Safety Topics in the Workplace

Training employees about handling equipment and the other facilities at the workplace is very
important for maintaining employee and workplace safety. It is essential on the part of the
management to ensure that the employees feel confident and secure while handling complex
equipment they have to work with everyday.
It is also crucial to ensure that the employees are provided an ergonomically sound workplace, and
to teach them the correct way of handling certain substances that they have to work with and the illeffects of not complying with the rules laid down by the company. The topic of workplace safety isn't
only restricted to the hazards that may be posed by the various equipment.
Sometimes, the inherent nature of the job makes it potentially risky. For example, the job of a
watchman or guard inherently entails possible encounters and face-offs with criminals. Hence,
proper training also has to be provided in such cases so that the employees are aware of the protocol
to be followed in case of impending danger. Here are some workplace safety topics for your perusal.
A
Abrasive Blasting
Acrylamide Safety
Acrylonitrile Safety
Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance (ABLES)
Aerosol Safety
Agriculture
Agricultural Safety and Injury Prevention
Ammonia Safety
Anthrax
Anthropometry
Antineoplastic Agents
Antimony
Asbestos Safety
Arsenic Safety

Asphalt Fumes
Asthma and Allergies
Avian Influenza (Flu)
B
Back Injury - How to Avoid
Benzene Safety
Beryllium
Bicycle Saddles and Reproductive Health
Bike Messenger Safety
Blood-borne Infectious Diseases (HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B and C)
Boiler Safety
2-Butoxyethanol Safety
C
Cadmium Safety
Cancer (Occupational)
Carbon Disulfide Safety
Carbonless Copy Paper
Carbon Monoxide Safety
Carbon Monoxide Dangers in Boating
Carbon Monoxide Hazards from Small Gas Powered Engines
Chemical Hazards for Emergency Respondents
Chemical Storage Safety
Chest Radiography

Childhood Agricultural Injury Prevention

Chlorine Safety
Chloroform Safety
Chromium Safety
Cobalt Safety
Cold Storage Use Safety
Cold Stress
Commercial Aviation in Alaska
Commercial Fishing Safety
Confined Spaces
Construction Site Safety
Control Banding
Correctional Health Care Workers
D
Decompression Sickness and Tunnel Workers
Deepwater Horizon Response: Gulf of Mexico Oil Cleanup
Dentistry Tools and Chemical Safety
Dermatitis - Symptoms and Basic Cures
Dimethylformamide
1,4-Dioxane
Direct-reading Methods
Disaster Site Management
Dry Cleaner Safety

E
Earthquake Cleanup and Response
Electric and Magnetic Fields (EMF)
Electrical Safety
Emergency Medical Services Workers
Emergency Preparedness for Business
Emergency Response Resources Directory
Emergency Responder Health Monitoring and Surveillance (ERHMS)
Engineering Controls
Engineering Education in Occupational Safety and Health
Equipment Use
Ergonomic Interventions in the Building, Repair, and Dismantling of Ships
Ergonomic Tips: Stretching and Moving for your Health
Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
Ergonomics to Prevent Upper Extremity Cumulative Trauma Disorders
Ethylene Glycol Safety
Ethylene Oxide Safety
Exposome and Exposomics
Eye Protection from Chemicals
F
Fall Injury Prevention
Fibrous Glass
Firefighter Fatality Investigations

Fire Safety
Flavorings-Related Lung Disease
Flight Crew Research Program at NIOSH
Flu in the Workplace - Seasonal Influenza
Foot Protection
Formaldehyde Safety
G
General Lifting Guidelines
Genetics in the Workplace
Glutaraldehyde Safety
Green, Safe, and Healthy Jobs - Prevention through Design
H
H1N1 Influenza Virus (Swine Flu)
Hand Protection
Hazardous Drug Exposures in Healthcare
Hazardous Materials Disposal
Health Care
Heart Disease
Heat Stress
Hexavalent Chromium
Highway Work Zones
Horse Racing - Safety and Health
Hydrogen Chloride Safety

