When they are in your establishment, your customers should have the reassurance that they are always safe. It makes no difference whether you work in retail or the service industry; the safety of your customers and employees should always be your top priority.
Keeping up with the ever-increasing number of safety requirements can be a challenge, especially for business owners with a long list of responsibilities to fulfil to keep their companies running. To our great relief, once we have developed safety systems and put the appropriate technology into place, specific safety concerns will take care of themselves automatically.
It is undoubtedly irresponsible to completely disregard the safety of one’s customers. Injuring a customer while they are on your property can subject your business to legal liability and give it a bad name in the community for reasons that are entirely justified. It is important to make sure you eliminate as many risks as possible to keep your customers and staff safe, which is where health and safety services can be helpful, but here are some top tips.
Ensure proper ventilation
One of the most overlooked threats to employees’ health and safety in a company is the air they breathe. On the other hand, if the air quality is poor, this can cause a wide variety of health problems for your clients.
If your business uses chemicals in any way, it is very important to ensure enough airflow. Customers may experience coughing, headaches, lightheadedness, and other symptoms if there is insufficient airflow and the chemical odours are strong enough to overpower their senses.
If a customer comes into your store and has even one negative interaction with the atmosphere, there is a good chance they will never return.
Eliminate all risks of slipping and falling
Slip-and-fall accidents caused by customers can be greatly reduced by cleaning up spills and picking up trash as soon as they happen. This will also considerably increase the overall safety of customers. Customers who come to your business location will notice that it looks better if it is clean and doesn’t have a lot of clutter.
Keep an eye on the temperature
In most instances, temperature regulation will not create a risk of injury or illness for customers. Instead, temperature control is typically more focused on ensuring that customers have a positive experience throughout your establishment as a whole.
But there are much more dangerous situations in which temperature can be a problem. If, for instance, you need to keep certain products at a particular temperature to ensure that they do not go bad, you should keep those products in a location that is separate from the primary areas of your store that are focused on the customers. It is important to section off areas that are particularly hot, such as those used for growing plants, so that you can alert customers to the change in temperature before they enter the building.
Lighting
Customers who can see where they are going in your shop are less likely to injure themselves by tripping or falling. Customers will have an easier time navigating your location and will feel much more secure if you have bright lights. Lighting is very important in places where there are stairs, even if there are only one or two steps going up or down.
Your lights should also be arranged in such a way that they diffuse the light as much as is practically possible. Uneven lighting can make it look like the floor is warped and change how you see the distance between things. Customers will be less likely to trip over themselves if the lighting is even and bright enough all over the space.
The ability to see customers more clearly can be another benefit of good lighting, as it can reduce the risk of criminal activity such as theft or vandalism.
