Employee Health and Safety
Are you protecting the greatest asset of your business - your employees? 'Taking Care of Business' is being hosted by the Health and Safety Authority on December 6th.
John Perry T.D., Minister for Small Business is officially opening the health and safety event, 'Taking Care of Business' on December 6th.
The greatest asset of any enterprise is the employees. By protecting the health and safety of employees, enterprises will see fewer accidents in the workplace and motivated employees, resulting in an increase in the bottom line.
There were over 7,000 non-fatal injuries reported to the HSA in 2010.
In 2009 there were 1,857,700 people in employment, of these 31,744 people suffered injury in the workplace, which resulted in 283,200 days being lost due to injury.
The types of injuries that occur in the workplace include wound or superficial injury, bone fracture, dislocation, sprain or strain, amputation, concussion, internal injury, burn, scald or frost bite and other types of injuries that are not stated.
Taking Care of Business
Date: 06 December 2011
From: 8.30am – 1pm
Venue: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15
Cost: No fee, however booking is essential
To book a place at this event, please visit www.hsa.ie or email events@hsa.ie.
No enterprise, however small is immune from health and safety legislation. All SMEs in Dublin City can benefit immensely from effective management of health and safety practices in the workplace.
Taking Care of Business aims to show business owners and managers how to ensure that their most valuable of assets is protected at work and meeting their full potential.
The event will provide business owners and managers with an understanding of how easy it can be to reduce accidents in the workplace. Fewer accidents in the workplace means increased profits for your business.
This training is suitable to:
- Owners and managers of Dublin City SMEs
- Health and safety representatives
- Supervisors and employees
- Any micro-enterprise with a small business as a supplier
Topics covered include:
- Tips for addressing common workplace health and safety dangers
- The online tool BeSMART for undertaking a risk assessment and preparing a safety statement
- Advisors will be available to answer any queries
BeSMART a free online tool developed by the Health and Safety Authority for carrying out risk assessments and developing safety statements will be demonstrated at the event. All attendees will receive immediate access to the online tool for use in the workplace after the event.
For more information about health and safety protection for employees, please visit www.hsa.ie.