![]() ![]() They break free from “running down the hill and out of control” scenario. When one lowers anxiety, one’s movements and pace slows a bit. The only divergent from this is if a person was injured solely due to another person's actions.Ĭalming - It is important that each employee takes it upon themselves the responsibility of calming themselves down when they feel their anxiety rising. As I mentioned in a a earlier blog, I Blamed My Gremlin For Almost Killing Me In 1986, it is easy to blame another person for making us do things or causing us injury, and this blame shifting is usually couched in another person having perceived power over the injured party.Įveryone needs to come to grips that being injury free is up to them. Teach and encourage proper blame placement - It is easy to blame outside forces for making us trip, fall, slip, hit our heads, etc. ![]() This encourages focus of task, paying attention as opposed to going through the motions and thinking about items one is anxious about. When you assign a long life employee to a new responsibility and chance for continued improvement, they become more aware of there surroundings, more attentive to their movements and where they fit moment by moment within the physical spaces of other co-workers.ĭevelop Mentors and Educators - The seasoned employees can be asked to train new employees. When an employee has been doing the same task for quite some time, it enables them to do their job "even in their sleep", and "their eyes closed." This also encourages them the opportunity to think about other anxiety issues not connected with the work task, which leads to lack of concentration which can lead to higher risk of injury. The allowance of raised anxiety creates muddling of clarity, frustration of mind, and hurried output.Ĭross Train - encourages a renewed focus of task. Which can encourage a steady raising of anxiety. Marriage, child rearing, relationships, in-laws, finances all these encourage an anxious presence within the employee.Ĭreates blocked desires. Issues at home that exacerbate anxiety the employee brings with them and bleeds over into the work place. Raised anxiety is encouraged by: External forces: Employee being asked to add to their already internally planned work load. I am convinced that an injury in the workplace (or home) always has a component of anxiety attached to it. "What was your anxiety level, what were you feeling, prior to the accident?" "What were you thinking during the sixty seconds prior to the accident?" and more important, There are two key questions to ask an employee post injury: Accidents in the work place, in the home, the shop, the school, at the mall, or where one or more people are present all have one common denominator: ![]()
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