Safety Meetings

Safety Tool Box Meeting

George Robotham

George’s Safety Reflections – SEE MORE HERE Safety Tool box meetings Regular, short, sharp, tool-box meetings or toolbox talks can be an excellent means of getting the safety message to employees and resolving safety problems. The following advice is given for the conduct of these meetings: Find a quiet area free of distractions Use open-ended [...]

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Keys to Safety Communication

Safety Communication

Keys to communication – its more than language barriers Lean management and technological innovations have changed the way the workforce communicates. Employers that keep their employee safety risks at acceptable levels also need to evaluate communications, training and administrative techniques to ensure they are sending the right safety message. While there are many new communication [...]

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You Should Actively Encourage Poor Safety in the Workplace

Safety Committee

Here’s a thought: We spend so much time and money trying to stay safe, act safe and make things safe. We can modify things, change laws, train people, supervise them, implement procedures etc etc but is it working? Sort of!  What if we started getting a little creative…………… A friend of mine, Nathan Crutchfield, who [...]

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Take 5 for Safety: Five Minute Daily Safety Meetings

Safety Meetings

There are a few ways to Take 5 for safety: You could take five minutes to do a safety drill or take five minutes to surprise an employee with a safety pop quiz. You may also wish to take five minutes out of every monthly meeting to address a safety concern, or you could take [...]

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