Top 5 Safety Measures Every Business Owner Should Implement Today

My blog focuses on Financial Literacy/Money and Business/Entrepreneurship. Every business has safety concerns of some sort. Some are universal. The following contributed post is entitled, Top 5 Safety Measures Every Business Owner Should Implement Today.

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As a business owner, you have a significant responsibility to the employees who come into your workplace every day, as well as anyone who might be coming in externally, whether it be the general public or your clients.

With that being said, every safety measure should be taken to protect those who work or visit the premises on a daily basis. Here are the top five safety measures every business owner should implement today.

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1. Have an updated health and safety policy

An updated health and safety policy is important to have when it comes to keeping everyone safe within the building. The more information and detailed information that’s in this policy, the more informed everyone can be. Hopefully helps to mitigate the risk of danger to employees, to clients, and to the general public.

With that in mind, make sure you’ve got an up-to-date health and safety policy in place and ensure this is reviewed regularly.

2. Conduct regular risk assessment

Risk assessments are certainly important to conduct when it comes to the work premises. There are obvious risks and not-so-obvious ones, so it’s good to conduct regular risk assessments by identifying potential hazards.

Consider what potential hazards exist and assess the risk within your workspace, putting in any preventative measures you can take to mitigate the risks present.

Like your health and safety policy, you’ll want to conduct regular risk assessments whenever there’s a change or something new that presents risk, comes into your workplace. From fire risk assessments to general ones, you can always do more where safety is concerned.

3. Make use of PPE

The use of PPE should be used where appropriate and where it’s necessary for the safety of others. Not only that, but PPE is there to protect employees and anyone within an environment that might be hazardous or dangerous to health.

Making sure to assess the potential risks and knowing when to use PPE is something employees need to be aware of, too.

4. Provide staff with training

Staff are partly responsible for the safety of the workplace, and so the way they behave and conduct themselves within the workplace matters greatly.

With that being said, you should look at what staff training you could deliver to your staff in order to ensure every staff member is doing their bit to keep the business and its employees as safe as possible.

5. Keep your workspaces clean and clutter-free

Workspaces are something you always want to stay on top of when it comes to keeping them clean and clutter-free. By doing so, you ensure the safety of your employees and anyone coming into the premises as a result.

Ensure there’s a cleaning schedule in place and that all employees are responsible for their own surroundings. The more effort is made to keep the workspaces clean and free of clutter, the better.

These safety measures are some of the most important to follow, but there are plenty of things you could be doing to keep your workplace safe and sound this year.

Author: anwaryusef

Anwar Y. Dunbar is a Regulatory Scientist. Being a naturally curious person, he is also a student of all things. He earned his Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Michigan and his Bachelor’s Degree in General Biology from Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU). Prior to starting the Big Words Blog Site, Anwar published and contributed to numerous research articles in competitive scientific journals reporting on his research from graduate school and postdoctoral years. After falling in love with writing, he contributed to the now defunct Examiner.com, and the Edvocate where he regularly wrote about: Education-related stories/topics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Financial Literacy; as well as conducted interviews with notable individuals such as actor and author Hill Harper. Having many influences, one of his most notable heroes is author, intellectual and speaker, Malcolm Gladwell, author of books including Outliers and David and Goliath. Anwar has his hands in many, many activities. In addition to writing, Anwar actively mentors youth, works to spread awareness of STEM careers, serves on the Board of Directors of the Friends of the David M. Brown Arlington Planetarium, serves as Treasurer for the JCSU Washington, DC Alumni Chapter, and is active in the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace Ministry at the Alfred Street Baptist Church. He also tutors in the subjects of biology, chemistry and physics. Along with his multi-talented older brother Amahl Dunbar (designer of the Big Words logos, inventor and a plethora of other things), Anwar is a “Fanboy” and really enjoys Science-Fiction and Superhero movies including but not restricted to Captain America Civil War, Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Prometheus. He is a proud native of Buffalo, NY.

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