Mar 24, 2023 | Blog, safety
Tessy’s company, a large manufacturing firm based in Port Harcourt, was known for its commitment to safety and hygiene. The management ensured that all employees were provided with adequate toiletries such as tissue paper, soap, and hand wash to maintain a clean and healthy working environment.
However, one fateful day, the company unexpectedly ran out of these essential items. The janitorial staff reported the shortage to management, but due to a miscommunication, the supplies were not restocked immediately.
As a result, employees had to resort to using whatever they could find in the restrooms or bring their own supplies from home. This led to a decline in workplace hygiene, as some employees opted to skip washing their hands or using tissue paper altogether.
Unfortunately, the consequence of this negligence soon became apparent. Within a few days, a few employees started falling ill, and it was soon discovered that they had contracted a bacterial infection.
Management quickly realized the error of their ways and restocked the supplies immediately. They also took steps to disinfect the entire workplace and provided medical assistance to the affected employees.
What are the lessons learnt from this story?
Mar 17, 2023 | Blog, safety
Port Harcourt City is one of the few cities in Nigeria where rain begins to fall as early as February. Many people usually are relaxed to prepare for the rain until it is April. So was the story of Silverline who was unprepared for the rainy season. One day, she left the office without an umbrella or raincoat, thinking the weather was clear. Suddenly, the sky opened up, and it started raining heavily. Silverline tried to run to her car, but she slipped and fell on the wet pavement, hitting her head.
Her colleagues at work rushed to help her. They immediately called an ambulance. Sadly, Silverline suffered a severe concussion and had to take time off work to recover. Her accident could have been avoided if she had prepared for the rainy season.
To avoid accidents like Silverline’s, it’s important to be prepared for the rainy season in a city such as Port Harcourt which is the heart of the rains. Here are a few tips to help you stay safe at work and at home:
a. Keep an umbrella and raincoat in your car or at your desk. This way, you’re always prepared if the weather changes.
b. appropriate footwear with good grip to prevent slipping on wet surfaces.
c. Be mindful of your surroundings and walk carefully on wet surfaces.
d. If driving, make sure your car is in good condition, and your windshield wipers are working correctly.
e. Be cautious of flash floods and avoid driving through flooded areas.
By being prepared for the rainy season, we can avoid accidents and stay safe both at home and at work. Remember, prevention is better than cure, and a little preparation can go a long way in keeping you safe during the rainy season.
Mar 14, 2023 | Blog, safety
A premium motor spirit that does not combust as efficiently as it ought to is often termed ‘bad or dirty fuel’. Such adulterated or impure PMS are produced when crude oil does not go through a proper fractional distillation.
Such fuel is often acquired mostly through oil bunkering and sold through the ‘black market’ or through some filling stations at cheaper rates. Impure PMS are notorious for several reasons: they cause engine hesitation, affect the fuel filter, cause hard-starting, and affect the carburettors negatively.
All these negative consequences of impure PMS are enough to cause downtime for a company, leave one distressed on a motorway, and could damage some vital parts of a vehicle such as the engine.
To avoid purchasing impure PMS, you need to know that impure PMS has a darker or muddier appearance while pure PMS has a somewhat bright yellow appearance.
Impure PMS is usually oily and does not evaporate as easily as pure PMS. Finally, it does have a bad smell. With this information, you can better protect your vehicles and also your generators from being broken down by impure PMS.
Mar 14, 2023 | Blog, safety
In this election period, we would like you to stay safe as you exercise your civil right.
In order to stay safe, please endeavour to do all of the things mentioned below
1. Do not argue about politics as this might lead to you getting hurt by the opposition supporters
2. Always get back on time and don’t stay out late at night.
3. Avoid criticizing any politicians as their supporters might be out to harm you or anyone close to you.
4. Do not support or wear political campaign uniforms in public so you don’t become the prime target when violence ensues.
