SAFETY MOMENT

How to deal with information overload

• Infobesity: Continually consuming large amounts of

information which negatively impacts health, happiness,
and productivity
• Side effects: Fatigue, lack of efficiency, lack of
confidence, memory loss, stress-related diseases, poor
decision making, financial loss
• Prevention:
• Stop multi-tasking!
• Brain dump: Make a list of what’s in your head; write
Consider this, when it comes to multi-tasking: down thoughts that stop your workflow
• Knowledge workers switch tasks every 3 minutes • Establish barriers: Limit notifications, turn on “do not
• 85% of work emails are opened in 2 minutes disturb”, set dedicated times for emails
• It takes 24 minutes to get back on task after opening • Time vs. value: Spend only as much time on
an email decisions, tasks and activities as they are worth
Source: Harvard Business Review
• Take breaks: You’ll be more efficient in the long run

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Staying cool in the summer months

Sun Safety
• Wear light weight, loose-fitting protective clothing
• Use sunglasses / visors to protect eyes and face
• Wear sunscreen with SPF 15 or higher
• Limit your time in the sun, esp. between 10a-4p
when the sun’s rays are strongest
• Stay hydrated - drink plenty of fluids, even if you are
not thirsty. Avoid alcohol and caffeine
• Watch for signs of heat exhaustion or heat stroke –
fatigue, nausea, confusion, disorientation, seizures,
loss of consciousness

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3 checks for safety

Before starting a job, stop and think
• Designed to be simple and easy to
CHECK 1
Take the time to make sure you fully understand remember
everything you need to be safe. Doing the job right
DO I KNOW HOW TO ensures your safety and the safety of those • Consist in 3 simple questions to be
DO THE JOB? around you. asked before starting any task
• Should become a natural way of working
There are specific Personal Protective Equipment to help identify hazards, before, and
CHECK 2
(PPE) and tools for each job. Be sure that you during any task
DO I HAVE have all the tools and equipment you need to work
efficiently and safely: for example, a hard hat, • Is based on “Engaging the mind before
THE RIGHT the hands” or “Think before you Act”
protective goggles or a pair of gloves when
EQUIPMENT? handling hot dishes.

CHECK 3
Look around you – safety risks can be
everywhere. A chair left in the hallway after a team If the answer is “no” to any of the
IS MY meeting. A loose electric cable left unchecked. checks, share your concern with your
ENVIRONMENT Accidents can stem from the smallest things, colleagues and supervisor, so that a
check that your surroundings are safe before solution can be found.
SAFE? carrying out your job.
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Wellbeing and Mental Health

Pandemic Alert
• Anxiety
PLAN • Pay impact

Inter- • Fear of ill health

Pandemic PREPARE
• Impact on loved ones
Response
Approach • Concern for jobs

Pandemic
• Economic impact
RECOVER
• Reduced confidence
IMPLEMENT

Post Pandemic We must also plan for the

Actions aligned with WHO Phases & Country situation impact on our people
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Safety for risk taking

If we are going to take a risk to “radically re-imagine and change” we should…

AS AN ORGANISATION… AS PEOPLE….

… work with a trusted partner … have an open mind

… be prepared to challenge
… be prepared and organized
the status quo

… define the outcome … be prepared to “take a leap of faith”

… understand the risks and mitigation

factors

… have senior level sponsorship

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Mental Health

1 in 4 9 in 10
people will experience people with mental
a mental health health problems
problem in any given experience stigma and
year discrimination

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Help your team understand their limitations

The Stress Bucket Stress flows into the bucket
Poor diet Financial issues Dealing with change
Job
Vulnerability is shown by problems Family/relationship stress Lack of sleep
the size of the bucket
Anxiety Health worries
If the bucket overflows,
problems develop –
“snapping”
Good coping =
relief holes let the Normal
stress out
Relaxed
Bad coping =
not enough relief
holes so water fills
Good time
bucket and overflows Rest and
management
relaxation
Talking to Doing
trusted people something you
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enjoy Source: Brabban & Turkington 2002
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Protecting your Mental Health – fighting Covid-19

Stay connected with family, Structure your day; schedule

friends and colleagues – social breaks, lunch and adapt to the
distance is not social isolation new work pattern

Plan the day as much as possible Separate your private and

to prevent feeling of lack of professional activities to manage
control work-life balance.

