As a group, we realized outside of home, people spend the next largest portion of time at work so it's important for the workplaces to be safe. It is scary to realize that every day approximately 16 people die from work related injuries and many more die from work related diseases. Even though it is nice to have a job and we realize some jobs are just not safe (truck drivers, etc), it is important for people to put their safety and health above everything.
Also, it is important for people to follow certain guidelines and apply a variety of injury prevention strategies to ensure workplaces are safe. For example, people could eliminate a dangerous job, change the work environment, use safer machinery, and improve the selection and training of workers. Unsafe workplaces can be prevented or changed to make sure people are safe spending a lot of time at work. Far too often, there are schools leaving chemicals for too long in a room or unmanaged which can cause a lot of harmful effects to people and the surroundings.
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I agree with what you have posted, safety in the workplace is very important and should be paid attention to very highly. I thought it was astonishing that 16 people die everyday from workplace injuries. From my experience working at a golf course I have seen chainsaw injuries, a worker getting the tip of her index finger cutoff in the reels of the mower, rolling the mowers over either on a step embankment or into the sand traps, severe burns to the hands from touching the exhaust pipe of a hand mower that was still hot, and getting hit by a golf ball in mid flight. Safety should definitely be addressed in all areas of work.
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