Don't be like Gary - Protect Yourself youtu.be/Kdr8vFAhOuQ
- Frequent disscussions Even when nothing is wrong.
- Dissucssions are 2 way dialog.
- Make Safety Personal
- Safety should be approachable.
- It is OK to bring it up.
- Not a gotcha :(
2:57
95% of Workplace Accidents are caused by
Unsafe Working Conditions
Unsafe Acts Mostly Unsafe Acts
95% of Workplace Accidents are caused by
Unsafe Working Conditions
Unsafe Acts Mostly Unsafe Acts
7:55 As surprising as it may sound, ALL organizations have a safety culture in some form or another.
The real question is, does that culture actually value safety or does it just ‘talk-the-talk’? Poor safety cultures may provide a great lip service when discussing employee safety, but when it is time take action to support those statements, companies typically prioritize cutting costs, increasing production, or anything else other than safety. Let us dive further and discuss 5 tips that you can use to improve your safety culture.
1 Establish Executive Level Buy In - MUST HAVE
Management Sets tje Tone
Every member knows safety.
Does the culture value safety or just talk the talk.
2 Foster Active Safety Committee - Actionalble Items
Include Safety Culture paragraph in your club Bylaws.
Have a Sign with Safety Goals. A;; Accidents and Injuries are Preventable.Our Goal: All Accidents and Injuries are preventable-
Training, Disscussion, Meetings
1 or 2 cheerleaders
Outside Speakers from the EHS community
Follow through - Everyone Accontable.
3 Invest in Your Culture More than just a Slogan. Culture Requires Resources. Safety should be a pilllar. An Investment.
Include funds in the budget for safety glasses, faceshields, and first aid kits.
Have a professional made sign witih the top safety rules for all to see.
See the ice berg graphic in the video.
4 Communicate and Empower Communication is Key Core Value not a to do list.
Members must be empowered
Safelty Climate Survey - do you ignore or punish complaints.
5 Continually Improve Reportables should go close to zero.
Report close calls Safety Reporting
Learn, Grow and Improve....
The real question is, does that culture actually value safety or does it just ‘talk-the-talk’? Poor safety cultures may provide a great lip service when discussing employee safety, but when it is time take action to support those statements, companies typically prioritize cutting costs, increasing production, or anything else other than safety. Let us dive further and discuss 5 tips that you can use to improve your safety culture.
1 Establish Executive Level Buy In - MUST HAVE
Management Sets tje Tone
Every member knows safety.
Does the culture value safety or just talk the talk.
2 Foster Active Safety Committee - Actionalble Items
Include Safety Culture paragraph in your club Bylaws.
Have a Sign with Safety Goals. A;; Accidents and Injuries are Preventable.Our Goal: All Accidents and Injuries are preventable-
Training, Disscussion, Meetings
1 or 2 cheerleaders
Outside Speakers from the EHS community
Follow through - Everyone Accontable.
3 Invest in Your Culture More than just a Slogan. Culture Requires Resources. Safety should be a pilllar. An Investment.
Include funds in the budget for safety glasses, faceshields, and first aid kits.
Have a professional made sign witih the top safety rules for all to see.
See the ice berg graphic in the video.
4 Communicate and Empower Communication is Key Core Value not a to do list.
Members must be empowered
Safelty Climate Survey - do you ignore or punish complaints.
5 Continually Improve Reportables should go close to zero.
Report close calls Safety Reporting
Learn, Grow and Improve....
3:50 What are the three things you need to do to get started with identifying your risks with your club?
1 What are we going to do? Who, Tasks, ....
2 How can we get hurt?
3 Prevention?
A worker is injured on the job every 7 seconds.
1 What are we going to do? Who, Tasks, ....
2 How can we get hurt?
3 Prevention?
A worker is injured on the job every 7 seconds.