Workplace Safety for Summer Jobs Leigh

School is over and the jobs of summer are calling. Young employees, a number of them going into the job market to gain work experience for the first time, are breathtakingly inexperienced, but are enthusiastic about doing a good job.

This situation could turn into a disaster, as between 2001 and 2008, employees from ages 15 to 24 suffered 573 fatal injuries. During this period, 27 young employees lost their lives, because of injuries in the workplace, devastating the lives of their colleagues, families and friends.

Rob Ellis knows about this situation very well. Around ten years ago, he lost his 18-year-old son, David, who was on his second day of work and fell victim to a preventable workplace accident. It is an upsetting fact of life that young workers tend to incur more injuries during the first month of work than at any other point in time.

Ever since David lost his life, his father has become an active supporter of health and safety measures for youth. He constantly tries to persuade business owners to advocate his system of OT, Orientation and Training. Ellis says that this method does not require a large instruction manual, it is simply about creating a buddy system whereby the young employee is never left to work alone, which reduces the chances of them being burned, falling or slipping. It is recommended that this system should be implemented during the first month after the employee starts.

In the workplace, the Occupational Health and Safety Act has been implemented to ensure that it is conducive to efficient working rather than accidents.