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How to Prevent Falls in the Workplace

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How to Prevent Falls in the Workplace

It is a fact that more than 16 percent of all workplace falls result in injuries or illness that affect the productive environment o...

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Ladder Safety

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Ladder Safety

Most homes and buildings have ladders for all kinds of maintenance jobs required around structures. Ladders are useful to...

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Tips for Proper Workshop Safety

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Tips for Proper Workshop Safety

A workshop is only as safe as you make it. One must ensure proper workshop safety since ultimately you are responsible for the safety o...

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10 Ways to Reduce Workplace Injuries

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<span style="font-size: small;">Increasingly, computer-related health injuries are a 
leading cause of workplace occupational hazards. Computer usage is 
common by a substantial part of the working environment all over the 
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There are ways to reduce computer-related health trauma, by observing 
safety measures to counter injuries caused by the office environment. 
Occupational safety measures recommend healthy use of computers so as to
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Safety professionals are now advocating precautions in the use of 
computers that have become virtual standalone offices. Health problems 
caused by exposure to computers occur through cumulative trauma 
disorders connected with prolonged interaction on machines. </div>
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Common fatigue may be more than just physical stress. Stay on guard if 
symptoms persist after a night of rest or interfere significantly with 
work-related activities. If the problem is indeed work-related then you 
need to look for ways to adjust to your work environment and work 
towards alleviating workplace health problems. </div>
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Here are 10 easy steps to do ensure a healthy work environment: </div>
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1 Counter the effect of carpal tunnel syndrome of the wrist and hand by 
relieving yourself of the mouse and keyboard from time to time. Take 
breaks to let your fingers relax and enjoy hand rubs in between. </div>
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2 You need to adjust the location of work and the angle of the machine 
in such a way that your body continuously maintains an unstrained and 
comfortable position. Your arms, forearms and shoulders should be fully 
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3 More often it is the continuous exposure to the computer monitor that 
may be the cause of eyestrain. In this case you should always have a 
quality glare filter fixed on your monitor screen. </div>
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4 Work with a light screen background (dark type or images on white or pale background). You'll find it is easier on your eyes. </div>
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5 Place the monitor and source documents so that they are about the same
 distance from your eyes. Use a document holder immediately next to the 
monitor. </div>
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6 Rest the muscles of your eyes by focusing on a distant object occasionally. </div>
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7 Change your body position periodically throughout the day. </div>
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8 The position of the keyboard should be at a proper level in front of 
you. It is important to ensure proper elbow height that enables you to 
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9 It's important to be completely relaxed while working on the computer.
 Injuries and pain can be a problem if you remain constantly tensed as 
that affects the muscles of the neck and shoulders. </div>
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10 A good chair significantly reduces the risk of lower back pain or 
injury. An ergonomic chair provides comfortable lumbar support and 
allows for a variety of seated postures.

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10 Ways to Reduce Workplace Injuries

Increasingly, computer-related health injuries are a leading cause of workplace occupational hazards. Computer usage is common by a su...

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Different Meanings of Safety

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There are two slightly different meanings of safety. For example, home safety may indicate a building’s ability to protect<br />
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against external harm events (such as weather, home invasion, etc.), or may indicate that its internal installations (such<br />
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as appliances, stairs, etc.) are safe (not dangerous or harmful) for its inhabitants.<br />
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Discussions of safety often include mention of related terms. Security is such a term. With time the definitions between<br />
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these two have often become interchanged, equated, and frequently appear juxtaposed in the same sentence. Readers<br />
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unfortunately are left to conclude whether they comprise a redundancy. This confuses the uniqueness that should be reserved<br />
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for each by itself. When seen as unique, as we intend here, each term will assume its rightful place in influencing and<br />
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being influenced by the other.<br />
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Safety is the condition of a “steady state” of an organization or place doing what it is supposed to do. “What it is<br />
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supposed to do” is defined in terms of public codes and standards, associated architectural and engineering designs,<br />
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corporate vision and mission statements, and operational plans and personnel policies. For any organization, place, or<br />
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function, large or small, safety is a normative concept. It complies with situation-specific definitions of what is<br />
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expected and acceptable.<br />
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Using this definition, protection from a home’s external threats and protection from its internal structural and equipment<br />
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failures (see Meanings, above) are not two types of safety but rather two aspects of a home’s steady state.<br />
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In the world of everyday affairs, not all goes as planned. Some entity’s steady state is challenged. This is where security<br />
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science, which is of more recent date, enters. Drawing from the definition of safety, then:<br />
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Security is the process or means, physical or human, of delaying, preventing, and otherwise protecting against external or<br />
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internal, defects, dangers, loss, criminals, and other individuals or actions that threaten, hinder or destroy an<br />
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organization’s “steady state,” and deprive it of its intended purpose for being.<br />
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Different Meanings of Safety

There are two slightly different meanings of safety. For example, home safety may indicate a building’s ability to protect against ex...

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Lets Talk About Safety

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<b>Safety is the state of being “safe” (from French sauf), the condition of being protected against physical, social, spiritual, financial, political, emotional, occupational, psychological, educational or other types or consequences of failure, damage, error,accidents, harm or any other event which could be considered non-desirable. Safety can also be defined to be the control of recognized hazards to achieve an acceptable level of risk. This can take the form of being protected from the event or from exposure to something that causes health or economical losses. It can include protection of people or of possessions.</b></div>
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<b>Why Safety is important?</b></div>
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<b>Safety is important because it helps keep humans, environment, and property out of harms way. There are many steps that can be taken to keep oneself safe. For example; It is important to look both ways before crossing the street. That is one instance where one takes action to stay safe.</b></div>
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<b>So what can Safety do for you?</b></div>
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<b>The benefits of maintaining a safe work environment are many, but first and foremost, safety is about what you can do to protect our lives. “It’s the right thing to do.</b></div>
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Lets Talk About Safety

Safety is the state of being “safe” (from French sauf), the condition of being protected against physical, social, spiritual, financial...

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