10 Sep Site Security: What You Need to Know
“No workplace is immune from the risk of illegal entry, theft, product tampering, or other types of criminal acts.” Providing a safe work environment for you and your coworkers means being prepared for a wide variety of possible hazards – including a security incident.
With security incidents in the workplace becoming more common, providing improved site security is an important part of maintaining a safe and healthy workplace. Knowledge and training are the keys to keeping your workplace secure. “By knowing what to look for and how to respond to a security threat, you are vital to maintaining site security.”
The likely individuals to attack your site can include, terrorists, organized criminals, extremist protest groups, gangs and even unhappy employees. The aim of attack could be anything from cutting off the electricity, overriding “fail-safe” mechanisms, bomb threats, and releasing chemical hazards. Protecting your safety and health should be your most important objective. And, these attacks could be life-threatening if you or your coworkers if not properly trained.
A security risk assessment should be completed to identify possible targets of attack. After the assessment is completed, “site improvements and improved procedures for limiting access to the site should be designed to thwart attackers and increase the level of security for you and your coworkers.”
Our online training resource, Safety National, provides training to better understand how improving site security is important to maintaining a healthy workplace. The topic provides supervisors and managers with the opportunity to learn their role in site security.
Synergy offers several other safety resources to all current active clients that focus on the specific changes and challenges that are unique to all businesses. The trainings are industry specific and cater to your exact line of business. The online resource will be free of charge; not only saving time but money.
If you are interested in partnering with Synergy Comp and SOS Consulting to create a culture that fosters communication and embraces safety as a core operating principle, Contact Us Today!
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