June is National Safety Month

5/29/2019 (Permalink)

National Safety Month focuses on reducing leading causes of injury and death at work, on the road and in our homes and communities. Each week throughout June is an opportunity to make a difference in your home, work, and community. Identifying risks around the home and improving safety standards in your community protects everyone. Whether we increase first aid or emergency awareness through drills, we are taking steps to provide a safer neighborhood. Topics the National Safety Council chose to educate the public on for 2019 are hazard recognition, slips, trips and falls, fatigue and impairment.

Hazards are all around us. It’s learning to look and identify these hazards that allow us to make changes and take precautions so that dangerous situations don’t take place. Recognizing the hidden dangers in your home or work place is only half the battle. It is taking action to ensure that any risk is managed. SERVPRO of North Rowan County/Salisbury’s team specializes in things like cleaning major water spills and biohazard cleanup. So when these instances happen in your home or workplace, be sure to call the professionals to clean or dispose of them properly. Trips and falls is another safety concern in the home or workplace. Falls are the most common source of injury in an office. This includes falls due to spills. Some simple changes to the work space can be effective in eliminating hazards and reducing the number of injuries. The next topic that the Nation Safety Council focuses on exploring this year is fatigue. This might not initially sound like a safety issue, but when you miss out on sleep, it can affect more than just your productivity. Fatigue can lead to decreases in cognitive performance, vigilance, accuracy and judgment, among many other effects. Being fatigued can have serious impacts on our health and safety. Impairments are another area of concern and a major roadblock to workplace safety. Lack of sleep, reckless driving, drinking or use of drugs, prescription included, at work and even emotional impairments, all have an effect on your safety. Most of these cases can be avoided with simple mindfulness and awareness. Join SERVPRO of North Rowan County/Salisbury this June during National Safety Month so we all can keep each other safe and help save lives and reduce injuries.