New Year’s resolutions for safe, healthy workplaces
A safe and healthy workplace is a sound business practice. Industry experts recommend a proactive approach—it’s better to prevent workplace accidents, illnesses and injuries than to react after something occurs.
Employers will find that implementing recommended practices also brings other benefits. They impact employee well-being, leading to increased productivity, reduced absenteeism, higher morale and better employee retention. Ultimately, you’ll have a more successful business by minimizing risks of injuries, illnesses and legal issues while fostering a positive work environment where employees feel valued and supported.
Here are suggestions for some New Year’s resolutions:
✔️ Organize an employee health fair.
✔️ Become a certified Tennessee Drug-Free Workplace.
✔️ Make sure your workplace has AED equipment. Then teach supervisors and employees CPR, First Aid and how to use the AED equipment. It’s important for your employees to know what to do if a co-worker or customer needs first aid or is having a heart attack.
✔️ Have a professional walk through your workplace to identify safety hazards, then take steps to remove those hazards.
✔️ Offer exercise opportunities that award success, such as a walking program at lunch or a gym membership.
✔️ This summer, schedule an appointment with OCCMed Jackson to provide the flu vaccine to your employees this fall.
✔️ Ask our team of CAOHC-certified hearing conservationists to test employee hearing, identify dangerous noise levels and help you comply with OSHA regulations.
✔️ Schedule your DOT and pre-employment physicals with OCCMed Jackson. From drug and hearing tests to physical ability testing, we do it all. We’ll even come to your workplace to assess a job’s physical requirements.
✔️ Teach employees how to lift heavy objects properly. Back injuries account for one in five workplace injuries, and 75% of workplace-related back injuries occur during a lifting task, reports OSHA.
✔️ Whether it’s a class to help employees stop smoking or one on how to cook healthy meals, we can help. Ask your employees what they would like, and we’ll create a program to address those needs.
✔️ Finally, whatever your health and safety needs, turn to OCCMed Jackson. We’re here to help!
We’re here to help!
Get started on all of your health and safety New Year’s resolutions with one phone call or email. Contact OCCMed Director Jennifer Carmack at jennifer@occmedjackson.com or 731-984-8400.
