Facility management
Effective facility management is the cornerstone of a safe small workplace, ensuring that your physical environment actively supports rather than hinders your team's daily operations. By proactively maintaining your infrastructure, you can mitigate hidden hazards and foster a culture where safety is integrated into every aspect of your site's upkeep.
Key prevention
- Conduct regular walkthroughs to identify and immediately address trip hazards, such as frayed cords or uneven flooring.
- Ensure all emergency exits and pathways remain completely unobstructed and clearly marked at all times.
- Implement a routine inspection schedule for all machinery and tools to catch wear and tear before it leads to equipment failure.
- Maintain high-visibility lighting throughout the workspace to prevent accidents caused by poor visibility in storage or high-traffic areas.
- Standardize the storage of chemicals and heavy materials to prevent spills, leaks, or accidental collapses.
Related accident cases
During de-energized work in a substation, an employee was electrocuted while working on a circuit breaker cabinet. The incident resulted in a fatality.
An electrical shock incident occurred in a substation during live-line proximity work due to direct contact with a live conductor.
An employee was electrocuted while performing live-line work to connect a wire to a fuse holder.
An electric shock occurred due to a grounding defect in a furnace. The worker received an electrical shock.