Health & Safety

"The Great Atlantic and Pacific Company of Canada is committed to providing both employees and customers with a safe and healthy working and shopping environment.  All reasonable efforts will be made to eliminate hazardous conditions and unsafe practices from the workplace".  We will be examining how Dominion takes precaution to protect workers, provides information, instruction and supervision to workers to protect their health and safety, and how they advise workers of potential or actual hazards in the workplace and how to deal with them.  We will also look at the actions taken when there is an accident, and audits and inspections that are involved to protect and correct areas in the company.

Taking precaution in circumstances for the protection of a worker is accomplished through many different ways.  For example, Dominion provides the butchers with metal gloves and aprons to protect them from a knife slipping and cutting them.  The also provide the Photo lab with protective goggles, a splatter apron and plastic gloves to protect them from having hazardous chemicals spilling on them that may cause serious damage to their skin or eyes.  To protect their workers and customers we wet floor signs are provided to warn people to walk with caution.  The employees are provided with clip-on ties, which is a cautionary measure that is taken so that we are not strangled if our ties get caught.  Every department has an eye wash station and a first aid
 kit that are provided so that an injury may be given attention to right a way to prevent any further damage. Taking precaution helps to minimize accidents and protects the employer because the equipment is provided and therefore should be use, and if the equipment is not used ...
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