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A recent white paper on workplace safety from web-based management systems company Intelex concluded that smartphone technologies have the ability to improve occupational health and safety. The paper notes that strides towards zero injury goals have slowed with traditional methods and that, by adopting a mobile-driven approach to safety, businesses can “identify, reduce and prevent workplace hazards faster and at a greater scale.” This report come presents positive news for employers who may have previously viewed smartphones as, at best, a means of communication and, at worst, a distraction for employees. Here are five ways smartphones can improve workplace safety.

Documentation

The smartphone camera is an essential tool in increasing workplace safety. Most phones come equipped with powerful cameras that have the ability to take detailed pictures and videos. Employers should encourage workers to use their phones to document potential hazards and unsafe workplace conditions. A photograph or video of a safety violation is much more effective than a written report that can be easily misinterpreted or downplayed. Likewise, employees should use the camera to capture best practices and methods to easily share with their coworkers or new hires. Finally, the slow motion video function, native on most smartphones, can be used to complete an ergonomic analysis of workers performing tasks.

Lone Employees

For employees who travel or who work remotely, the smartphone is already an indispensible tool for functions like communication and navigation, but it can also help improve their safety. Employers should provide a phone with a long battery life to aid an employee lost or in danger. For example, the Samsung Galaxy S6 features 20 hours of talk time and 12 days of standby time. Additionally, when an employee is working alone, the GPS locator app that is included with most smartphones, is an essential fail-safe. Locator chips allow employers to access the location of employees in the field every few minutes or as needed.

Record Keeping

Employees can use their smartphone to keep detailed notes of safety concerns, incidents and investigations. Most phones come with an app that will allow the user to take notes, integrate pictures and record voice memos. This kind of note-taking, combined with stronger phones that can be used even in the most hazardous locations, will result in a more thorough and permanent record of safety issues (no more lost papers or notes that are taken out of context or not dated).

Video Conferencing

When there is an incident that necessitates a meeting of employees at multiple sites, the video conferencing feature (e.g. Google Hangouts or Skype) will expedite the process. Video conferencing also adds a visual component to meetings that can aid in mutual understanding of the issues at hand.

Safety-specific Apps

There are hundreds of third party apps that will aid in workplace safety for everything from data collection to report generation to ongoing education in industry-specific practices. According to the Intelex white paper, encouraging employees to use these apps gives them real-time access to safety tools and promotes accountability and buy-in for overall workplace safety. Most employees, millennials in particular, are more engaged with safety practices when they are an active part of the process. Apps for data collection or completion of safety-related tasks make the process a fun and positive experience for employees.

Food trucks are becoming increasingly popular in cities around the country due to their convenience and unique food options. There are even Gourmet Food Truck Festivals around the US, and guides to help gourmands and vacationers find them to explore the mobile munchies

One food truck in Los Angeles, gave the food truck phenomena a new twist - We've talked about Food & Hunger in the past; well this food truck serves free burritos to homeless people in the community. According to the Huffington Post, he Share A Meal food truck is run by nonprofit Khalsa Peace Corps and they started the program in 2009 out of a desire to serve the community. Every Monday through Friday, the Share A Meal truck goes out to different areas in Los Angeles with volunteers making anywhere from 150 to 250 burritos per night!

Bodies tell us much - in Health and Medicine, they give clues to ailments and potential issues, in business and interpersonal relationships they give us clues to what is hidden in the mind.

Whether a CPR instructor teaching at the front of a training room or a worker communicating with another, body language can impart the message you would like it to, or can send a missive imparting something you would rather not share.

"It's not what you say, it's how you say it." Body language habits are some of the toughest habits to break because we hardly ever notice them. Business Insider compiled a list of the
nine most common body language habits that are hard to quit. Fidgeting and slouching are very common body language habits among business professionals. Slouching can be difficult to
overcome, especially when you are sitting at a desk the majority of the day. Also, appearing distracted and checking your phone when communicating can be seen as rude and uncaring.

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Did you ever wonder where all of the leftover food from a buffet goes after close?

With health laws, consumer "perfection perception", and business greed a great deal of food goes unused while millions worldwide are near starvation.

