You can, however, always do this before an accident happens - and it will save you quite a bit of money as well if the employee should choose to file a case against you. Here is a handful of excellent ways to make sure that your team can feel perfectly safe at the office.
It just makes it a bit easier to focus on work instead of worrying about all of those loose cables, the slippery floor, and that cabinet that has been looking wobbly for some time now.
#1. Remove the virus risk
Sure, your computers may get a virus as well but this article focuses on the viruses that may attack your employees. While this hardly qualifies as a reason to file a case against your company, a team of coughing and feverish employees are definitely not going to do your business any good.Even worse, you may risk that one employee shows up to work and gets the rest of you sick as well. Rather than risking this, you might as well make it a bit easier to stay healthy at work by providing your team with a small bottle of antibacterial wipes so that they can wipe off their keyboards at the end of the day.
Remember to be flexible if someone calls in sick or if they look sick at work as well, by the way, and they will definitely like you a bit better as well.
#2. Prevent slips and falls
One of the most common accidents in the office is the seemingly innocent slip or fall. The older we get, the worse it is when we fall as our bones simply can’t handle the impact as well as it used to do. Make sure that the floor is clear from cables, boxes, and clutter, in general, so that your employees can roam around freely.You may want to consider getting a carpet for your office as well as this significantly reduces the risk of having one of these accidents. If you have already experienced this, you can get in touch with Hupy and Abraham’s legal services and they’ll be able to help you out.
#3. Swap out the chairs
While it sounds like something a toddler may be at risk for rather than a team of grown-up professionals, falling out of an unstable chair is actually quite common. This can easily be prevented as long as you make sure that the chairs aren’t too old, though, so clean up the office and make that upgrade sooner rather than later to prevent this accident.Making the office a bit safer is, in fact, a lot easier than you might think and it sends a powerful message to your employees as well. Now they’ll know that they are safe at the office - and that their boss actually cares a bit more than they might think.
