Accidents can do happen to office employees, serious accidents may cause permanent disability and at least prolonged hospitalization
Nature of accidents
Accidents in offices may be caused by
- Exposed electric wire in loose connection
- Slippery floors or loose carpeting
- Open drawers of desks or filing cabinets
- Tilting backwards in reclining chairs
- Sharp edges of office equipment, broken glass etc.
- Unguarded moving parts of office machines
- Pencils, sharpeners, pins etc.
- Running or rapid walking along stairways or through doorways
- Reading while walking along passages
- Inadequate lighting or worn out tread on stairways
Causes of accidents
- Mechanical causes
- Physiological causes
- Psychological causes
Measures for ensuring safety
- Provision of safe working place
- Safeguarding hazardous machines and equipment
- Provision of safety clothing
- Maintenance of orderliness and cleanliness
- Provision of first aid service
- Provision of fire lighting equipment
- Safety education and training of employees
- Promoting safety consciousness