A Check List of Self-Regulated Safety and Security

 A Check List of Self-Regulated Safety and Security 

Dr Abe V Rotor

Living with Nature School on Blog

Be sure the food you eat is safe. Pesticide residue is common in fruits and vegetables.

1. On Food – Number 1 determinant of good health.
• Cook at home, minimize eat-out habit. Plan menu and nutrition.
• Avoid residues of antibiotics and pesticide, artificial additives, coloring, aspartame, salitre, potassium bromate
• Avoid overly processed food – over milled rice
• Prevent possible poisoning – Bohol incident of cassava cake poisoning
• Prevent diseases like – Hepatitis A

2. Medicine and Drugs
• Follow doctor’s advice, maintain family doctor’s relationship
• No self-medication, especially antibiotics
• Overdose – follow prescription and dosage
• Don’t be a “guinea pig” to new medicine and drugs.
• Allergy could be more serious than you think.
• Exercise care in using herbals and natural remedies. See your doctor

3. Home accidents
• Make a list of possible accidents that can happen in your home.
• Kitchen – LPG, knife
• Garden – tools (mechanical and manual) – rake, hoe, etc
• Garage – car repair, tools, fire
• Home repair is one of the main causes of accidents.
• Be alert against burglars.
• First Aid at hand always

4. Road accidents
• Stop-look-and-listen always
• Be alert, follow traffic signs
• Keep vehicle in tiptop condition
• Defensive driving always
• Respect the pedestrians
• Don’t drive when you are not in good condition (drinking, medicine, lack of sleep, emotional problems, poor eyesight)
• No over speeding, avoid bad habit in driving

5. Personal Safety
• Keep good health
• Uphold Values always
• Don't indulge in Vices
• Positive outlook - emotional and psychological, spiritual

6. Infants and young children
• Make a checklist of do's and don’ts
• Don’t leave them alone at home. Governess, nanny/yaya must be trained.
• Special attention to babies; there’s no substitute to parents, followed by grandparents and relatives.
• It’s advisable to have children accompanied by trusted persons.
• Regular medical checkup

7. Government policies and regulations
• Follow the law always
• Professional services, thus board exams for professionals
• Government advisories on red tide, typhoon, etc.
• Be familiar with governmental setup and functions.

8. Socio-spiritual
• Fatalism is prelude to accidents
• Avoid crowded areas.
• Avoid mobs, demonstrations, strikes, stampede (Wowowee at the Ultra, football stampede.)
• Black Nazarene procession (Quiapo). Don't be a fanatic.

9. Schools
• Join fire drills, earthquake drills
• Exercise safety on the playground, and demos (pyramid)
. Follow laboratory rules and precaution

10. Entertainment centers
• Be careful with circus animals
• Merry-go-rounds can be dangerous
• Avoid shock and trauma

11. Environment
• Avoid toxic metals, contaminants
• Don't pollute, help minimize pollution.
• Help control pest and diseases
• Be aware of the dangers of sports - swimming, mountain climbing

12. Workplace  
• Varies in risk. Industry is more risky, followed by agriculture
• Follow safety rules in the workplace (factory)
• Be alert, have presence of mind always.
• Work in group for risky work.
• Join fire and earthquake drills.
• Maintain good health and working condition.
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Workplace issues
(For Discussion)

Workplace conflict: A specific type of conflict that occurs in the workplace.
Workplace counterproductive behavior: Employee behavior that goes against the goals of an organization.

Workplace democracy: The application of democracy in all its forms to the workplace.
Workplace discrimination: Discrimination in hiring, promotion, job assignment, termination, and compensation.

Workplace diversity: Theory that in a global marketplace, a company that employs a diverse workforce is better able to understand the demographics of the marketplace it serves.
Workplace empowerment: Provides employees with opportunities to make their own decisions with regards to their tasks.
Workplace evaluation: A tool employers use to review the performance of an employee.
Workplace friendship Directly related to several other area of study including cohesion, job satisfaction, organizational commitment and intention to leave.

Workplace gender inequality: Relates to wage discrimination and career advancement.
Workplace gossip: Idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others.
Workplace health surveillance: The removal of the causative factors of disease.
Workplace morale: Workplace events play a large part in changing employee morale, such as heavy layoffs, the cancellation of overtime, canceling benefits programs, and the lack of union representation.
Workplace privacy: Employees typically must relinquish some of their privacy while at the workplace, but how much can be a contentious issue.

Workplace probation: A status given to new employees of a company or business.
Workplace safety: Occupational safety and health is a category of management responsibility in places of employment.
Workplace spirituality: A grassroots movement with individuals seeking to live their faith and/or spiritual values in the workplace.
Workplace strategy: The dynamic alignment of an organization’s work patterns with the work environment to enable peak performance and reduce costs.
Workplace stress: The harmful physical and emotional response that occurs when there is a poor match between job demands and the capabilities, resources, or needs of the worker.

Workplace training: Skills and knowledge attained for both personal development and career advancement.
Workplace violence Violence that originates from employees or employers and threatens employers and/or other employees.
Workplace wellness: Program offered by some employers to support behavior conducive to the health of employees.

Sources: Living with Nature in Our Times by AV Rotor, UST Publishing House; Internet  Wikipedia