Safe work and working environment are nowadays important in all organizations. Safe and healthy working conditions are of great importance to employees as well as employers, as they can affect business and society as a whole. The purpose of safety and health at work is mainly avoiding and managing risks, adjusting work to individuals by designing the appropriate working environment, selecting safe work equipment, etc.
The purpose of the paper is to examine and present the importance of safety and health at work and to show how a safe working environment can be achieved. The paper also includes a survey on the topic of safety and health at work in a Slovenian company.
The results of the research show that noise at workplace bothers most of the participants of the survey, the employees of a specific Slovene company. The noise disrupts their concentration, elevates employees’ stress levels, increases the risk of accidents and affects their health in general. High temperatures also affect safe work and present a potential risk to the health of the employees. The research determined that noise and high temperatures affect their health and safety and that the employees do not work in the best working conditions.
The company should ensure a safer working environment in order to reduce noise and high temperatures in such a way that would not endanger production, but would make work easier and reduce the negative impact on employee health. It should also devote more attention to education on safety and health at work, and provide a more appropriate protective equipment in order to reduce the number of injuries at work.
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