Thursday 28 November 2013

5 Benefits of Health and Safety Training

The basic goal is to protect the employees form and meeting the Government requirements for health and safety is taking the first step. What you want to avoid at any cost is the injury to an employee that has disabled him for life and it was all because of the lack of awareness. In addition to that if your workplace is managed safely that would mean lower insurance premiums, a good reputation, increased productivity and reduced absence. To top it all it covers you against legal costs as well as being imprisoned. The five main benefits of health and safety training are as listed below:

Workplace Health And Safety Consultant

Workplace Health And Safety Consultant

1. Reduced Insurance Premiums: Have a well trained management  will ensure that your insurance premiums are reduced. This is due to the obvious fact that if the management is well educated regarding the health and safety issues of the workplace then the workers and employees are sure to receive good guidance as to the dos and don’ts at the workplace.

Health and Safety Management Standard
Health and Safety Management Standard

2. Enhanced Reputation:  Will all of the staff trained and a management who is capable of guiding the staff in tough situations and provide decent advice on how to work safely. The chance of an accident occurring are very low. Thus the workers will only praise the company as opposed to talking bad about the management in the case of a great deal of accidents occurring.

Certified Health And Safety Consultant

Certified Health And Safety Consultant

3. Increased Productivity: A comprehensive health and training check will ensure that no one is at risk of getting hurt and there is also no employee suffering in silence.  This in turns goes to benefit the working of the company overall with improved productivity and confidence in the employees.

4. Reduced Absence:  If the staff and management are well trained regarding the health and accident risks at their respective work places then the chance of an accident occurring is greatly reduced. Which means there will be fewer, if not none at all taking leaves on such pretext.

5. Legal protection against damages: Having workplace accident insurance will cover several types of claims and in some circumstances provide insurance as well. However you will need to prove that the preventive measures were taken.

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