How to conduct Health and Safety Induction
Introduction
When it comes to creating an effective health and safety culture which could help in down the risks and raising awareness among employees the health and safety induction is one of the best and effective tools to achieve safety culture.
It is also important to understand that unless we make all staff (new and existing) fully aware of the organizational health and safety policy and strategies we can not expect them to work in line with the organizational health and safety culture.
Health and safety induction not only will provide new staff with proper health and safety awareness to establish a firm basis to perform their role, but it is compliance with legal requirements.
According to the Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA) 1974, employers must provide information,
instruction, training, and supervision, to ensure health and safety as far as is reasonably practicable,
while at work..
In this blog, we explain everything you need to know about inducting new staff.
Objective
To safeguard the safety and security of our staff, students, visitors, guests, and vendors in compliance
with THRESHOLD CONCEPT safety guidelines by providing;
- Awareness of the hazards & threats
- Awareness of mitigation and response
- Awareness of Responsibilities of staff/employees
Scope
The scope defines the organization's safety strategy and limits of the safety goals
- Implementation of TC Safety Program
- Safety and security of our staff, visitors, guest, property, and processes.
- Safety awareness & Training
- Safety and Security Alerts
- Safety and Security Arrangements for Events/Programs
- Incident reporting & investigation
- First Aid
What are the hazards?
Hazard is anything or act which have the potential to cause harm or damage, there are many types of hazard can be faced in the office working environment. few of the common workplace hazards are listed below;
- Slips, Trips, and Falls
- Fire
- Extremes of temperature
- Ergonomic Injuries
- Eye Strain
- Bullying
- Contagious illnesses spread by sick staff/fellows
Golden rules for Safety
- Safety is always first
- Learn SSOW
- Never try short cuts
- Never attempt if not trained
- Keep your Body Posture correct
- Avoid Bullying
- Report all injuries/incidents and near misses immediately to your safety officer
Health and Hygiene Issues
- Infectious diseases
- Occupational Diseases
- psychological stress
- other health problems
- Health and Hygiene Rules
- Personal Health and Hygiene
- Use of Mask and other PPEs (As required to control infectious diseases)
- Vaccination
What are the threats?
It is important to understand that safety and security are two faces of a single coin, without each other none of it can be implemented in true spirit. Therefore below is the list of security threats that need to be communicated to inductees.
- Snatching
- Theft
- Threat Call
- Bomb Blast
- Burgherly
- Lockdown
- Political unrest
- Mob
- Harassment
- Violent Criminal Behavior / Active Shooter
Golden Rules for security
- keep the right eye open
- Don’t be predictable
- Follow buddy procedure
- Report if feel uncomfortable/suspicious (Don’t make yourself vulnerable)
- Keep your private life private
- Be aware of who you are in the electronic world
Fire Emergency Response
R. A. C. E
- RESCUE those who are in danger
- ALARM Activate alarm or alert system
- CURTAIN or Closed the door and windows to cut off the spread of fire
- EVACUATE / the building on an immediate basis
- EXTINGUISH if you are trained
Earthquake Safety
- DROP to the ground. In a real earthquake, the ground might shake forcefully and throw
- you down.
- Take COVER under something sturdy. If you cannot get under something, stay low &
- cover your head & neck with your arms.
- HOLD ON until the shaking stops.
Important Safety Signage & Colour Codes
Safety signage is one of the best ways for safety communication, safety signage orientation must be part of health and safety induction so that the inductee or staff could have familiar with the safety signage and color-coding. list of some important health and safety signage is list below;
Assembly Point or safe heaven signage
- Fire Alarm signage
- Foire Extinguisher signage
- Fire Aid signage
- No smoking signage
- Safe Exit Signage
- Emergency Exit Signage
Responsibilities of staff/Employees
- Learning and following safe work procedures.
- Correcting hazards or reporting them to supervisors and safety officers.
- Participating in inspections and investigations where appropriate.
- Promoting safety consciousness by actively participating in training, exercises, and drills, and by offering recommendations to improve the safety management system
Emergency Contact Numbers
Make a list of all important contact numbers and share the same list with the inductee - The number may include;
- Safety officer Number
- Helpline Number
- Police Helpline Number
- Hospital Number
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