Office Injuries
Here are some potential dangers to staff safety in the office:
- Trips – trailing cables from electrical equipment, uneven floors or general poor housekeeping can lead to trips and falls.
- Slips – wet floors, even from small spillages, can lead to falls resulting in considerable injury, bruises and broken bones.
- Electric Shocks – can be caused by faulty and poorly maintained electrical equipment.
- Back Injuries – lifting heavy boxes or other weighty objects incorrectly can lead to severe back and neck injuries.
- Repetitive strain injury (RSI) – injuries to forearms and hands caused by bad ergonomic planning to workstation set up and use.
Advice and Expertise
As a client, whatever advice your company requires, our consultants are on hand to provide it. We speak your language and work with you to deliver a service that meets the needs of your business.
We can assist with the development, maintenance and implementation of safety management systems that will meet your company’s needs.
We can:
- Provide you with easy to understand reports.
- Identify areas of weakness and provide practical recommendations for compliance and good working practices.
- Prepare a detailed action plan to ensure compliance in a practical and timely manner.
- Give you peace of mind that your company is operating safely.
Our consultants can provide you with information relating to any Health & Safety issue you may have.
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More than 1,000 workers a month suffer serious injuries as a result of a slip, trip or fall at work.
In the office, injuries can be avoided by taking several simple steps, including ensuring that:
- corridors, stairs, fire escapes, work areas, etc. are free from obstruction.
- staircases are kept clear of obstructions.
- handrails are available and are robust.
- lighting levels are not too low and are not creating glare on smooth flooring, etc.
- spillages are cleaned up immediately.
- trailing cables are avoided or are routed properly or otherwise protected.
- any work at height that is necessary is controlled properly.
- housekeeping standards are checked and monitored.
- Train all display screen equipment users in the set up of workstations.
- Maintain good housekeeping standards to prevent slips, trips and fall injuries and reduce risk of fire.
- Dispose of workplace waste on a regular basis.
- Maintain all equipment properly (PAT tested where necessary) and remove faulty items from service.
- Provide appropriate manual handling training.
- Provide induction training included regular fire drills
- Ensure control procedures are in place to reduce risks which cause work related stress.
Download a pdf of the Office Safety Advice given on this page.
