THE RELEVANCE OF SAFETY EDUCATION

EXITS Hello there, this is Goke Akingbade (your Safety guide). Today we will be discussing about exits and exit routes. In workplace safety, an exit is the portion of the exit route that generally is separated from other areas to provide a protected way of travel out of the workplace.                                             Our area of focus will be on what is called in health and safety an emergency exit.                                An emergency exit in a structure is a special exit for emergencies such as a fire.                               Every workplace must have sufficient exit routes and exits to use in an emergency.                                                                                                                                                           Exit routes are continuous and unobstructed paths of exit from any point within a workplace to a safe area. Exit routes consist of three parts, which are:                                            

THE THREE LEADERSHIP STYLES IN HSE MANAGEMENT Hello once again, this is your Safety guide (Goke Akingbade). Today, we will be discussing about three types of leadership models in health, safety and environment management. The corporate culture of an organization can have a great impact either negatively or positively on the kind of leadership model that is being portrayed by top-level management. The three type of leadership styles are discussed more below. (a) THE TOUGH-COERSIVE LEADERSHIP MODEL : In this type, safety managers usually focus on protecting themselves, so this makes them focus on compliance ( i.e they are tough on safety in order to avoid penalties. In controlling safety performance, manager’s focus mainly on punishment. The objective is to achieve legal imperatives.                                                                                                                           Here are the examples of what a tough-coercive leader might say: