Facility management for safety and security in the workplace

The Safety and Health in the Workplace Management system is based on a set of rules and parameters that stablish how the activities within the organization must be developed for assuring the general wellbeing of those working there. This group of parameters generally include some protocols used for knowing how to use the tools in the company, an also the physical spaces in which the activity is developed.

For this reason, a solution giving a fundamental support to the rules of safety and health in the work place is what is known as facility management. With this name we designate the technological tools made for automatically manage the use of assets that give support to the service development. For that reason it is a support process for service management, and it is in charge of everything related to the “coordination of the physical workplace with the people and work of an organization” (Inc. inc.com).

The right management of the access to physical places in the company and to the tools that it has available for bringing the services is essential for guaranteeing a careful monitoring of the workers’ safety:

One of the best ways of implementing a strong security system in the workplace is to have access control facility. An access control system runs on software that is essential for managing and monitoring who has access to the doors, printers etc. As a matter of fact, unauthorized access to buildings is one of the biggest threats for companies (getkisi.com).

A facility management solution is made specifically for automatize the information related to the use, access, permissions, etc., of the objects in the company.

Managers responsibilities

Regarding safety and heath in the workplace it is important for managers to know that they have responsibilities on which they have to answer when any kind of unfavorable event happens regarding employees’ health. Some of these responsibilities are:

· Assess the risk to help decide how to work safely.

· Avoid, prevent, mitigate; and give collective measures for safe work at height.

· Plan and organize the work properly, taking account of weather conditions and possible emergencies.

· Make sure those working at height are competent.

· Use appropriate work equipment.

· Manage the risks from working on or around fragile surfaces and falling objects.

· Inspect and maintain work equipment and the space to be worked in. (essentialskillz.com).

All of these processes can be made in a safer way through informatic technology solutions that maintain actualized the information related to the use of objects, the status of equipment, the users that can access equipment, etc. 

Risks for safety and health from a lack of control of facilities

As it was pointed out in a paragraph mentioned before, a serious problem in the management of the safety and health system in the workplace is related to the authorizations for accessing the different places in the company: different locations demand different protocols and different ways of taking care of the objects they contain.

It is not the same to enter a laboratory where pharmaceutical products are developed than going into a manufacturing facility where car parts are made, or into a warehouse storing non-perishable food. Each one of thee places demands specific behaviors, implements, clothing. And in each one of them only trained people must be allowed.

For that reason, if the company doesn’t have a solid system for requesting and accepting authorizations, a system that allows knowing who enters, when, what for, to the specific places in the facilities, the organization might begin to face risks in its safety and health in the workplace system. The reason is that not only the objects and implements in each place have specific ways of being used, but also the precautions need from people for taking care of their own health are also different.

If someone enters a chemical laboratory, by accident or because they got lost in the building, they could inhale a toxic substance or hold in their hands a harmful object. If someone goes into a machine room and without the knowledge puts their hand in the wrong place, they can have a severe accident. And it is the same with different spaces. For that reason, a system made for automating the authorizations, and for recording exactly who and when is entering each room, is essential for minimizing and clearing up risks.

This is what facility management solutions aim: to integrate all these protocols and rules in an informatic system that can automatically indicate the entering requests and give and deny permissions depending on the profile of the user. Dexon offers a solution of facility management that brings all these benefits and that in addition has a flexibility component that is not easily found in market.

Dexon solution can be rapidly implemented because it is easily integrated with any information system used by the organization. This means that it is not a solution that needs a long and specific informatic development or a transformation in the systems of the company. For that reason, the solution can be implemented and integrated without the need of stopping the operation and with the guarantee of improving the processes and offering

the employees the peace of mind that comes from knowing they are in perfectly controlled environments in relation to their safety and personal and group health.

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