Hydrogen Cyanide Safety

Hydrogen Peroxide Safety
Hydrogen Sulfide Safety
Hydroquinone Safety
Hydrazine Safety
I
Indoor Environmental Quality
Indoor Firing Ranges
Industrial Forklifts Operator Safety
Industry and Occupation Coding and Support
Influenza - Seasonal
Insects and Scorpions
Isocyanates
J
Jacks
Job Hazard/Safety Analysis (JHA/JSA)
Jointers
K
Kindling Hazards
Knee Joint Protection
L
Laboratory Safety
Ladder Safety

Latex Allergies
Lead Safety
Lockout and Tagout
Log Cutting Safety
Logging Safety
Lyme Disease
M
Machinery Safety
Manganese Safety
Mercury Safety
Metal Polishing Safety
Metalworking Fluids
Methylene Chloride (dichloromethane)
Methyl Alcohol (Methanol) Safety
Methyl Ethyl Ketone Safety
Mining
MRSA
Motor Vehicles
N
Nail Technicians' Health and Workplace Exposure Control
Nanotechnology
National Occupational Mortality Surveillance (NOMS)
Natural Disasters

Nickel Safety
NIOSH Evaluation of its cancer and REL Policies
Nitric Acid Safety
Nitrous Oxide Safety
Noise and Hearing Loss Prevention
O
Occupational Health Psychology
Occupational Respiratory Disease Surveillance
Occupational Sentinel Health Events (SHEO)
Occupational Vibration Safety
Office Environment and Worker Safety and Health
Organic Solvent Safety
Organization of Work
Osmium Tetroxide Safety
Outdoor Workers
Ozone Safety
P
Pandemic Influenza
Patient Handling
Personal Protection and Safety
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Pesticide Illness and Injury Surveillance
Phenol Safety

Phosgene Safety
Phosphine Safety
Pneumoconioses Causes, Treatment, and Prevention
Poisonous Plants
Prevention Through Design
Protection Against Radiation
Protective Clothing
Q
Quickly Accessible Exits during Emergencies
R
Radiation Dispersal from Japan
Railway Operations Safety
Recycling or Disposal of Industrial Refuse
Reporting Workplace Death, Injury, or Hospitalization
Reproductive Health
Respirators
Respiratory Protection
Restaurant Industry Safety and Health
Roofing Hazards and Safety
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009
S
Security Guard Safety and Training
Semiconductor Manufacturing

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

Sharp Cutting Tool Safety
Silica Exposure during Hydraulic Fracturing
Silicosis - How to Avoid
Skin Protection
Sleep Deprivation
Sodium Hydroxide Safety
Spirometry
Spray Painting Safety
Spring Safety
Storm, Flood, and Hurricane Response
Stress - Types, Causes, and Prevention
Styrene Safety
Sulfur Dioxide Safety
Sulfuric Acid Safety
Surveillance
T
Terrorism Response
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene)
Tick-borne Diseases
Tobacco Smoke in the Workplace
Toluene Safety
Tornado Cleanup and Response

Training Research and Evaluation

Tractor Safety
Traumatic Occupational Injuries
Traumatic Incident Stress
Trenching and Excavation
Trichloroethylene Safety
Trucking Safety
Tuberculosis
Types of Injuries and First Aid
U
Ultraviolet Radiation
V
Venomous snakes
Venomous Spiders
Ventilation
Vermiculite
Veterinary Safety and Health
W
West Nile Virus
Welding and Manganese: Potential Neurological Effects
Welding Safety
Wildfires
Wood Dust Exposure

Work Schedule: Long Working Hours and Shifts

Workers with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Workplace Hazard Reporting
Workplace Violence Prevention
Women's Safety and Health Issues at Work
X
Xylene Safety
Y
Young Worker Safety and Health
Z
Zinc Propionate Safety
So these were some topics in the workplace you need to teach the employees about. You can find a
lot of topics for safety meetings on the internet as well. The safety of the employees is no laughing
matter and the management should take the help of professionals in the matter, if need be. It is a
very crucial part of employee training and should not be ignored, no matter what.