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Health & Safety Awareness Workshop
Eight key habits to improve office safety — and the awareness to act on what's right.
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Overview
The manner in which you conduct yourself at work may have a significant influence on your productivity, organisation, success, and relationships with others. Healthy habits can help you progress in your profession, have great experiences at work, and be considered for promotions. Negative habits, on the other hand, can have the reverse effect.
Poor office habits are bad practices that establish a trend. Sometimes bad work habits may have no negative or dangerous effect, but they can reflect poorly on you as an employee and a person. It is crucial to recognise when you have developed a negative habit and to take steps to alter your behaviour at work.
In detail
The focus areas
- Ergonomic behaviour through key habits related to ensuring better ergonomics within the office
- Developing the skills and key habits to identify and eliminate causes for concern when it comes to fire hazards
- Informing about and developing ways to practically prevent slips, trips and falls
- Teaching and informing about ways to prevent electrical-related accidents from happening
- Populating safety data sheets and reviewing chemical warning labels
- The importance of assisting with mental health problems and creating systems to prioritise support with mental health issues when required
- Proactive ways in which we can introduce a culture of care within our organisation
- Providing, explaining and giving practical examples of eight key habits to improve office safety
- SMART action planning
The hazards addressed
- Ergonomics — poor working postures can cause musculoskeletal disorders, eye strain, stress and mental health impacts
- Fire safety — electrical faults have been the cause of most fire accidents in the State of Qatar
- Slips, trips and falls — the most common workplace injuries worldwide, contributing to over 30% of all workplace incidents (HSE Executive, 2022)
- Electrical equipment — potentially hazardous, can cause serious shock and burn injuries if improperly used or maintained
- Hazardous substances — the first and most critical aspect of using dangerous goods safely is understanding exactly what you are dealing with
- Mental health awareness — increasingly common and extremely important
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