| Keep teachers safe
Teachers should be thinking about students, right?
Right. But you also want them thinking about safety.
If teachers are injured they're most likely not thinking about their students anyway.
So, don't overlook the everyday risks that teachers face:
- Teachers reach up high
Encourage teachers to request ladders. Coach them about safety. If you see a teacher standing on a desk or chair, offer suggestions for safer methods. Consider having mini safety talks or a poster campaign to encourage your teachers to avoid these risky behaviors.
- Teachers carry heavy loads
Encourage teachers to carry smaller loads or to take two trips. Obscured vision and strains from high or heavy loads are injuries waiting to happen. Offer them a cart or a dolly to minimize the risks involved in lifting.
- Teachers use the stairs
Encourage teachers to use handrails and to consider a safer way to move the load. Not using handrails and carrying loads on stairs are choices that too often result in slips and falls.
- Teachers walk inside and outside the building
Encourage teachers to pay extra attention to changing conditions, such as the rug that used to lie flat, but doesn't anymore or the cracked piece of concrete that has become loose. Slips, trips and falls can happen anytime or anywhere a slippery or uneven surface exists. Tell your faculty to let you know about such hazards so they can be fixed.
Keep your faculty safe by pointing out the obvious.
It's often times the obvious risks that are overlooked that can cause serious injuries.
Advice from SFM's print publication
To work or not to work?
Where will your injured employee recuperate? At work or at home? Read more on the three rules of thumb to help you make a decision that's best for your organization.
See page 8.
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National Preparedness Month
September is National Preparedness Month.
It's a great opportunity to review emergency plans for work and home.
The Minnesota Safety Council offers a variety of resources for businesses on its website. Resources include: brochures, fact sheets, posters and survival kits.
According to the Minnesota Safety Council being prepared includes:
- Getting a kit
- Making a plan
- Being informed
- Getting involved
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