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Exposure over periods of time to excessive noise will lead to Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL), one of the most common overexposures results from the workplace and through failures to mitigate the risk of overexposure.
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Trips and falls account for a large amount of injuries in the home. Following these simple guidelines can help to reduce the risk to you and your family:
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Fire Risk Assessments
Good management of fire safety is essential to ensure that fires are unlikely to occur; that if they do occur they are likely to be controlled or contained quickly, effectively and safely; or that, if a fire does occur and grow, everyone in your premises is able to escape to a place of total safety easily and quickly.
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First Aid
Under UAE Law, every employer must have first-aid arrangements in the workplace.
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The Cost of Work Place Accidents
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates that work-related accidents and illnesses annually take some 2 million lives and cost the global economy an estimated $1.25 trillion ($1,250,000 million US dollars), the ILO says this toll of accidental death and disease can be stopped if workers, employers and governments respect international safety standards.