For most people working in the industry, especially heavy industry, office sounds like a low-risk, safe to work with little health risk instead. But for those who work in an office environment, the risk of damage is too often there and neither recognizes nor addresses.

What are the risks of office workers are exposed? This depends on the size and type of office work. As with factories and other production units, the work environment and employees operate can vary greatly. Office workers may be exposed to a number of health risks that are not always evaluated as alluded to in the first paragraph, recognized or treated. Health risk could be from poor posture, lack of space in which to work and poorly designed work stations.

Other health risks can arise from the workload, the pressure imposed by performance related problems, such as beats per minute, number of errors per hour or by the need to respond to a number of close calls or calls within a certain time. These could be considered as factors that increase stress and pose risks to mental health of office workers. Physical damage to health can manifest in conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome and skeletal muscle injuries, often caused by poor posture and poorly designed work station.

Many office workers, particularly in smaller offices, they have nowhere to take a break away from the workstation. In many cases, employees were observed eating lunch at your workstation, actually are not getting a break. For those who work in call centers long hours and odd hours combined with difficult customers, even rude and aggressive and can cause numerous stress-related health problems. So far only been studied health, security has not been considered. It would be reasonable to assume that the risks of working in an office are well below the industry employee’s face.

However safety risks arising from work activities are important for people at risk. Again the risks are wide and varied, in a reception office and the hospital could have a significant risk of encountering violence or abuse by members of the public. Slips and trips can happen in any environment; in offices with warps, steps or damaged floors, the risks are clearly increased. Exposure to live electricity can also be a problem; in a strange but true incident an employee crawled under his desk to unplug an electrical appliance. Do not turn off the supply and removed the three-prong plug.

This particular outlet has no coating on the pins. As the lady in question removed making his fingers came in contact with the pins resulting in an electric shock. The shock caused him to jump back and in doing so, he hit his head on the bottom of your desktop. The chore of unplugging an application resulted in her being hurt to the extent that he had no time to work and the incident was reported to authorities. There is also a fire hazard, exposure to legionella and risks of manual delivery, this is not an exhaustive list, but a way of showing that the offices are not always risk-free places which some consider to be. You can reduce these risks? Yes, they can.

Back to basics, assessing the risks employees are exposed, carrying out fire risk assessments, evaluations of equipment including displays and manual handling assessments and act on the findings. Provide adequate welfare facilities and proper training, especially around manual handling. Managers should also conduct evaluations to ensure that employees are not exposed to harmful levels of stress. The offices are reasonably safe and healthy places to work, but this must be because the health and safety has been achieved not just happen.