5. Always listen to the news to stay informed.
6. After casting your vote, go home immediately to avoid violence, peradventure they occur.
7. Steer clear of an undefined crowd or group of people
8. Don’t move about with expensive gadgets so that they don’t steal them
10. Stock up your home with food items and all necessary items
11. Do not talk recklessly at the polls
12. Celebrate in a civil manner when your candidate wins
13. Have your doctor’s number and emergency services handy
We at Kenyon understand the importance of you exercising your civil right, and we want you to be safe as you do so. Safety first and always.
Mar 13, 2023 | Blog, safety
Good housekeeping entails that everything must be kept in an orderly manner and in a clean condition ready for use. To be able to imbibe good housekeeping and maintain it, you need to be conversant with the 5S as developed by Tahichi Ohno during the 60s in Japan.
1. Sort – Remove materials that are not necessary, store the ones that are important and are needed on a daily and weekly basis, and archive old but vital ones for future retrieval.
2. Set in Order – The important materials you need should be set aside, labelled, colour coded and put in easily tracked locations. Ensure everyone knows the location of all materials
3. Shine & Clean – when setting materials into different locations, ensure they are cleaned and in good working condition. Repair broken items, and ensure your working area is constantly clean
4. Standardisation – Ensure that the new pattern of arrangement and level of cleanliness you have achieved are now standard. Put it down on paper so that anyone taking over will adhere to all housekeeping standards as prescribed. This will help to build consistency in the system.
5. Sustain – ensure that the standards are passed on to everyone to maintain cleanliness and locations of the equipment. Then, simple routine audits can be done to check if the standards are maintained, and equally ascertain areas that need improvement
These 5S are very vital when one wants to maintain good housekeeping. You also need to bear in mind that housekeeping you skip may cause a fall, trip or slip.
Mar 13, 2023 | Blog, safety
During the harmattan, due to the dustiness and coldness of the season, most people often come down with a cold. It was during this season that Esther’s neighbour’s four-year-old child, Tunde, had a terrible cold.
The little boy, Tunde, had a hacking cough that kept him awake through the nights, and the parents were too busy to take him to the hospital.
Esther had visited the family on a Sunday evening, and while conversing, she advised her neighbour, Tunde’s mother to take Tunde to the hospital for proper diagnosis and drug administration, but she said it was not necessary and that she had sent her younger sister to purchase a cough syrup from the pharmacy store.
Esther came back that evening, and she expressed her concern to her husband, Ubong. She feared that something might happen to the child. Esther opposes self-medication and despises it for children. Ubong calmed her down and reminded her it was just cough syrup, and nothing would happen. The next morning, around 4 AM, Tunde’s mother had begun to scream, calling for help and knocking on the neighbours’ doors.
Esther and her husband, Ubong, rushed to her apartment and saw her trying to resuscitate Tunde.
Immediately, Ubong instructed the wife to help Tunde’s mother to get Tunde outside. Then he dashed into his house, picked up his key, ran out and drove them straight to the nearest hospital.
When they got to the hospital that morning, the doctors tried to resuscitate him, but it was fruitless. Finally, they broke the news to Tunde’s mother, Esther, and her husband, Ubong.
Esther and Ubong were disheartened by the event, but Tunde’s mother was devastated. After some investigation, it was discovered that the syrup given to the boy had diethylene glycol (DEG) and ethylene glycol (EG). Esther could not stomach her pain, as she had a premonition that something bad would happen to Tunde. Mama Tunde went home that day with ‘had I known’ powdered all over her face in grief.
Vital Info: The World Health Organisation, on the 23rd of January 2023, released a report detailing cases from at least seven countries with 300 fatalities of children mostly under the age of five which resulted from the consumption of over-the-counter cough syrups contaminated with high levels of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol. These contaminants are toxic chemicals used as industrial solvents and antifreeze agents that can be fatal even in small amounts and should never be found in medicines.
Note: When you want to purchase over-the-counter cough syrup, please check the content to see if it contains Diethylene Glycol and Ethylene glycol
Your health is your greatest wealth!
