Quotes About Workplace Safety
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The best way to learn about safety is to read quotes about workplace safety from organizations that regulate it. Workplace safety should be a company’s number one concern to protect the employees and the company.
CDC Quotes About Workplace Safety
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has a large section on its website dedicated to information on workplace safety. These sections explain what many different workplace hazards are, such as allergens, and how to avoid them. It has a large section targeted towards individuals that work in dangerous environments that may include asbestos, noise, machinery and silica, for example. It also has sections covering chemical safety, eye safety, laboratory safety, infection control, protective clothing, respirators, workplace violence and more. The CDC allows the information to be printed or emailed and distributed to employees.
One sample workplace safety quote from their information on heat stroke could be, “Workers who are exposed to extreme heat or work in hot environments may be at risk of heat stress.”
Nonprofit Risk Management Center
The Nonprofit Risk Management Center is an organization that supplies an Employer's Online Toolkit to protect employees and volunteers. This kit includes a workplace safety quiz and tutorial to help employers organize their company’s safety routine. Some of the subjects the kit covers are:
- Addressing safety and health hazards in the workplace
- Creating a workplace safety program
- Workplace injury and illness prevention
- Creating ownership of the program
- How to measure performance
- Job Hazard Analysis
- How to compile a safety manual
- How to comply to OSHA
This kit is accessible free of charge and includes printable tips sheets, a great resource for safety quotes.
Prevent Blindness America
According to the Prevent Blindness America organization, “Of the total amount of work-related injuries, 10-20 % will cause temporary or permanent vision loss.” That is why it is important to be informed about eye safety at work. The organization’s site offers eye safety tips and quotes on workplace safety so that you can get your entire crew to realize the importance of eye safety.
OSHA
OSHA or The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is a nationally recognized organization created by congress to uphold the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. Their website contains information on every type of safety concern a worker or employer may have and a description the problem’s legal safety ramifications. OHSA covers any company that is in the privet sector, though other businesses can benefit from the wealth of knowledge on the site, as well.
US Department of Labor
The US Department of Labor provides information on workplace safety from three different government agencies: the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and the Employment Standards Administration's Wage and Hour Division.
The site also has information on the Working Partners for an Alcohol- and Drug-Free Workplace, Office of Workers' Compensation Program, the Office of the Ombudsman for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (EEOMBD) and the SHARE initiative. All off these programs provide information for employers to use as quotes about workplace safety and to ensure proper legal use.
Using these websites, a workplace will always be well informed on the latest quotes about workplace safety.
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