What Would You Do? Safety Scenario

What Would You Do? Safety Scenario

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Here’s a challenging safety scenario you could encounter in your workplace. The company’s production manager has implemented a stretching program, but it’s starting to lead to injuries. Scenario ; A Manager walks into his building, As he walked by the production floor, he saw a bunch of workers lined up while Production Manager led them in stretches.

As the workers broke up, the manager calls out to the production manager.

The manager is worried that stretching can do more harm than good

The production manager says he already see the effects the employees starting their work more energized and limber.

What harm could it do?

It’s pretty easy for workers to hurt themselves doing toe touches or other stretches – especially if they’re out of shape. I’d like to take a closer look at your program before you continue,” says the manager to the production manager

Sure enough, the next morning a worker came to Mike the Manager with a comp form for a back injury he said he thought he got during stretching.

What would you do in this situation?



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