The second category of elements in the physical workplace environment includes those that might either contribute to maximum safety or maximum risk of physical injury in the workplace. Seemingly mundane elements such as the physical arrangement of furniture, choices of materials for carpeting and flooring, and the physical relationship between fixed objects and passage ways can be tremendously important to workplace safety. Is respect, Human Resource personnel must share a thorough conceptual understanding of how the workplace functions and of patterns of behavior to enable them to design functional and safe workplace environments. The third category of elements in the physical workplace environment are those that are associated with potential risk of long-term chronic...

Three of the most important categories of elements in that regard are public safety code compliance, workplace layout and design, and elements of work that contribute to long-term chronic injuries and disabilities. Human Resource departments that negotiate these issues effectively, typically contribute very positively to the operational goals of their organizations, to the long-term health and welfare of their employees, and to the mitigation of liability risks to the organization.