| What is most important at work? Efficiency, money, | | | | business culture, driven by a commitment from the |
| good climate, realizing ambitions, friends? Although, | | | | top of the organization. Not in every workplace there |
| these are very important things they would be | | | | is such thing as ''safety culture''. Mostly because |
| nothing without two other things: Health and Safety. | | | | people do not care about it. |
| Health & Safety law requires employers to look | | | | There are few levels of risk at work also health and |
| after the health, safety and welfare of employees. | | | | safety consists of different elements. We have a risk |
| Employers are obliged to ensure that the risk of | | | | of fire, hazardous substances, work at height, noise |
| accidents is kept to a minimum. They must also | | | | at work and there might be even problems with |
| consider others who could be affected by their | | | | water hygiene. The last one only might look very |
| work, for example clients, contractors and visitors to | | | | harmlessly but is quite dangerous and complicated |
| their premises. | | | | problem in reality. Growth of bacteria in building water |
| Other employers duties are to identify, assess and | | | | systems is a common cause of potentially-fatal |
| control safety risks and writing down the significant | | | | Legionnaires' Disease. |
| findings of their risk assessment if they have five or | | | | Effective risk management is the key to sound |
| more employees. As it comes to employees they | | | | health & safety standards for example fire risk |
| should have an overall safety program before they | | | | assessment that might be a part of having property |
| started working and while working observe any | | | | management software at the company. But it is |
| dangerous situations and report them to supervisors. | | | | really not important how it will be done - the results |
| Providing a safe working environment doesn't have | | | | are important. And benefits of working safely are |
| to be a difficult or time-consuming exercise, | | | | really incredible. It includes fewer accidents, reduced |
| particularly if there are in a low-risk environment. The | | | | insurance premiums, a better-motivated workforce |
| most important thing is to make safety part of | | | | and peace of mind. |