I came across a very interesting Staples.com workplace health and safety training survey the other day, it was of small-business managers and office workers about workplace health and safety.
What the survey showed, that I found very interesting, was that there is a workplace emergency training knowledge gap between managers and those whom they manage – and this should be a concern to us.
Specifically, too many office workers who answered the survey were not sure what to do during an workplace emergency. Nearly 70 percent of managers said their company has an emergency communication plan, but nearly half of the office workers weren’t sure a plan exists where they work, or said their company has no plan.
Half of the office workers said they participate in safety drills only once every few years or never, and only 19 percent of the office workers said they believe their company is prepared for a major medical emergency. More than 70 percent of both groups said their company is somewhat or very prepared for fires, however.
Although 56 percent of managers said they were either very prepared or somewhat prepared for a hazmat exposure, only 23 percent of office workers said they would know what to do.
According to Staples.com, managers were almost 50 percent more likely than non-managers to be able to locate their company’s safety supplies, such as automated external defibrillators, eyewash, dust masks, and caution and wet-floor signs.
These are health and safety basics for any company and survey results like this would need to be addressed immediately with a workplace health and safety training and education plan.
If you were to do a similar survey for your company what results do you think you would you get? In our experience, as occupational health and safety consultants and training professionals, we know that every company has room for improvement.
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