn gradually for a very long time. Sometimes they have to strike two stones to produce fire due to friction.
Safety and health officer has enormous duties in the workplace. Their roles and responsibilities varies from organization to organization. The legal requirement says that every company that has more than five employees will have a safety officer in charge of safety affairs in that company. In this article, I will list out the significant duties of a Safety Officer.This will help to guide you through your work as a safety officer or during a safety officer job interview.
Permit to work system is a management system. This management system makes use of permits to work. The permit to work is a formal document detailing the type of work to be done. The hazards of the work and the precautions to be taken to prevent the hazard from causing harm or damage to people and equipment.
Workers are killed most often when working at height. They make use of ladders for jobs that require a scaffold. With scaffolds, such deaths are averted and the work is done safely. Scaffolds provide access to the workplace.When you are to work at a height or an elevating level beyond the reach of normal human height.
Depression is simply a state of sadness and hopelessness. It can also be a psychiatric disorder in which symptoms such as constant feelings of bleakness, sadness, lack of drive, insomnia, and occasionally, suicidal inclination.
Benefits of ISO 14001 is enormous. In this article, I will tell you the benefits of ISO 14001. Most times, we are confronted with why should we implement ISO 14001 in our organization.
