Office Safety

Office Safety

Offices are relatively safe work areas but accidents and injuries still happen.

Office safety ? Are offices unsafe ?

Offices are safe — Only if you have the safe attitudes. It is a fact that thousands of office workers suffer disabling injuries every year.

Here are some negative attitudes and habits that set the stage for accident.

1. Overcenfidence; “ It could never happen to me”
2. Laziness; “It’s just too much trouble to do it the right way”
3. Stubbornness; “1’ll do it my way” § Sarcasm; “ Safety is kid’s stuff”
4. Forgetfulness; “I meant to, b|ufotrgot” § Carelessness; “Oh, Why bother ?”
5. Showing off; “No problem, watch me”
6. Impatience; “ /t’ll take me all day ifI do it the safe way”
7. Ignorance; “! didn’t know it was flammable”

Learn how to avoid slips, trips and falls:-

1. Keep all legs of your chair on the floor. Tilting back in a chair often results in overbalancing and fall.
2. Leaning sideways from the chair to pick up objects on the floor is dangerous.
3. Fill bottom file cabinet drawers first to prevent the cabinet from toppling.
4. All file drawers must be closed immediately after use.
5. Only one file drawer in the cabinet should be opened at a time in order to prevent the cabinet from toppling over.
6. Avoid overloading top drawers. This can cause the cabinet to fall on you.
7. Climbing on open file drawers must be forbidden.
8. Watch out for polished floors, stairways, loose carpeting, floor boards and tiles.
9. On stairways, use handrails and take one step at a time.
10. Watch out for wet floor and spillage. 
11. Pick up pencils, paper clips and other objects that might cause a trip.
12. Learn proper lifting techniques.
13. Avoid obstructing your vision with large loads. Don’t hurry, especially around corners.
14. Don’t store boxes, etc., where people might trip.
15. Beware of telephone and electrical leads lying across the floor. Catching your heel on a lead almost guaranteesa fall.
16. Practice good housekeeping and store sharp and pointed objects separately.

Learn this lif saving rules of fire safety:-

1. If you must smoke, do so at designated areas only.
2. Dispose off matches, ashes, and cigarette buds in proper receptacles.
3. Properly store and dispose off all materials that may be fire hazards, including cleaning fluids, photocopier inks, and oily or solvent soaked rags.
4. Use caution when operating electrical appliances. Turn off when they are not in use.
5. Never overload circuits and extension cords.
6. Learn the procedures of evacuation, reporting fire, and emergencies.

Genral Office Safety Tips:- 

•      Do not run in corridors, walk.

•      Do not stand and talk in front of closed doors ,you may be hit if it is opened from the other side.

•      Do not read when walking. • Ensure that power cords

to office machines do not cross walk ways causing a tripping hazard.

•      Always close drawers and doors by using the handle, to avoid trapping your fIngers.

•      Do not put pencils, pens, scissors, etc., in stands with the point uppermost.

•      Do not make your own electrical repairs or connection‟s, call an electrician.

•      Don‟t smoke inside offices and “No Smoking” areas. Put cigarette ends in ashtrays, NEVER in trash bins.

•      Do not lean back in chairs onto two legs.