IMSAFE
IMSAFE encourages a personalised approach to safety, encouraging every worker to consider their own ability to work safely every day.
IMSAFE ensures a proactive approach to creating a safe and secure workplace.
IMSAFE proposes that each worker consider their personal cirucmstances, to assist in maintaining a safe working attitude, and workplace.
I'm Safe
- I Illness - Do I have an illness or any symptoms of an illness that may affect my ability to do the job. An illness can have fever and other distracting symptoms that get in the way of judgment, memory, alertness, and your ability to calculate; your mind is preoccupied by how miserable you feel! Even though those symptoms might be controlled with some medication, the medication itself may decrease your performance.
- M Medication - Am I on any medication that may affect my ability to do the job. Performance can be seriously degraded by both prescribed and over-the-counter medications, as well as by the medical conditions for which they are taken.
- S Stress - Is there anything else on my mind that may affect me? Stress from everyday living can impair performance, often in very subtle ways. Difficulties, especially at work or at home, can occupy one's thought processes enough to markedly decrease one's alertness. Stress and fatigue (lack of adequate rest) can be an extremely hazardous combination.
- S Stress - Is there anything else on my mind that may affect me? Stress from everyday living can impair performance, often in very subtle ways. Difficulties, especially at work or at home, can occupy one's thought processes enough to markedly decrease one's alertness. Stress and fatigue (lack of adequate rest) can be an extremely hazardous combination.
- A Alcohol - How much I have I had to drink? Am I still affected by alcohol?
- F Fatigue - Am I tired or fatigued. Am I 'fresh' enough to complete the task at hand. You may not realise how tired you are until you start making some serious errors. The only cure for fatigue is rest.
- E Emotion / Eating / Expertise - Do I need a meal before or during the task? Being low on hydration and having low blood-sugar levels will result in poor performance . The emotions of anger, depression, and anxiety may lead to taking risks that border on self-destruction. Do I have the right training, experience or license to perform the task.
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