The FABS Limited

What is workplace/workspace safety? It refers to policies and procedures in place to ensure the safety and health of employees within a workplace/space. It involves hazard identification and control according to government standards and on-going safety training and education for employee. Workplace/space should as much as possible be hazard free. Potentially dangerous environment should be made safe. Two components of workplace/space safety are: i) Safety of employees-deals with the environment he/she works in ii) Health of employees-deals with ability of the employee to discharge his/her duty in a sickness/illness free state For an employee to be productive, safety and health are primal!!! Workplace/space safety is based on occupational health and this is the science of designing, implementing and evaluating comprehensive health and safety programs that maintain and enhance employee health, improve safety and increase productivity in the workplace/space

                             Over this weekend Tagbo Umeike was laid to rest. Sad! Was his death avoidable? Circumstances surrounding the cause of his death are still not very definite, but there seems to be alcohol poisoning in the mix. We might know people or have heard about deaths caused by alcohol poisoning. Alcohol poisoning is a life threatening condition, however it does not need to end in tragedy. Severe intoxication/alcohol poisoning can be really dangerous and its consequences can be unpredictable. It occurs by drinking large amounts of alcohol too quickly in a short period of time (binge drinking). This could lead to depression of the central nervous system, unconsciousness, coma and eventually death Symptoms -Confusion -Incoherent -Slurred or loud speech -Nausea and vomiting -Moist face -Deep noisy breathing -Strong pounding pulse -Unresponsiveness -Loss of balance or no ability to walk straight or stand still If victim is unconscious, l