Risk Management

    Maintaining good housekeeping is an important part of the overall job of supervision.
There are a number of advantages to having a clean and orderly work-site, including: avoidance of accidents, better fire prevention,improved health of employees, and increased worker efficiency and morale.
     Avoidance of accidents is the major goal of most companies. That occasional piece of scrap or wet spot on the floor can cause slip, trip and fall hazards. Cluttered aisles and congested work areas can also add to the dangers. A thorough and successful housekeeping plan can eliminate alot of hazards in the workplace, it makes good sense for every business to have one.
     Housekeeping can appear to be a never ending and thankless job, but if there is to much dirt and debris, and disorder are allowed to accumulate, this can lead to production problems by increased accidents, absenteeism, and turn over. Typically you will find the businesses that have good housekeeping in place, have very competent supervisors and an extremely low accident rate.

     Ladders are a simple device for safe climbing, and that may be their biggest fault. Workers using them tend to mistake simplicity for harmlessness, forgetting precautions of rules and proper use. That kind of mistake causes thousands of accidents and disabling injuries every year. Most accidents with straight ladders are caused by the ladder skidding or slipping. This is easy enough to prevent. Equip each ladder with a non- slip base, like safety feet, for example, or block the base of the ladder.
     Lashing the ladder is another precaution against its moving or slipping, and to make sure the lashing is there when needed, permanently attach a short length of rope to a side rail. Also, make sure the ladder is placed at a safe angle so the distance from the wall to the base of the ladder is about one-fourth the distance from the base to the ladders top support.
     When you are setting up a ladder, make sure the footing is level and that the ladder rests on a firm platform. Lean the ladder against something solid and unmovable, Not against a window sash or a glass surface. Also make sure the top of the ladder exceeds three feet or more above the surface in which you intend to climb.
   If all of these precautions are followed, and if the ladder is in good condition and is the right one for the job, then a simple device for climbing is a safe one too.

Remember that you are the biggest factor of the energy level of your class. During your training sessions, make sure you are animated. Add interest to your voice using inflection,pitch and volume. And don't ever take yourself to seriously. Have fun with how you deliver the material and your students will also enjoy it too.
     Human Resource Management Services can be extremely helpful by using HR Procedures and HR Strategies to employ this type of delivery to your students. While using your Human Resource Professionals, you will be taught to be alot more comfortable in your delivery by employing HR Strategies and HR Best Practices all through your HR Department.

Do your workers see you as the enemy trying to impede their progress. Or do they see you as someone dedicated to a safer work enviorment, fighting for every ones safety everyday? To create a vibrant safety culture, your workers need to see and feel the companies commitment to providing a safe and healthy work enviorment. Let workers know when improvements and changes have been made in the name of safety. This will demonstrate yours and managements dedication to safety.
       As a buffer between you and your employees your HR Professionals can create HR Strategy's and HR Procedures that help the employees transition alot easier. By gaining the trust of your employees it becomes much easier to convey your message of safety. HR Management Training and HR Support can offer many different HR Strategies to involve your employees and Give them the HR Support, HR Procedures and HR Best Practices to make them more involved in everyday decisions concerning their safety at work.

    We can have the best tubular steel scaffolding or any other work platform in existence today, and it would be no safer than the weakest scaffold plank on the work deck. Therefore,if we are to have safety on the job, we must excesses care in the selection and use of the scaffolding planking.
     Lets see what constitutes Good scaffolding plank and how it should be used. The plank should be no less then 2x10 inches (nominal size). It should be rough-dressed, seasoned,strained grained, free from large, loose or dead knots, and obviously free from groups of knots. Check for splits and any other defect tending to decrease the structural strength.
     Another very important step is always field test the plank before live-load use. A good and practical method is to lay the plank across two concrete blocks or any other blocking material. Make sure the span is equal to or greater than the span of the scaffold when in use. Two workers should stand in the middle of the plank ( it is not necessary to jump up and down). A plank that cracks,splits or otherwise does not perform in an acceptable manner must be discarded.
     After field testing has been completed, the plank is then placed on the scaffold. This brings up another important phase: securing the plank to the scaffold to prevent movement and slipping. Where there is a fixed distance to span, such as in tubular steel scaffolding, a good way to prevent slippage is to install cleats. If this isn't practical or becomes necessary to overlay planks, the securing should be down by wiring after the plank has been properly placed.
   Last and equally important is to take care of the piece of lumber as if your life depends on it, because in most cases it does.

"What can I do about accident prevention, I only work here". Well we all work here and presumably we all want our work area to be safe and healthy as possible. This wont happen if we continually pass the buck. In reality there is a lot all of us can do about accident prevention. It really has to do with being continuously alert to possible hazards and following safe work practices and procedures. Be sure to always:

• Know your job
• Practice good housekeeping
• Dress safely for work
• Always use the proper ppe for the job
• Report all accidents and near misses

These are just a few things that you as an employee can do to ensure that you and the people around you practice safe work procedures.

