Questions below refer to the following memo and chart.
MEMO
To: All Employees
From: Health and Safety
Re: Employees Health
This is not something that we have done before, but this year we have compiled a chart of all the health problems for which we have treated workers over the past 12 months. We have decided that by sharing this information, we might be able to encourage some of you to take more care in the workplace. A lot of these problems could be avoided with just a little bit of common sense. While we are glad not to have to treat most of you for anything serious, and although we do enjoy the pleasure of your company, we would rather not have to treat any of you for accidents and incidents which are entirely avoidable by following safety regulations; wearing reinforced boots to protect your toes, wearing safety goggles, keeping ear plugs with you at all, times so you have them when you need them, and above all, we urge you to wash your hands before eating. Take a look at the chart and you'll see what we mean.
We've also divided the data by sex, so men - don't let the ladies beat you next year! We are planning on compiling a table next year, too, so let's see if we can really cut down those numbers.
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A breakdown of most common medical treatments needed by employees during the year 2005. Based on figures compiled by the Health and Safety Department
|
|
Number of cases |
|
Health issue |
Male Employees* |
Female Employees* |
|
|
Minor |
Requiring hospitalization |
Minor |
Requiring hospitalization |
|
Broken toes |
23 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
Ingested chemicals (not washing hands after handling chemicals) |
42 |
1 |
24 |
2 |
|
Hearing problems |
31 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
|
Perforated ear drum |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Foreign body in the eye |
54 |
10 |
24 |
3 |
* Last year, female employees stood at 145 and male employees 156