Personal health is very important to workplace health. It seems too easy to consider your co-workers' or your subordinates' personal heath as being a private matter and none of your business when you are in the workplace. At the same time, who wouldn't try to help a colleague if something happens while in the workplace? [...]
[IMAGE CREDIT: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, via Flickr]Hazardous materials have not had a uniform system of storage, handling and use and sharing of information across countries, as all nations had their own standards. But the Globally Harmonized System developed by the United Nations and soon coming to Canada, is expected to create uniformity [...]
We are not ones to point out inconsistencies, but let's face it, sometimes it seems that we aren't always consistent in how we watch our health. When it comes to our own bodies, we seem to be pretty good at taking care of ourselves when it comes to getting checkups with our doctors and getting [...]
We hear about the various ways that companies "downsize" their payrolls either in tough economic times or to avoid having to implement onerous laws and regulations. There is the "last hired, first fired" approach to downsizing, and there is the re-prioritizing of positions so the less-essential - according to the executives who won't find themselves [...]
In an earlier post, we here at Safety Matters addressed some of the trend of mental health issues and how they might affect a workplace. We are hopeful that this post provided you with some information about how something that is believed to be so personal and individual and private can have such a profound [...]
While so many companies are constantly dealing with health and safety issues at their workplace - many of whom use Purcell Enterprises or other firms to create a positive and safe working environment for employees - that usually involve physical challenges like injury or illnesses, we have noted from our clients that there has been [...]
Spend the month of December looking over your strengths and weaknesses so you can recognize both threats and opportunities. Do a health and safety audit to measure your performance. This will help you craft a plan for the year to come.
To prepare for the unthinkable you must imagine the unthinkable and have a plan in place to deal with the most likely emergencies that will occur. There are three things you can do to deal with horrible things and to mitigate their effects. You must strategize. You must come up with a plan in how [...]
