When you have a business to run, you will always need to make sure that you have the necessary means of keeping it running properly. One of the main concerns here is always going to be that you are looking after the safety and security of people, both inside your business and outside of it. As it happens, there are many ways that you can hope to achieve that. In this post, we are going to take a look at some of the main concerns of any business that you should be aware of from the start, for the sake of all.

Slips, Trips & Falls

This is the number one main cause of injuries in the workplace, and it’s really important that you are doing everything you can to keep them to an absolute minimum, ideally to zero if you can. There are a few things to consider that you might want to think about here, including being careful with how you store heavy items on shelves, and making sure that the floor is kept clear at all times. As long as you have done that, you are going to find that your workplace is much safer on the whole.

Storing Dangerous Goods

There are a lot of reasons why you might have to store some dangerous goods in your business. You might need to make use of certain hazardous materials in the production of your product, for instance. Whatever the reason, as long as you have dangerous goods to think about, it’s important that you are storing them as you should. That might include having the necessary bunded pallets, for instance, or making sure that you have whatever other means necessary for transporting those items. This is really important for people all across the supply chain.

Equipment Safety

Whatever equipment there is in the workplace, this too is going to have to be looked into carefully. You have to make sure that you are using it safely, and that all of your employees are doing so too, and that is something that will require that you focus on your staff training to a certain degree. As long as you have done that, it's going to mean that you are much more likely to have a workforce who know how to use their equipment safely. You should also keep on top of the maintenance of those machines for the same reason.

Electrical Hazards

Pretty much every workplace in the world needs to think carefully about electrical hazards, because electricity is used everywhere and can be incredibly dangerous if you don’t use it in the right way. If you are keen to make sure that you are keeping your use of electricity as safe as possible, again you’ll want to make sure that it is being used right and that you are fixing any issues that it might have. That way, your people are going to be so much safer on the whole, and that is clearly a really important thing.

Staff Training

Something that all businesses should have is proactive training for their employees. Even though they do the work every day, some rules and regulations changes happen often - not to mention that we all slip into bad habits. Take a look at what your employees need in terms of health and safety training, and go further. 

Make sure that each employee has the right qualification or certification for what they are doing. Not only does it improve what they can do as they grow through your business, but your whole team will be working at the same high standard. Everything from a health and safety certificate to a forklift ticket should be on the list. Anything that you do offer can be put in future job postings so that you attract the right new talent too.