how to prevent injuries at workplace

how to prevent injuries at workplace

What is the topic you will be researching?

The topic that we have choose is how to prevent injuries at workplace. There is famous quote that says, “Prevention is better than cure”. Therefore, prevention of injuries is essential at workplace for the safety of workers and their future. Thus, we choose the topic how we can prevent injuries at workplace. In this manner, preventing injuries at working environment is to be considered as the subject to be investigated. Indeed, even the damage is little, it can some of the time sway the capacity of the general population to work and live later on. Thus, and there is greater need of preventing injuries at workplace. Moreover, there are some techniques that can help to prevent injuries such as provide safe workplace and gives proper information about machines and tools such as provide training to workers how they can use tools safely. Furthermore, employer keeps inform to employees about past accidents and employees also know about the reports and data about past so that accidents never happen in future. Beside this, there should be great relationship between employee and employers so that if something happen employees can tell employer without any hesitation. Moreover, if employee breach the employment contract then employee has right against it (Ministry of Labour ,2017). All in all, prevention of injuries or accidents at workplace is important concept for worker and employer.

Why did you choose the topic- interest?

We choose this topic because prevention of injuries is important for employer and employees. As, everyday we heard news about the accidents happen at workplace due to ignorance and lack of knowledge or danger workplace. Therefore, there is need of knowledge about occupation health and safety for employers and employees so that they can prevent injuries at workplace (Ministry of Labour ,2017).  Moreover, sometimes happen workplace is not good for workers but they are still working, so we choose this topic to inform and also getting knowledge about the injuries and how we can handle or prevent thus that will never happen in future.  Further, we select this topic due to get knowledge about workplace safety, injuries and how we can prevent in our own life, if something happen. Lastly, it is interesting and important for employer and employee to get knowledge and keep workplace safe and healthy.

Preliminary recommendations to solve concerns about the issue?

There are some methods or techniques that can help to reduce injuries at workplace. Firstly, employer should provide training to employees how they can use tools or machines that will help to reduce injuries or accidents. Secondly, chemicals should be labelled or marked so that workers can use safely. Thirdly, employees should use safety glasses or masks at the time of using chemicals. Moreover, employer must provide safe workplace to employees as it is the basic need of workers. Furthermore, employer should keep inform to employees about past incidents or reports so that type of injuries never happen in future. In addition to this, employees should keep good relationship with employer for getting knowledge about each and every thing. Finally, employer should set weekly meetings to keep informing and providing guidelines to workers. Moreover, workers must work according to guidelines and keep informing about their work or mistakes(Kilbourne ,2012) .

Questions related to Research–

Is this important to provide safe workplace to prevent injuries?

According to occupation health and safety rules, a workplace injury can lead to physical, emotional and financial challenges for you and your family, therefore safe workplace or environment is the basic need of every individual. If workplace is safe then the chances of injuries or accidents will automatically reduced. Moreover, workplace safety is not single person job or responsibility. It is also the responsibility of both employer and employees, simply, it is teamwork. Furthermore, to prevent injuries, there is need of safe workplace and to provide safe and healthy life for workers. In addition to it, workers are assets of a company or nation, if something wrong happen then it harms the asset as well as also reduce the reputation of that company. Therefore, there is need to provide safe workplace to prevent injuries and keep maintain company’s reputation (Ministry of Labour ,2018).  .

Is replacement of robots and machines being a good option for preventing workplace injuries?

Advancement in technology leads to birth the uses of robots and machines. In this technological era, human place is taken by robots. While, replacement of robots and machines being a good option or not it’s depend upon the uses of that tool or machine. Moreover, it also depends upon the workers how they are using that tool. In spite of the fact that customary mechanical robots have been introduced in the created nations like USA, UK and Canada for a considerable length of time however at this point because of development innovation new and different jobs are given to robots and machines to supplant people at work environment. Thus, the replacement of robots and machines is good or not depends upon the uses and how they can be use(Kilbourne ,2012) ..

What are the various projects and activities taken by the organizations or government in Ontario to prevent workplace injuries?

There are some steps taken by companies to prevent injuries such as provide training’s to workers how they can use tools. Secondly, companies should use labelled or safe chemicals. Moreover, employer should arrange meetings to keep informing about guidelines. Furthermore, employer must keep inform to workers about past incidents so that will never happen in future. Beside this, government should set rules and regulations that must follow by every companies and workers. And government should set intelligent program intended to teach youth, migrants and little and moderate sized organizations on their rights and duties(Kilbourne ,2012) . Moreover raising awareness about the health and safety at workplace. Simply, rules and regulations set by government and follow by organizations helps to prevent workplace injuries.

Does research play significant role in preventing injuries?

There are many dangers and conditions which makes working place harmful. Therefore, research plays important role so that individual can find ways to make workplace hazards free or prevent from injuries. Even, organization and government spent a lot of money on research and development. Moreover, Faculty of Applied sciences in the University of Waterloo said that “research can assume a noteworthy job in forestalling working environment wounds and work related ailments (Cameron Grant,2014). Furthermore, researching on the certainties and creating arrangements for injuries are more helpful to prevent injuries. In addition to it, research for something, gives already information about it, therefore, research for injuries is helpful for prevent injuries.

What is the progress made in last two decades to reduce workplace injuries in Ontario?

There are many steps taken by Organization and Ministry of labour to reduce workplace injuries. Moreover, goals and strategies have been already formed to reduce injuries. According to annual report of Organization Health & Safety Ontario in 2015, workplace injuries are continuing declining, but occupation diseases are inclining. Furthermore, the report shows that declining in workplace injuries but condition which result in occupational diseases which affect the organization and worker’s health & safety (Ministry of Labour ,2018).  Furthermore, it is concluded that workplace injuries are declined but side by side occupational disease effect it by negative way.

What data and sources are available? Explain the websites or information you will be reviewing.  

There are many sources available for get information and protect or prevent from injuries. Firstly, the main source is Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS). There is more information about how to protect workplace injuries, accidents such as accidents by falls or slips etc. Moreover, CCOHOS website offers such type of courses which gives information about how we can prevent injuries. Moreover, there is also some books available which gives the a lot of information about prevention such as Health and Safety in Canadian Workplace by Jason Foster and Bob Barnetson published in July 25, 2016.In addition to it, individuals can find sources on internet as safety is a responsibility of everyone’s means worker should do such type of work which is safe for everyone. Like, they should follow procedure and safely use chemicals and machines to make workplace hazard free.