Improving Safety Culture at Bruno Small Goods: A Detailed Analysis

This report examines the safety culture at Bruno Small Goods, highlighting the importance of employee training and hazard reduction. It suggests implementing comprehensive training programs, including interactive and computer-based methods, to educate employees about safety protocols and the dangers of unsafe practices. The report emphasizes the significance of ergonomic improvements, such as equipment upgrades and automation, to minimize workplace injuries. Furthermore, it underscores the role of human resources in enforcing safety measures, including the use of personal protective equipment and proper equipment operation. The report also references key sources, such as Bratton and Gold (2017), Cascio (2018), De Boeck et al. (2015), and Miller (2017), to support its recommendations. The report aims to provide a detailed analysis of safety culture within the company, and provides strategies to enhance it.

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Training along with education provided to the employees of Bruno Small Goods can
help in ensuring that the workplace hazards are reduced to a great extent. This can make the
employees of Bruno Small Goods cautious so that they would be able to participate actively
in protecting themselves. The workers should be made known about the fact that such kind of
malpractices like removal of barriers in the machines for speeding the process of production
should not be carried out for the safety of the workers. The workers of Bruno Small goods
often reach the meat mincer for the removal of blockages and this kind of practice should be
curtailed for the safety of workers of Bruno Small Goods (De Boeck et al. 2015). The new
employees should be given an orientation training that can help them in staying safe in the
working environment. It has been found that ongoing training will be more effective when
the interactive tools are used along with visuals. Computer based software can be made use of
by Bruno Small Goods that can help in the process of delivering of safety training. Stretching
exercises should be taught at Bruno Goods to the employees that helps their muscles in
adjusting to that of the new demands from the job (Cascio 2018).
The equipment manufacturers should improve the manuals so that the employees get
to know about the procedure of operation of the equipment. Equipment counter balances can
be made use of by Bruno Small Goods that can help in reducing the lifting. Adjustable height
conveyor can be made use of by Bruno Small Goods that can help in eliminating bending.
The electronic guarding can be used in Bruno Small Goods that can stop the band saws when
the fingers of the employees gets too close. The automation of tasks within Bruno Small
Goods can help in removing ergonomics-related injuries within that of the organisation.
Efficient technology can be made use of in Bruno Small Goods that can help in the process of
deboning the chicken. The up gradation of the safety system in that of Bruno Small Goods
can help in eliminating risks within the workplace (Miller 2017). The human resources
management of Bruno Small Goods should not allow workers to enter the workplace if they

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are not wearing personal protective equipment. The operators of Bruno Small Goods should
carry out a routine check in relation to the equipment before starting to drive them. The
human resources management of Bruno Small Goods should make sure that the controls
pertaining to the equipment are within reach and that the seat position is well adjusted to the
needs of the operators. The workers of Bruno Small Goods should be told by the human
resources department that all the equipment should be kept at the proper place so that the
workers do not get hurt while working (Bratton and Gold 2017). The operators of Bruno
Small Goods should wear safety shoes along with that of high visibility jackets in order to
prevent any kind of hazards in the workplace.

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References:
Bratton, J. and Gold, J., 2017. Human resource management: theory and practice. Palgrave.
Cascio, W., 2018. Managing human resources. McGraw-Hill Education.
De Boeck, E., Jacxsens, L., Bollaerts, M. and Vlerick, P., 2015. Interplay between food safety
climate, food safety management system and microbiological output in farm butcheries and
affiliated butcher shops. In 2015 IAFP European symposium on Food Safety. International
Association of Food Protection (IAFP).
Miller, M., 2017. Human Resource Management.