By: E-t-c.com
When people think of safety issues, they
rarely have the military in mind. Most mainly focus on manufacturing companies
or factories because they are the ones with the most obvious safety issues.
Although this may be true to some extent, all other places of work that contain
human subjects fall under safety legislation and therefore the military is no
exception. By military, people may take it to mean only the men and women in
uniform but it includes everybody and anybody who works within the military
jurisdiction. Like every other facet of work, safety management services have
identified specific safety issues that are unique to the military services
only. This makes it important for all military personnel to pursue safety
training or refresher training whenever the opportunity presents itself.
The training that is pertinent to
military personnel usually covers some military-specific areas and also other
related areas where military expertise is called upon to intervene. These
include; the unique role and duties of a site safety and health officer,
construction safety, emergency response, onsite OSHA safety training for
personnel, fall protection, excavation safety, rigging and cranes and activity
hazard analysis development. Although military personnel are usually very well
trained in safety matters to do with their job, it is still imperative that
they expand this safety training to include knowledge that may not seem
directly related to their everyday duties but can turn a military professional
into a well-rounded officer in terms of safety and health in their workplace.
As we all know military expertise is
usually called upon to handle matters to do with construction in the area of
roads or buildings. This type of work can be completely unrelated to the
everyday work that most people expect of military personnel. Construction work
has its attendant challenges and training in this area is vital for ensuring
that construction-related accidents are kept to a minimum. This training is
also completed by fall protection training because most construction work takes
place high above the ground. Statistics show that the rates of accidental falls
can be significantly reduced when participants are trained properly.
Construction equipment like rigging or cranes must be handled with due care and
training on this special heavy duty equipment can help save lives and keep the
work place accident-free.
Also related to construction is
excavation safety. This kind of training is very important for personnel called
upon to work in confined spaces like the underground. Since it is a well known
fact that sometimes the military handle hazardous material, training in how to
assess and handle hazardous situations helps reduce the damaging effects of
panic or anxiety. Furthermore, training in emergency response measures can
never be enough no matter the setting and it is always wise to refresh the
memory because a person never knows when they will be faced with an emergency.
Over and above military duties, a military site safety officer is trained on
enforcing the safety and health statutory requirements for their line of work.
