THE RELEVANCE OF SAFETY EDUCATION

SAFETY SIGNS Hello there, this is Goke Akingbade( your safety guide) here again to update you on health and safety issues. Today we will be discussing about safety signs.In the Health and Safety profession, we deal with the use of a lot of signs.A safety sign is defined as a sign providing information or instruction by means of a notice, sign board or colour used to create awareness about safety. Safety signs fall into four groups, namely: (1) Mandatory signs. (2) Prohibitory signs. (3) Hazard or Warning sign. (4) Safety information sign(Emergency Exit and First Aid). So let’s go through them one by one.                             (1) MANDATORY SIGN : This is a sign providing information about specific behaviour or action which must be complied with (‘e.g hard hat must be worn or safety boots must be worn’).                               THE FEATURES OF MANDATORY SIGNS (a) Round shape. (b) A white pictogram on a blue background(with the blue part taking up atleast 50% of th

SAFETY SIGNS Hello there, this is Goke Akingbade( your safety guide) here again to update you on health and safety issues. Today we will be discussing about safety signs.In the Health and Safety profession, we deal with the use of a lot of signs.A safety sign is defined as a sign providing information or instruction by means of a notice, sign board or colour used to create awareness about safety. Safety signs fall into four groups, namely: (1) Mandatory signs. (2) Prohibitory signs. (3) Hazard or Warning sign. (4) Safety information sign(Emergency Exit and First Aid). So let’s go through them one by one.                             (1) MANDATORY SIGN : This is a sign providing information about specific behaviour or action which must be complied with (‘e.g hard hat must be worn or safety boots must be worn’).                               THE FEATURES OF MANDATORY SIGNS (a) Round shape. (b) A white pictogram on a blue background(with the blue part taking up atleast 50% of th

THE RELEVANCE OF ERGONOMICS TO THE WORKPLACE. Hello there, this is Goke Akingbade (your Safety Guide) welcoming you into the year 2014.                 Today we will be discussing about a very important topic as regards workplace safety and health. This article is about Ergonomics. Ergonomics is a system of designing workstations, work practices and workflow to match the abilities of the worker. It is important that your organization consider implementing an ergonomics program which will reduce the risk factors that your employees might be exposed to as a result of the kind of work they do.                                                                                                                                              Ergonomics can simply be defined as the science of fitting the job to the individual worker, also bearing in mind his work environment.