You may have noticed this smiling face around campus… This is Ashenafi Kidanemariam, ILRI Ethiopia’s new environmental, occupational health and safety officer. He is a member of the People & Organizational Development team. Ashenafi has recently set up his office here in Addis next to the Engineering & Facilities Unit in the Ogaden building and … Continue reading
Category Archives: EOHS
Ergonomics risk assessment – ILRI Addis campus
As part of ILRI Ergonomic program, EOHS is planning to carry out ergonomic risk assessment across ILRI Addis campus. The ergonomic risk assessment is designed to begin with an ergonomic awareness session which will provide information on the basic overview of the principles of ergonomics, musculoskeletal disorders and ergonomic exercises that would help one in … Continue reading
ILRI Kenya campus quarterly pest control 2014
World Health Reports that cockroaches are implicated in the spread of 33 kind of bacteria including E.coli and Salmonella, six parasitic worms and seven other human pathogens. Pest Control therefore forms an important part of ensuring health in the workplace. The quarterly pest control treatment and fumigation of ILRI Nairobi Campus will be done from … Continue reading
Evalyne Nyawira: EOHS officer – research
Pleased to introduce you to Evalyne Nyawira who has accepted the position of Environment Occupational Health and Safety (EOHS) Officer- Research beginning 1 October 2014. Evalyne has more than five years laboratory and field experience having worked in other ILRI projects in Nairobi and Busia. Before joining EOHS, she worked with the food safety and … Continue reading
Fire marshals training in Kenya: October 28–30 2014
Residential fires, workplace fires, and environmental fires such as bush-fires can result in severe and fatal burn injuries. They also lead to property loss, psychological distress, and sometimes loss of life. Many studies have identified fire safety training as a way of increasing fire safety knowledge and improving response to fires with the aim of … Continue reading
First aid training in Kenya: October 21–23 2014
Being on the spot and responding quickly and effectively when faced with an emergency situation at work (or even at home) such as heart attacks, choking or electrocution makes First Aiders the heroes of the hour. For the accident victim, having someone nearby who is expertly trained to administer basic first aid is not only … Continue reading
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