Some accidents can be life-altering events, with crushing consequences for careers, relationships and quality of life besides. The terrifying statistics relating to fatalities in road traffic accidents, workplace accidents and even at-home injuries can be enough to inspire you to turn a new, accident-aware leaf – but how can you best protect yourself from injuries?
Falling
Slips, trips and falls are a leading factor in accidents, whether in public, at home or at work. Fall-related injuries are also amongst the most common causes for civil action against an employer, where unsafe work environments can cause unnecessary injury. This raises a central question in accident awareness and readiness: how can you protect yourself from an injury if you can’t predict when it will happen?
Environmental awareness is a vital part of protection against slip, trip and fall injury; after all, if you can catch a hazard before you encounter it, you can avoid suffering an accident altogether. In the event that you do slip or fall, it can be helpful to have your own understanding of first aid, and to instruct others how best to approach moving – or indeed not moving – you after an incident.
On PPE
Prevention or avoidance altogether are the best-case scenarios for accident-related safety, but there’s no guaranteeing freedom from experiencing an injurious event – particularly if you’re engaging in a risky activity. This is where PPE (personal protective equipment) becomes a vital part of personal safety, as a last-resort impediment to injury.
PPE is a legally-necessary provision in dangerous workplace environments, and when undertaking hazardous workplace tasks. At home, PPE can also be the difference between a scary incident and a life-changing one; something as simple as wearing goggles when drilling holes in your brickwork can be the difference between safe work and eye injury.
Safe Handling
While loud and gruesome accidents naturally take up most of our injury-related anxieties, it is the more mundane incidents that can have the most tangible impacts. Poor lifting technique, for example, can cause chronic back pain if left unchecked. Learning proper lifting technique for the safe handling of heavy items can keep your muscles and bones safe, as well as keeping those of your lifting partner’s safe too.
Slips, trips and falls are a leading factor in accidents, whether in public, at home or at work. Fall-related injuries are also amongst the most common causes for civil action against an employer, where unsafe work environments can cause unnecessary injury. This raises a central question in accident awareness and readiness: how can you protect yourself from an injury if you can’t predict when it will happen?
Environmental awareness is a vital part of protection against slip, trip and fall injury; after all, if you can catch a hazard before you encounter it, you can avoid suffering an accident altogether. In the event that you do slip or fall, it can be helpful to have your own understanding of first aid, and to instruct others how best to approach moving – or indeed not moving – you after an incident.
On PPE
Prevention or avoidance altogether are the best-case scenarios for accident-related safety, but there’s no guaranteeing freedom from experiencing an injurious event – particularly if you’re engaging in a risky activity. This is where PPE (personal protective equipment) becomes a vital part of personal safety, as a last-resort impediment to injury.
PPE is a legally-necessary provision in dangerous workplace environments, and when undertaking hazardous workplace tasks. At home, PPE can also be the difference between a scary incident and a life-changing one; something as simple as wearing goggles when drilling holes in your brickwork can be the difference between safe work and eye injury.
Safe Handling
While loud and gruesome accidents naturally take up most of our injury-related anxieties, it is the more mundane incidents that can have the most tangible impacts. Poor lifting technique, for example, can cause chronic back pain if left unchecked. Learning proper lifting technique for the safe handling of heavy items can keep your muscles and bones safe, as well as keeping those of your lifting partner’s safe too.
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