Did you know that Workplace Falls Awareness Week 2019 is right around the corner? Read on to learn more about how you can participate. Acute Safety & Safety Services makes sure your employees have the most hands-on and effective Working At Heights training. Contact us today for information on courses designed to prevent workplace falls. ACUTE’s Working At Heights training provides both theoretical and hands-on practical training as well as evaluation facilitated by highly skilled and competent instructors.
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Workplace Falls Awareness 2019: What You Need To Know
From May 6–10, 2019 the Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development is asking workplaces to participate in the province’s second annual Falls Awareness Week (FAW). FAW aims to bring awareness to the falls hazards that exist in every workplace, through workplace discussion and participation.
How to participate in Workplace Falls Awareness Week
Workplaces can participate in Falls Awareness Week by stopping work and taking 15 – 3o minutes to hold a safety talk about preventing falls in the workplace. This can take place anytime during their workday from May 6–10, 2019.
Safety talks will focus on addressing a key workplace hazard, such as working at heights. There should also be an environment of open communication where employees can ask questions and their concerns can be addressed.
If you’re not sure if this is worth your time, consider these 5 signs your employees need work safety training to assess whether there are areas for improvement around your business.
Take 15 – 3o minutes to hold a safety talk about preventing falls in the workplace.
How to hold a successful workplace falls safety talk
The Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development has outlined how to have a meaningful and effective workplace falls safety talk. Here are a few helpful key pointers:
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- Plan ahead. Designate a coordinator to organize your safety talk. Think about asking owners, managers, subcontractors, supervisors or others associated with your project or workplace to participate.
- Review your fall prevention program. Think about what types of falls could happen at your workplace (or examine previous actual incidents), what areas need improvement, and what training and equipment you have provided to your employees.
- Develop a safety talk that will meet your needs. Decide what information will be best for your workplace and employees. The meeting should provide information to employees about hazards, protective methods, and the company’s safety policies, goals, and expectations. Hands-on exercises (such as a workplace walk-around or equipment checks) can increase interest.
- Make it positive and interactive. Let employees talk about their experiences and encourage them to make suggestions.
- Use videos: To help break up the talk, consider showing one of our 5 best workplace safety videos for 2019.
Be sure to promote the safety talk. Try to make it interesting to employees. Some employers find that serving snacks or offering other reward incentives increases participation. Also, make sure to schedule follow up; if you learned something that could improve your fall prevention program, consider making changes.
This video outlines some workplace safety tips. Use it in your falls awareness talk.
Workplace falls awareness begins with proper training
In Ontario alone, there were 11,928 recorded injuries as a result of workplace falls in 2017, according to a report generated through the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. That number, the most up to date information related to working at heights, has increased from each of the two previous years and underscores the great importance of making sure your employees have the most hands-on and effective Working At Heights training.
The best prevention for workplace falls is the best possible training. The purpose of a Working At Heights training program is to:
- Strengthen workplace safety culture – By elevating the profile and importance of preventing falls from heights.
- Knowledge and Safety Practices – Provide workers who may be exposed to the hazard of falling with adequate knowledge about fall hazards and general safety practices to work safely at heights.
- Purpose and Use of Equipment – Provide workers who use personal fall protection equipment with sufficient knowledge about its purpose and use; and,
- Incident Reduction – Reduce the number of fall-from-heights incidents, injuries, and fatalities.
ACUTE’s Working At Heights training provides both theoretical and hands-on practical training and evaluation facilitated by highly skilled and competent instructors. Fall protection training is ideal for workers who aren’t on construction projects – an industrial and agricultural setting, mining operations, health care, and residential facilities, for example.
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Workplace Falls Awareness Begins at ACUTE!
ACUTE is dedicated to workplace safety and understands the importance of course and training provider approval. Here’s what you can expect when you choose us for your training needs:
- Open Door Instructor-Student Partnersh
ip – ACUTE’s training services emphasize client participation. Staff want to build a relationship with a client and serve as a touchstone for advice anytime moving forward. - Serving Your Team and Industry – With a vast array of clients in manufacturing, construction, health, academic, and government sectors, ACUTE brings the best safety practices from across the spectrum to your workplace.
- 100 Years of Combined Experience – ACUTE provides comprehensive health and safety training, on-site safety services and consulting services. With over 100 years of combined experience, our company staff offer more than theoretical or abstract ideas. ACUTE offers solutions.
- Track Record of Success – ACUTE is rated 4.9/5 stars on Google reviews, demonstrating a commitment to our clients, quality, and passion for training.
Contact us today for quality training in your workplace or on-site at ACUTE’s proven training facilities!
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“I was dreading the idea of having to spend 8 hours doing the mandated Working at Heights training. I began the training with the expectation that it would be dry and common sense. What I experienced was just the opposite. The training was extremely interesting and much more informative than I expected. Mike is a gifted presenter whose passion for this work and expertise in his field is obvious. If you need safety training of any kind, be sure to use ACUTE. We will most certainly be repeat clients for our business safety training needs.”
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