http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/15-ways-improve-home-safety-2 Putting Safety First Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:58:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2484 hourly 1 http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/15-ways-improve-home-safety-2/comment-page-1#comment-10765 Paul Bakker Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:52:09 +0000 http://www.safetyxchange.org/?p=9022#comment-10765 Looking at the list, CO2 is covered at point 2 but why not make certain there will not be a CO2 problem in your house. If you have an open fire place check and clean the chimney at least ones a year. If you use gas, make certain to check your gas systems and if it is not a fixed gas supply and you use bottles, take a close look at the tube, normally there is an expiry date printed on them. Looking at the list, CO2 is covered at point 2 but why not make certain there will not be a CO2 problem in your house. If you have an open fire place check and clean the chimney at least ones a year. If you use gas, make certain to check your gas systems and if it is not a fixed gas supply and you use bottles, take a close look at the tube, normally there is an expiry date printed on them.

]]> http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/15-ways-improve-home-safety-2/comment-page-1#comment-10405 Gerald Edgar Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:27:03 +0000 http://www.safetyxchange.org/?p=9022#comment-10405 A home is no different than a factory or office. We tend NOT to notice the defects when they develope slowly over time as we walk by day after day. The difference is in a factory there is an eagle-eye Safety mgr whereas in our home we do NOT have the critical eye. Visitors to our home of course will spot the problem areas but are very unlikely to say much. Catherine's checklist is a good one. I'd encourage offering employees a one or two page 'audit' form slightly modified for home use and encourage them to go around their homes, clipboards in hand & truly "look"! A home is no different than a factory or office. We tend NOT to notice the defects when they develope slowly over time as we walk by day after day. The difference is in a factory there is an eagle-eye Safety mgr whereas in our home we do NOT have the critical eye. Visitors to our home of course will spot the problem areas but are very unlikely to say much. Catherine's checklist is a good one.
I'd encourage offering employees a one or two page 'audit' form slightly modified for home use and encourage them to go around their homes, clipboards in hand & truly "look"!

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