To build a safety culture in your workplace, you need to have employee involvement and engagement. This means that employees are included in the process. As their engagement increases, they take more ownership of their actions and work together towards the company goals.
Employee involvement is something that needs to be built into the workplace safety program as soon as possible. Never wait to start building a safety culture.
When I was growing up, I was told that to be successful you needed to get hired by a large company, stay there, and move up. Be loyal to your company and they would be loyal to you. In those days, they didn’t need employee engagement ideas because dedication to your...
Safety is one of the most important departments in an operation. Of course, if there weren’t sales or operations, there would be nothing to keep safe, but stick with me for a minute. The value of safety management to an organization is at least equal. Safety is...
Last week I discussed how to create a workplace stretching program on your own. But having a good program and a variety of stretching routines is just the groundwork. Where most safety manager’s struggle is getting it off the ground and having employees participate....
Conducting an accident investigation has always been in the safety manager’s realm of expertise. But, what if you expanded your program to include employees? Investigations don’t have to be limited to just safety or even management. Valuable insight can come from...
OK – You are preparing for your next safety meeting. You know the topic you are teaching, you are knowledgable about the materials, you know what results you want. Question – How are you going to explain it? What are your training techniques? You see, how you teach...
We can't find every hazard in the workplace ourselves. This is why encouraging employees to report hazards is more effective. But how you set up your hazard reporting program can determine how successful it will be. Employees are the ones closest to the job. They...
