Safety measures have to be considered throughout the working day. Gabriella is already wearing her work clothes when she arrives at work. In addition, many aspects of the job are characterised by safety, from checking alarms issued by machines to driving a forklift truck in a predetermined and safe way.
“There are also other safety measures, such as the fact that you’re not allowed to wear headphones when driving the forklift, to ensure you can hear properly and avoid accidents.”
This can also relate to opening and closing doors for machine guards, as well as knowing which buttons to press in different situations. Gabriella’s physical workplace involves a lot of people in motion, a lot of noise and other people moving about on foot and by forklift, so there is a lot to take into account when it comes to safety. This is something that constantly needs to be considered in the working day.
The desire to protect others, not just ourselves
When Gabriella reflects on the little safety measures she implements on a day-to-day basis, it becomes clear that many of the safety measures we carry out are often a matter of protecting others that we care about.
“This can be as simple as putting out cycle helmets for your children, even though they are teenagers and would rather not wear them.”
In the same way that we make these efforts for our children, for example, and always have done, the things Axelent is working on are all about protecting others as well, she explains. It’s hard to give examples of all the little safety measures we put in place in our daily lives, because we don’t notice them.