Safety at Home Means Safety at Work

Safety shouldn’t stop at quitting time.

There are at least three good, practical reasons your company should encourage employees to practice safety at home as well as at work:

• Paying attention to safety at all times makes safety a habit and builds a good “safety attitude.”
• Preventing accidents at home means fewer lost work days and fewer employees who can’t do their work properly because of off-the-job injuries.
• An off-the-job death or serious injury to an employee or family member is a real tragedy that will affect co-workers and your company as a whole.

Basic First-Aid Practices Can Save Lives

Every employee should know basic first aid.

If an employee is hurt in an accident, co-workers on the scene have to act fast. A few seconds one way or the other could make the difference between life and death when serious injuries are involved. Your employees don’t need to be medical experts to help an accident victim. With just a little first-aid training, they can provide valuable help in a medical emergency, and maybe even save a life. All employees should be able to respond with basic first aid to common workplace medical emergencies such as: