Off the job safety

摘要

IT MAKES ECONOMIC and social I sense to extend your safety programme to injury prevention in the home, on holiday, in motor vehicles or when participating in recreational past times. The implementation of an out-of-work safety programme is highlighted here by identifying the main hazards and offering common sense ways in which to combat them. Many accidents such as slips, trips, poisoning due to misreading labels, burns etc are less likely to happen at work because most workers abide by their organisation's safety rules and carry out only work that they are qualified to do. This becomes a different matter when at home or on holiday, as employees let their guard down. They do not think through their actions or take on tasks for which they are not competent. They end up paying a high price by way of injury and absence from work, which also places an extra burden on over stretched employers.