Practice relaxation and exercise For peace of mind, restrict news

to support mental and physical on COVID-19 and only from
wellbeing credible sources

Find time for entertainment, Eat regularly and wisely – high

creative activities daily to keep energy levels and good immunity
the focus away impacts mental health too!
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Sodexo Safety Wheel Conducted by employees, management and

third-party to ensures compliance with HSE
policies and Management Systems

Year-over-year improvement SALUS allow

through employee participation Audits incidents/accidents to
and behavior-based HSE be managed from
when it occurs to the
HSE action plan closure
including alerts,
Performance Management investigations, and root
Systems cause analysis

Commitment &
Training
Policies Daily HSE Meetings are
conducted by employees to bring
more perspectives into our safety
Every Sodexo employee and training and development
subcontractor we manage pledge processes

“Safety First”
We will reinforce safe work behaviors and mitigate at-risk behaviors
pivotal for building a safety culture

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Remember to…

Make time to connect with each

Take time to understand the
other and chat about non work
mental capacity of your team
stuff

Make sure roles are Inclusive meetings – keep

understood / work flexibly everyone informed

Set boundaries for home

working, help people adjust to
what to expect and how to switch
off

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Laboratory Safety Rules

Leave Don’t play mad Know how to
experiments scientist properly address
at the lab lab accidents

Follow instructions,
listen and pay
attention

Dress for the lab Don’t taste or sniff

including protective Don’t eat or drink in Don’t experiment
chemicals or on yourself
gear as needed the lab – save snacks biological cultures
for the office
Know where safety Dispose of lab
equipment is and waste appropriately
how to use it

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Looking after your mental health

• Value yourself
• Talk about your feelings
• Keep active
• Eat well
• Drink sensibly
• Keep in touch
• Seek/ask for help
• Take a break
• Do something you’re good at
• Accept who you are
• Care for others – volunteer in your commmunity
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World Mental Health Day – 10th October

Sodexo observance planned by Global

disability taskforce

• Mental health Flyer

• Take the Micro learning course on Mental health
and wellbeing
• Mental health webinar (8th Oct 2020)
• Links to WHO guidelines to maintain mental health
and wellbeing for adults and children
• Video link
• Get involved – join the global disability voice!
• Reach out to ‘Sodexo supports me’ or ‘Life works’
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Burn Out
Remember
people have a Time pressure
capacity

Posture Additional
workloads

Long working
hours

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Mental Health

Around 450 million people currently

suffer from such conditions globally

1 in 10 young people will experience a

mental health problem

Half of all lifetime cases of mental

illness begin by age 14
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Impact on Mental health – fighting Covid-19

Protecting ourselves in changed environment:
• Uncertainty on timelines
• Staying at home to avoid the novel coronavirus
• Continued social distancing even with friends and colleagues
• WFH – shift in work patterns

Impact on Mental health – very high levels of anxiety

What are the symptoms of anxiety:
1. Frequent pounding in the heart, uneasiness, tension, difficulty in
concentrating and sleep problems despite precautions
2. Constantly checking during the day and even during the night
whether there have been any new developments such as if there
have been any new cases
3. Regularly inspecting against infection from the environment,
cleaning, constantly checking for fever and other COVID 19
symptoms
4. Those unable to focus on their work, families and hobbies
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Your smartphone
Hearing Germs & bacteria
Damage to inner ear Your phone is a good source of germs
hearing cells you’d only expect to find in a
bathroom

“Text claw” Neck pain

Tendinitis / wrist pains Aches in shoulders, neck and head
caused by excessive typing, looking
down

Addiction Withdrawal
66% of users are afraid to be When unplugging produces mental
separated from their withdrawal symptoms (fidgeting /
smartphone anxiety and isolation)

Unhealthy level of radiation Poor sleep quality

The W.H.O considers Phone LED disrupts melatonin
radiation to be carcinogenic production, making it harder to feel
to humans sleepy

Phantom vibration syndrome

Imaginary feeling that your
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