Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Why Is Work Method Statements Important?

By Martin Gerardo


No matter which work sector a person is working in there are sure to be potential dangers while performing their tasks. With this, Work Method Statements are prepared by the management before engaging in the work. So in case a person is wondering what those few papers titled as Work Method Statements is about, now have the idea. To clearly understand what this document is all about, let's take a concrete example here.

If you are working as a chef of a certain food house, some tasks involved in cooking might cause potential hazards such as getting cuts from knife, or getting burns. These example accidents could be avoided or controlled, if there's a clear instruction stating how a particular task should be carried out and what the possible accidents or hazards that the person executing the task may encounter if the instructions described in the Work Method Statements are not correctly executed and followed.

Below are the importance of Work Method Statements which helps in maintaining smooth business operation for the employees, management, clientele or consumers, and the business itself. 1. Provides Proper Guidance To Workers: The Work Method Statements would guide employees of how a certain task should be executed with proper care that might cause serious damage to the employee and the business itself.

2. Decrease Potential Accidents: With well defined Work Method Statements, chances of employees experiencing risky incidents will be minimized. The following are examples of jobs that present safety concerns: * A job that requires the use of heavy equipments and machineries. * Job requiring laborious task like repetitive lifting. * Task that involves the use of tools that might cause potential injury like welding, soldering and much more.

Protect the Business from Legal Liability Claims: As a business owner you ought to ensure that all the preventive measures are taken for the welfare of employees. Because if an employee who gets injured within the business premises could sue the company if proven that safety measures weren't being followed which may have caused the injury.

Increase Worker Efficiency and Speed: Implementation of Work Method Statements would aid workers to function effectively on their job, identify other safety procedures, which then cause efficiency at work. When employees are working at this pace, smooth flow of operation is achieved.

In general, safety procedures can provide many advantages to a business. Besides the assurance of the employees and also the customers' safety, the business could guarantee full protection.




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