Case

Based upon your knowledge about health and safety matters and your actual observations of operations that are similar to theirs, make a list of the potential hazardous conditions employees and others face at LearnInMotion.com. What should they do to reduce the potential severity of the top five hazards

Dot-com companies like LearnInMotion.com have many potential hazards at workplace that may cause problem and stress for employees. Although there are no heavy mach ines to move from one place to another but there are other potential hazardous conditions that may cause problems. ome of them are discussed below. !. "ne of the top top accident-cau accident-causing sing conditio conditions ns is long long and bundles bundles of wires wires and cables cables travelling in the whole office. Although Although in today#s toda y#s world world much work is done wireless$ for e%ample with the use of &i-'i and (luetooth technology but still there are certain tasks that can only be done through wires$ for e%ample huge data sharing. o there is a need to connect one )* to another and all the )*s with the main sever. o long wiring at LearnInMotion.com is one of the biggest safety haza rd for the employees. +. Another Another potential potential hazard is is the tripping tripping of wires wires during work. work. Lots of electric electrical al wires$ wires$ for  e%ample power cables$ may cause cau se safety problems for employees. As discussed in the case as well a programmer tried to repair the main server while the electric was not shut down for the server$ thus the programmer got a big electric shock. o such electrical wires snaking around the office also create a h azardous conditions for the employees at work. ,. rgonomics rgonomics is is another another important important factor factor to underst understand and with regard regard to the the safety safety of employees at LearnInMotion.com. mployees at LearnInMotion.com have to sit in front of their monitors for more than  hours a day with hardly one time break. *ontinuous working on a system reduces the performance of employees gradually. An employee#s employee#s

 productivity in the first hour of his /ob is far better than his productivity in the last hour of  the /ob. 0. tress is also another factor that may cause potential hazardous conditions in LearnInMotion.com. &orking in a dot-com company is a stressful /ob because new ideas are e%pected to be brought by the programmers. o they are in constant pressure to bring something new instead of repeating something old. 1. *ontinuous work in a stressful environment burns-out the employees and their  performance decline gradually. &orking in stressful environment for a longer period of time with the same amount of stress increases the chances o f mental breakdown of employees. 2o overcome on these five top hazards at LearnInMotion.com can take many important actions so that the work environment can be made safer and less stressful. &ires and cables in the office should be managed properly with the help of an e%perienced electrician. 2he wires should be moved through ceiling or under the carpeted floor of the office so that these are not visible to any employee. afety procedures should be formulated and implemented to work on wires by the employees. 'or e%ample it should be made necessary to plug the power cable out of electricity socket before working on any system. %periment technician should be hired who should be asked to fi% the problems related to electricity instead of employees 3tranks4. 2o make the environment less stressful$ the employees should be provided fre5uent breaks during an  hour shift. 2hey should be provided a break of at least +6 minutes after every + hours. mployees should be trained on regular basis as how to bring new ideas and how to manage the stress so that they learn how to work in a stressful situation 37ughes and 'errett4. (y taking these actions LearnInMotion.com may increase the performance and productivity of its employees.

Would it be advisable for them to set up a procedure for screening out stress!prone or accident!prone individuals Why or why not If so, how should they screen them

8es it is advisable to screen those employees who are stress-prone or accident-prone. (ut the solution is not to screen them out and fire right away. 2he purpose should be to identify such individuals and to help them in changing their stress-prone and accident-prone behaviors. As discussed in the above 5uestion as well$ related training to those individuals may improve the situation. (y training employees regarding their problems$ for e%ample stress$ may help them improving their behaviors. mployees can be trained as how to manage the stress at work so that their productivity is increased under stressful situation 3Amponsah-2awiah and Dartey-(aah4. 'urther guidance and training can be provided to accident-prone employees as how to perform a certain task in order to avoid an y potential accident. ome incentives can also be offered to employees if a certain duty is performed without an y accident. In this way these employees can  be saved from any stress or accident. imply screening out stress-prone and accident-prone employees can create legal problems for LearnInMotion.com. mployees can file a complaint against the company. o if after providing training and offering monetary incentives the productivity is not improved$ then the employee can be screened-out. Write a short position paper on the sub"ect, #What should we do to get all our employees to behave more safely at work$

2he first and most important thing is the /ob description of e mployees. 2he document of /ob description should include the behaviors re5uired to p erform a certain /ob. If a /ob description is

designed effectively then it will answer all the 5uestions related to behaviors for a certain /ob at work. econd important thing is employee training. *ontinuous training related to their work reduces the chances of any accident or stress at work. mployees should be trained for increasing demand of their responsibilities so that they are able to fulfill them in a better way 39idley4. *ode of ethics should be prepared and implemented in the company. All employees should be directed to follow the code of ethics at work to make sure that all the activities are safe. mployees should be punished in monetary or non-monetary means if they do not follow the code of ethics. afety procedures should be outlined and communicated to all employees. tandard operating  procedures 3")4 should also be outlined and followed in case of any emergency. All such activities should be well communicated to employees and employees should perform them on regular basis to make sure that they understand it well 39idley4. Based on what you know and on what other dot!coms are doing, write a short position paper on the sub"ect, #What can we do to reduce the potential problems of stress and burnout in our company$

tress and burnout is very significant in dot-com companies. "ne of the main reasons is that the employees are re5uired to sit in front of their )* for long hours that burns out their energy with the passage of time. Also the employees are asked to bring something new in their work which makes the environment stressful for them. 2hus stress and burnout seems to be ver y significant for employees working in dot-coms.

In order to reduce such hazardous conditions employees should get regular breaks in their working hours. :sually only one break of almost one hour is provided. 2he comple%ity of work re5uires at least +-, breaks in  to ; hours work. It is not recommended at all to provide , breaks of one hour in an eight hour shift. 7owever ! hour break can be divided into +6 minutes break after every + hours. In this way the employees will get a chance to feel rela% and take some time out for themselves after every + hours of work 3 9ole "f Locus "f *ontrol=. International Journal of Business and Social Science +.! 3+6!!4> +,+-+,@. )rint. 9idley$ ohn 9. Safety At Work . London> (utterworths$ !;@. )rint. tranks$ eremy &. Health & Safety At Work . London>