According to The Guardian, almost half the food produced in the US goes to waste.

World Food Day took place a week ago, highlighting some of the worst waster, including:

Worldwide Food Waste Facts

• Every year, consumers in industrialized countries waste almost as much food as the entire net food production of sub-Saharan Africa (222 million vs. 230 million tons)
• The amount of food lost and wasted every year is equal to more than half of the world’s annual cereals crops (2.3 billion tons in 2009/10)

North American Food Waste Facts

• In the USA, organic waste is the second highest component of landfills, which are the largest source of methane emissions
• In the USA, 30-40% of the food supply is wasted, equaling more than 20 pounds of food per person per month

Restaurants are huge food abusers - not by malicious intent necessarily, but because their patrons demand perfect presentation and large volume for their spending dollars - but they don't eat  what the demand. A new app, BuffetGo, solves that problem! It allows users to buy leftover food from a restaurant's buffet for as little as one dollar. They estimate that it saves more than 240,000 portions of food from landfills per day. The company also donates twenty percent of the profit to the United Nations World Food Program. As of right now there are only a few places in New York City that are enrolled in the program, but the founder told Huffington Post that it plans to expand soon!

Think. Be a smart shopper and think about what you are buying and when it will be eaten. Wasting food is often a subconscious act – become aware of how much food you throw away. Plan meals and use shopping lists. Bring your leftovers home from restaurants in reusable containers.

Eat. Become a more mindful eater.  Eyes bigger than your stomach? Request smaller portions and become a leftovers guru.

Save. Save your food, save your money and save the environment. Donate to food banks and become a conscious consumer.

Here are some tips which can enable you to engage your staff during regular safety meetings.

1. Select an Issue or Topic

Safety & Security meetings should concentrate on the facets of your own safety programs and address workplace risks inherent in your everyday processes. Safety meeting topics should, offer useful such as:

-- refresher training opportunities
-- incorporate operational changes or new regulatory changes
-- address dangerous practices or challenges when faced with time constraints
-- contain to mention harm tendencies

Selecting a topic shouldn't be a last minute selection; it should assist you in successfully meeting your safety meeting goals and perhaps help you think of new safety meeting topics for future meetings.

2. Accumulate Resources

Consult managers to discuss details about their own experiences of close calls with harm. Learn what supervisors consider to be common challenges to the current approaches to safety. Are there any compliance problems which should be addressed? The better you accumulate "real life" input about your own workplace, the more interesting your safety meeting programs will be since you will have the ability to us actual examples from your own business to exemplify points.

3. Select an Assembly Format

There are several techniques you'll be able to incorporate to make the guidance more memorable, depending upon area and the formality of your meeting:

-- Lecture. This should be only a little part of your meeting time.
-- Audio/Visuals.
-- Handouts. Giving written suggestions and exercises to conclude during or after the assembly helps strengthen the advice.
-- Demonstrations.
--Guest Speakers.

Develop several icebreaker questions to help get each safety meeting off on the right foot.

4. When you have determined the location and a date for your meeting, use paycheck stuffers, posters, and other communications that are recognized procedures to support attendance and engagement. This should get OSHA safety meeting topics heard by workers and assist them to engage in the discussion.

5. Be professional and prepared. That means assessing other digital equipment or the VCR to ensure it's cued at the right place before the assembly starts!

Conclude with a brief summary and your expectations.

-- Consider your audience's skill level, age and educational level.

Find opportunities to give verbal acknowledgement to workers for observations, appropriate solutions and behaviors. Never call out workers for unsafe behaviors, instead, when addressing problems, do it with an emphasis on issue resolution.

-- Evaluate your meetings to ascertain what workers believe works and what does not.

-- Maintain records of what was discussed and who attended. Workers should be held responsible for what they've each separately,.

6.  Work Together As A Team

-- Although the meeting is being ultimately led by one person, allow groups of folks to work collectively during preparation and actions of each assembly.

Need help coming up with great OSHA safety meeting topics? American CPR Training™ has many safety meeting topics to select from that'll meet your company's needs!