Office Safety

$15

Online Office Safety training course covering all the main health and safety risks.

Duration | 30 minutes

Categories: Health & Wellbeing, Office Safety

Description

Office Safety elearning | This concise elearning course has been developed to provide office workers with clear information about health and safety in an office setting. While acknowledging that offices are considered low-risk environments compared to some workplaces, Office Safety covers the essential information that staff need to know, and offers reasonable, practical advice on the risks which they may be exposed to while at work.

A deliberately irreverent visual approach has been adopted to help hold the user’s attention throughout the course. Voiceover information is complemented by closed captions, which can be turned on or off at any point.

At the end of Office Safety, understanding is checked using a ten question multiple-choice quiz.

Fire Safety | Materials Handling | Risk Assessment

Office Safety

COURSE CONTENT

• reasons for managing safety and health at work

• employer and employee responsibilities

• arrangements for safety management

• common office hazards and control measures - includes fire safety, first aid, accident/incident reporting, manual handling, use of Display Screen Equipment (computer equipment) and electrical safety.

FAQs

Although offices are safe there are still some risks to your staff. For example;

Moving equipment around the office is a work activity with the potential to cause harm.

In this case, the main risk to health is of musculoskeletal disorders - aches, pains and strains, caused by heavy lifting.

Fire can kill and seriously injure. And even if no-one is hurt, property damage or interruption to normal business can result in organisations closing permanently.

Slips, trips and falls account for more serious accidents at work than anything else. Offices should be well-lit, kept clean and tidy, with no trailing cables and nothing stored in walkways. Spillages and repairs should be dealt with promptly.

Even falls from low height can result in serious injuries. You should always use a suitable stepladder. Never stand on an office chair.

Work-related stress, depression or anxiety, is the biggest cause of work-related ill-health, accounting for 40% of the total figure.

Under the OSH law, employers have a responsibility to provide a safe workplace. This is a short summary of key employer responsibilities:

Provide a workplace free from serious recognized hazards and comply with standards, rules and regulations issued under the OSH Act.
Examine workplace conditions to make sure they conform to applicable OSHA standards.
Make sure employees have and use safe tools and equipment and properly maintain this equipment.

Office Safety

Office Safety

COURSE CONTENT

FAQs

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