Safety reminders and messages generally do improve cultures and outcomes. But there comes a point when efforts might fail to improve- and possibly even harm- safety results. Workers can become frustrated with to many safety procedures and too much information. This is especially true if they are dealing with overwhelming responsibilities or feel to pressured to produce, while also dealing with complicated safety requirements. At that point they may begin to cut corners on on safety, either deliberately or subconsciously. To avoid overwhelming your workers, look for ways to simplify safety. Try to provide the appropriate amount of information in a easy understandable way- neither too little or too much. A good safety program is important and training is critical. Don't let information overload undermine your efforts.
       Always look to your Human Resource Management Service for guidance and HR Procedures along with HR Strategies and HR Management Training to relieve the stress of information overload. Human Resource Consultants are trained in the most effective HR Procedures that you may follow to alleviate the problems of communication you or your safety department may be having.

     The location of your safety meetings can effect how comfortable your audience members are. Consider whether the meetings will be on the workers turf or on managements. Although workers might be physically comfortable in a conference room, they also might be psychologically uncomfortable and distracted. Encourage participants to push their chairs away from the table and get comfortable. Even if they can only move their chairs a few inches, psychologically their space.
     While choosing the proper and most fitting locations to hold your training, use HR Support and HR Best Practices to guide you in the proper direction.Your Human Resource Professionals have the right HR Procedures and the right HR Strategies to help your audience become a more comfortable audience, which means an audience more likely to pay attention to what you teaching. Human Resource Professionals are more than qualified to teach HR Best Practices and give HR Support in such issues.

Reinforcing positive safety behavior can have enormous impact on your safety program. Instead of always focusing on the problems, focus also on the accomplishments. Identify milestones that deserve recognition and celebrate these with your workers when a milestone has been reached. Any leader who focuses on these factors will raise her level of credibility with her team and enjoy the benefits of a positive work culture.
     Your Human Resource Professionals can guide you and your employees through HR Best Practices and HR Procedures to encourage this positive behavior. With HR Management Training and the proper HR Strategy's your company will be able to overcome negative behavior and support a program that shows HR Best Practices and HR Support. It is very important that you include Human Resource Management Services and the use of Human Resource Policies.

Quotes are usually used to introduce or support a premise made in a presentation, sales pitch or advertisement. But if your using quotes solely in that context, you could be overlooking an enlightening aid. Quotations are indispensable in crafting presentations, both at the brainstorming stage and as a framework for writing them. Find quotations on various subjects such as a procrastination, planning and goal setting to help you create a different kind of presentation that will capture your audiences interest.
     HR Professionals can aid in not only delivering an excellent presentation, but also the techniques used to do so, such as quotes, humor and interest. By using HR Support along with a strong HR Strategy, a Human Resource Consultant can guide the presenter to also use HR Management Tools along with quotes to have a well rounded presentation that is sure to capture the audiences interests.

Don't get into such a hurry that you cant share a joke with a crew member or fire back a wisecrack to another team leader. Even during a busy workday, you can spare the few seconds required for humor. Humor is, of coarse, subjective. Like anything else, it must be enjoyed in moderation and with the right degree of decorum. Keep it safe by laughing at yourself and never at others. Remember a remark coming from a co-worker can sound insulating coming from a supervisor. And, of coarse, avoid racist and sexist comments. But as long as you respect the boundaries, your bound to make your workplace a much safer and pleasant place to work.
     The Human Resource Management Team in your company generally will keep a close eye on such behavior to make sure, as mentioned above, it doesn't cross any boundaries. With HR Training and HR Support the company can continue to take time out for humor and still be a productive and well behaved company. The HR Management Team has all the necessary HR Procedures and HR Strategy's to lend their support if ever needed.

Consciously or unconsciously, during a period of transition, a company's energy, focus, attention and resources are transferred to other priorities. Its therefore important that safety, health and well being of employees be included in a company's vision or ideal state. And this vision must be translated into everyday activities, so that injuries do not occur during these challenging times. The company's Human Resource Management Services are invaluable at this time.
     While following Human Resource Policies and using HR Management Tools, you will be able to work with the change. Using HR Management Training along with HR Management Tools you will better understand the changes in you re company without compromising your safety duties. These are Human Resource Issues that are dealt with by using the proper HR Support and HR Strategy for a much smoother transition.

Many safety trainers experience stage fright. But you can reduce your fear by changing how you think about public speaking.

• Recognize the fear and acknowledge it exists. Just admit it to yourself.
• Reject the fear by making a conscious choice
• Replace stage fright with "stage delight" that's what executive speaking coach Matthew Cossolotto calls the feeling you get when you shift your focus away from your own self-consciousness. He recommends you pay attention instead to the connection with your audience, the way you would in a one-to-one conversation.

