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 Jul 02, 2009, 10:19:52 PM | #1 |
Working in a cleaning business means that you are risking your safety. There are so many things which may happen like accidental slips and falls. What makes a job dangerous is not the job itself but the people who are in the business. Safety is one of the issues which lies is an action-reaction basis. Most accidents are usually results of other people’s carelessness.
There are certain reminders which will have you warn people about the accidents that they may experience after a cleaning job is done. Danger zones often imply wet floors. There should be appropriate safety signs that must be places on wet floors or places when there are falling debris. Most of the people do not look at where they are going so in a matter of second, they find their self on the floor or having an accident. Remember to always minimize the wetting of the floor so that the number of slips will reduce in number.
Cleaning at high places can really cause accidents to happen. When climbing up a high ladder you may get out of balanced an lead you to falling. Make sure that you r ladders are safely positioned when cleaning. If you are still scared, then you may ask someone to hold the ladder for you when you go up or down it. Also make sure that the ladders are still working well. Climbing a ladder must have you using two hands and putting your weight in the center. You should be able to balance the ladder to prevent you from falling.
When you have to reach for something on the other side, do not do it. Chances are that you might fall from the ladder. You make the ladder be unstable when you add weight to the other side of the ladder. You need to make sure to go down and reach on the other side. Use ladders only on smooth surfaces and nor on wobbly surfaces because you might fall on the back which is not good. You ladders should be kept in a safe place because it can trip other people causing more injury to them. Keep them in a place that is safe from falling or tripping.
Having a safety plan will help people feel safer when working at a cleaning company. The list of reagents should be listed, glassware and equipment used. Remember that safety can be achieved as a team there is no use for you to put up all the warning signs if you the people passing by do not mind these things. They will have an accident if they do not. The best thing that you can do is to have safety seminars for your employees so that they will know the proper way of doing their job safely which will not cause anyone, not even them accidents. Safety is just a word which is so easy to deal with. Make sure that you are working under safe environments in such a dangerous job. |
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