Company Offers Advice on How to Thwart Work Space Hazards
September 11, 2006 (Press Release) --
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, September, 2006 – Whether you work from a home or remote office, work spaces are often chock-full of dangers that threaten the physical well-being of all who enter. Company co-workers or, at home, family members and pets can unknowingly be in harm’s way. While some threats are fairly obvious, others can lurk in the most unexpected places. With this knowledge, CableOrganizer.com, among the world’s leading purveyors of cable, wire and equipment management-related products for use by individuals, hospitals, government offices and corporations of all sizes, has issued safety tips for an assortment of office hazards that can be readily avoided.
In the office, equipment cables and wires can be a menace – and an expensive workman’s comp liability. Poised and ready to trip all who pass, office cables and wires are far more than an unsightly nuisance. Slips, trips and falls constitute the majority of general industry accidents. In the U.S., they cause 15 percent of all accidental, job-related deaths and are second only to motor vehicles as a cause of fatalities, according to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Paul Holstein, co-founder and COO of CableOrganizer.com, notes, “In a home office environment, small children and common household animals like cats, dogs, rabbits, and ferrets often see equipment wires as play things – all too often as chew toys. Clearly such a circumstance puts the child or pet at great bodily risk, with electric shock and strangulation at the top of the list. Even if the loved one evades harm, significant damage could be caused to the associated electronic equipment.”
To avoid a litany of work space perils, CableOrganizer.com offers these simple office safety solutions:
• Cable Control on the Cheap: For just a few dollars, computer cables can be easily shielded with split wire loom, flexible and durable polyethylene corrugated tube with a split down the side where you enter your multi-cable bundle. If you have to add another wire later on, you can easily slip it into the split wire loom along with the others without removing the entire bundle.
• Achieve Lift-Off: Cables, power adapters, power strips, hubs, modems and other small devices can be readily lifted off the floor and put safely out of harm's way with cable management products such as the Cable-Safe™ Complete Cable Manager - an extremely effective and inexpensive way to loop, tie and hang “cable clutter” off the floor to reduce work space risks including snags, trips, and liquid spills.
• Wire Fire Can Be Dire: With a glut of equipment, wiring and electrical outlets conducting heat, often over long periods of time and in compact spaces, fire safety is an important work space consideration. In addition to the standard fire extinguisher every office should be equipped with, other fire safety meas
In the office, equipment cables and wires can be a menace – and an expensive workman’s comp liability. Poised and ready to trip all who pass, office cables and wires are far more than an unsightly nuisance. Slips, trips and falls constitute the majority of general industry accidents. In the U.S., they cause 15 percent of all accidental, job-related deaths and are second only to motor vehicles as a cause of fatalities, according to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Paul Holstein, co-founder and COO of CableOrganizer.com, notes, “In a home office environment, small children and common household animals like cats, dogs, rabbits, and ferrets often see equipment wires as play things – all too often as chew toys. Clearly such a circumstance puts the child or pet at great bodily risk, with electric shock and strangulation at the top of the list. Even if the loved one evades harm, significant damage could be caused to the associated electronic equipment.”
To avoid a litany of work space perils, CableOrganizer.com offers these simple office safety solutions:
• Cable Control on the Cheap: For just a few dollars, computer cables can be easily shielded with split wire loom, flexible and durable polyethylene corrugated tube with a split down the side where you enter your multi-cable bundle. If you have to add another wire later on, you can easily slip it into the split wire loom along with the others without removing the entire bundle.
• Achieve Lift-Off: Cables, power adapters, power strips, hubs, modems and other small devices can be readily lifted off the floor and put safely out of harm's way with cable management products such as the Cable-Safe™ Complete Cable Manager - an extremely effective and inexpensive way to loop, tie and hang “cable clutter” off the floor to reduce work space risks including snags, trips, and liquid spills.
• Wire Fire Can Be Dire: With a glut of equipment, wiring and electrical outlets conducting heat, often over long periods of time and in compact spaces, fire safety is an important work space consideration. In addition to the standard fire extinguisher every office should be equipped with, other fire safety meas
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