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Office safety may seem straightforward but office environments are often the cause of ill health and accidents in the workplace.
Typical office accidents include:
• Slipping, tripping and falling
• Back strain/injury from moving heavy objects
• Injury from electrical equipment
• Back and limb strain from extensive computer use
Office safety affects many workers and needs to be addressed seriously. There are over a dozen of safety related laws affecting office workers.
Key Office Safety Issues:
• Fire safety and fire risk management
• Emergency procedures and evacuation procedures
• First Aid
• Accident Reporting including RIDDOR
• Electrical Safety
• Office design and ergonomics
• Computer safety including display screen equipment assessments
• Noise management
• Asbestos management
• Manual handling
• Contractor management
• Substance abuse policy (alcohol and drugs)
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Other Office health and safety issues:
Sick office syndrome – What is it?
Many modern office workers are susceptible to what has been identified as ‘sick office syndrome’
• Possible sick office syndrome symptoms
• Irritation of the eye, nose or throat
• Unexplained skin rash
• Itchy or sensitive skin
• Headaches
• Frequent throat infections or cough
• Hoarseness or wheezing
• Nausea or dizziness
What causes SBS?
Researchers are still trying to identify the definitive cause of SBS. SBS seems to only occur in certain types of buildings. It mainly occur in large open-plan offices with automated heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems.
Most experts believe that SBS could be caused by a number of factors working in combination. These factors may include:
• Poor ventilation
• Low humidity
• Airborne pollutants such as dust, carpet fibres or fungal spores,
• chemical pollutants such as cleaning materials,
• ozone produced by photocopiers and printers
• psychological factors such as stress or poor staff morale
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