Health and safety considerations in the Music Industry
Cable management
Volume
Heavy Objects
Electrics
Vocals - Warm up
Flashing lights
Posture for DJs
Damaging fingers whilst playing the guitar
Cable management - Cable management is important as it creates less harmful situations. An example is a tripping hazard. You can trip over a cable in the live room and it can cause some potential serious damage, you can hurt your head if you smack it on something, or you can break a bone or more if you land awkwardly as you fall. This obviously would be a very bad thing to happen, so to avoid it you can move the wires out of the way of areas where people are walking.
Volume - You need to manage the volume of stuff in the recording studios so you don't get ear damage. You can d this by adjusting the volume of the instruments you are using in the mixer and ensuring that all the phantom powered instruments are phantom powerd with 48 volts. You can also us ear plugs in the recording room or uf you are a DJ you can use them when performing a set. Ear plugs don't remove any frequencies from a sound, they just make the sound waves that are coming from the speakers to your ears quieter.
Handling heavy objects - Always ask someone to help you when you are handling heavy weighted objects, no matter how strong you are. If you cary these objects wrong these can cause long term back damage if you keep doing it frequently. Make sure you are also wearing gloves to carry these objects so you have a firm grip and don't take the risk of it falling and crushing your feet.
Electrics - All electronic equipment should be checked for any exposed wires or faults that can put your health at danger. Exposed wires and faults can cause electric shocks or provide a potential fire hazard. If you find any faults in the equipment that you are using, DO NOT USE IT, even minor electrical flaws should not be overlooked as these can cause potential damage.
Vocals - You need to do vocal warm-ups before you start recording, because if you go straight in and try and hit high notes where necessary in a song, you might be able to get to them but you will notice afterwards that your voice will be wrecked after you have finished recording. You need to do vocal warm-ups before you start so your vocal chords get used to singing at these high notes consistently.
Flashing lights - There is always a risk of an epileptic seizure with flashing lights, whether someone knows if they have it or not.
Posture for DJs - Posture is important for DJs so they don't experience back pain later in the day, if they are hunched over their decks constantly this can cause serious damage for them in the long run.
Damaging fingers on guitars - There is always a risk of damaging your fingers on guitar strings, whether this be a friction burn or cuts, if you are worried that you might hurt yourself on your guitar, use a guitar pick instead.