    Working with your Human Resource Management Team will allow you to experience the many HR Strategy's and HR Procedures you can apply directly to your issue. HR Professionals have been trained to deal with such problems as stage fright and apply HR Management Tools and HR Best Practices to your HR Training to allow you to better understand the issues around you. Don't be afraid to ask for your Human Resource Departments help in dealing with this issue.

To keep new workers safe, employers must be very clear on performance and expectations and adherence to safety requirements. For new, inexperienced , returning or transferred workers, your orientation should include:

• An introduction to managers, human resource personnel, along with supervisors and top co- workers.
• A very thorough tour of the facility they will be directly involved with
• A intro diction to the job and duties, including health and safety issues
• Proper behavior along with progressive discipline when rules are not followed
• Pre- employment, random and post accident drug testing

New workers should also be assigned to work with experienced personnel to help with their new duties along with being taught the right way to perform their jobs safely. Your Human Resource Management Service will have alot to do with the new employee orientation. It is imperative that they explain Human Resource Polices along with HR Procedures. They will show the new employee the company's Human Resource Practices and be available for any type of Human Resources Help.

If you want to get the bigger picture of your shop-wide safety situation, open the lines of communication with your maintenance staff. You should be talking to the people who repair, install, tune up and paint. They're usually the first to see flaws, cracks, breaks, sags and smoke. Teach them to think beyond the components and consider how doing quality work and sharing information with the safety supervisor makes the work enviorment better for everyone. This is where your HR Professionals can take HR Strategy and HR Procedures to fine tune your safety situation.
     While seeing the bigger picture within your safety policy, HR Best Practices along with HR Procedures can ultimately fine tune in the areas you may be lacking by using Human Resource Procedures to point out issues you may have missed along the way. Do not hesitate to use your company's Human Resource Professionals.

There are a number of habits we could work on to improve our safety awareness and limit quite a bit of accidents and injuries. A great place to start is to dedicate one day to making a conscious effort to look at yourself along with your workers to see what you are actually doing all of the time. Seriously, really look. You will be surprised how often you are not watching where you walk, for example, and how much opportunity you and your company has for improvement.
     To take advantage of this opportunity make sure that you enlist the help of your Human Resource Management Services, they can help with HR Support and HR Strategy that will allow you to see things you may not have seen on your own. Human Resource Consultants are trained to use HR Best Practices which will help identify room for improvement.

How can you get your safety programs adopted by your organization? The first step is to developer the mindset necessary to be a successful advocate for your initiatives. Look inward. Be clear about your vision. What do you want to accomplish? Where and how do you truly want to make a difference? To engage and gain the commitment of management, you must first identify what you truly value and your own level of commitment to that vision.
       People look at things alot differently then you may, therefore it is good idea to get your Human Resource Management Personnel involved. Human Resource Consultants use HR Training and HR Procedures that help open your vision for management and others to see. It is critical to have HR Support to guide you through HR Management Training to learn the HR Tools and HR Procedures used in gaining managements trust in your vision.

Whatever training aid you choose for your presentations, don't let it steal your show. For example, instead of repeating whats on a PowerPoint slide, use the slide to only reinforce an important point. Go where the class takes you. Instructors who are not very familiar with their topic tend to use the presentation tool as a crutch. They don't pay attention to the class dynamics, such as dealing with questions as they arise. The worst thing a presenter can say is, " hold on to that question and we will address it later". If someone has a question it is imperative that you make every effort to answer it immediately, by doing so you are not only showing your knowledge for the subject, but you are helping someone learn, that is what the presentation is intended to do.
     If you choose not to answer the question right away you are creating a needless Human Resource Issue. Your Human Resource Management Service deals with situations that may arise out of this action. The HR Professionals are very well versed in HR Strategy and HR procedures and are a part of your company to lend their HR Support in such a situation, HR Best Practices along with HR Management Training can help the speaker with any problems that may arise.

When you give instructions, set clear expectations. Outline the results you expect.

People need meaningful work. Provide workers with variety and responsibility to keep them motivated.

Listen to the opinions of others.

Praise people for their efforts.

Include others. Ask workers for their advice.

Proper motivation and the feeling of being needed to complete a task is very important to your workers, it give them a feeling of accomplishment and of being needed. With HR Support and HR Strategies you can mold a particular way in making your employees feel much more apart of what the company may be doing. Your Human Resource Management Group is trained in such a way that by using HR Strategy and HR Procedures your efforts to involve your employees will work, with the help of HR Support.

Effective communication is a essential skill for safety professionals. Whether you re communicating through an internal memo, safety training or in person, its important to ensure that you re message is understood. This is just as important when you re sending a message electronically. Remember these tips when sending email correspondence:

• Write a specific subject line
• Get to the point quickly
• Use plain language
• Be very courteous
• Be professional; and
• Always include your current contact information

Your HR Administrator uses HR Strategy and HR Procedures to teach employees the proper way to communicate electronically. There are HR Resource Policies that will dictate the proper way your company would prefer you to communicate with each other. Always check your Human Resource Policies and ask for HR Support if you have any questions on this specific issue.