Does your Company have a Safety Manual?

If the answer is no, then your next question might be "Why, does my company need a safety manual?" The answer is yes. Every company is required to have one. By having a manual you protect not only your employees but you and your business. Because each business is set up and run differently so should your manual.

Ohio Revised code (ORC) 4101.12 states that it is the:

Duty of employer to furnish safe place of employment

No employer shall require, permit, or suffer any employee to
go or be in any employment or place of employment which is not safe, and no such employer shall fail to furnish, provide, and use safety devices and safeguards, or fail to obey and follow orders or to adopt and use methods and processes reasonably adequate to render such employment and place of employment safe. No employer shall fail to do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the life, health, safety, and welfare of such employees or frequenters. No such employer or other person shall construct, occupy, or maintain any place of employment that is not safe.

Siarma Business Solutions can help customize a manual for your business and workers. When your health and safety information and procedures are localized in one handy manual, everyone knows where to find assistance. While working within your office, questions or important forms can be quickly accessed without difficulty or rummaging through papers looking for the right form.

If you or your staff are working off site all important contact numbers and procedures will be right on hand. Each new job should be updated to include new emergency numbers, new names and the current job, location and relevant parties.

Do yourself and your employees favor; get a health and safety manual and keep it updated. If you need assistance with this or any other office forms or manuals, please feel free to call Siarma Business Solutions at (216) 551-0540.

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