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Workplace Injury
Reducing workplace injury requires a multifaceted approach, and requires responsibility on the part of employees and managers. I am frequently called upon to move, lift, or manipulate objects. Most of the time this behavior is in accordance with my job description, and I was offered some basic safety training and guidelines when I was hired to perform the job. However, the details of each procedure were not offered in the training. As a result, we only received general guidance, such as how to bend our knees when lifting heavy objects. Issues related to workplace environment and ergonomics remain woefully ignored by senior management. Moreover, there is no ongoing training to remind personnel of their role and responsibility in preventing workplace injury. I have witnessed many of my colleagues do things that are not according to recommended procedure, thereby causing injury.
Management is often able to prevent workplace injuries, in part by implementing an organizational change policy. According to the Center for Behavioral...
When the workplace environment has been poorly designed, it is harder and costlier to implement changes that would benefit workplace safety. Still, management plays a major role in preventing and addressing problems.
The first step to improving workplace safety from a management perspective is risk assessment and organizational analysis. The change process needs to be tailor made to each department or even each room of the organization -- not just to the organization as a whole (Center for Behavioral Safety, 2010). Change cannot be too general, as to cause the problems I have seen in my own workplace environment. Specificity is required, which is why management should hire a team of safety analysts, or management should perform this duty. As McFarlin (n.d.) notes, identitying main…
References
Center for Behavioral Safety (2010). Proactive safety: How to reduce workplace injuries by 50%. Retrieved online: http://cbsafety.com/2010/06/07/proactive-safety-how-to-reduce-workplace-injuries-by-50/
McFarlin, K. (n.d.). How to reduce workplace accidents with employees. Houston Chronicle. Retrieved online: http://smallbusiness.chron.com/reduce-workplace-accidents-employees-10979.html
McLaughlin, M. (2011). Reducing workplace injuries begins with effective training. HR.com. Retrieved online: http://www.hr.com/en/app/blog/2011/09/reducing-workplace-injuries-begins-with-effective-_gt4s02nh.html
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