Is This Any Way to Protect Your Visitors?

What’s wrong with this picture?

Dad is probably somewhere inside that jet. But while it might make for a Hallmark moment, seeing mom and baby carriage so close to that parked plane is a little scary. At least the wheels are chocked; but I wonder if hearing protection comes in infant sizes. . .

The Moral: Workplace safety is about protecting not just you and your co-workers but the visitors who come to your site.

3 Reasons Work Safety Must Account for Visitors

1. Visitors to your workplace are apt to get hurt—especially if they’re not trained to recognize and deal with the hazards it contains.
2. Visitors’ safety mess-ups can endanger you and your co-workers.
3. These injuries can and should be prevented by applying the safety rules of your workplace to the people who visit it.

8 Best Practices for Preventing Visitor Injuries

Here are 8 things you can do to ensure that visitors don’t injure themselves or others at your workplace:

1. Make visitors sign in at a central reception area

2. Have visitors read your workplace safety rules before signing in

3. Warn visitors of any hazards they face while visiting your workplace

4. Make sure all visitors know what to do in case an emergency arises during their visit

5. Require visitors to follow your safety rules while they’re on the site

6. Make visitors wear appropriate PPE

7. Require visitors to follow a safety code of conduct, e.g., obey supervisor instructions, heed warning signs, stay out of restricted areas, refrain from pranks, etc.

8. Make visitors log out when they leave