Culture is when a group of people has similar goals, values, and beliefs. You have a safety culture when a company includes safety in those goals, values, and beliefs. The safety of employees and the public become part of every business decision.
A company with a strong safety culture does not only have a low injury rate, but they are more profitable. It is something that every organization should strive for.
One of the best ways to market safety is by having a Safety Awareness Week. As a Safety Manager, it’s your job to sell safety to the employees and managers. So hone your inner salesperson and think, "How can I promote Safety?" Let's make it an event! Why You Should...
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...
How many times, when you ask Safety Managers how they got into their roles, do you hear “I was promoted with no experience”. This is not necessarily a bad thing, we need more people in the safety profession. The problem is, the role of Safety Manager is not seen as...
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...
One Monday, I walked into work and did my normal morning stroll through the facility. When I entered the production room, I was shocked! The entire room was rearranged. Being the Safety Manager, I should have been involved in the process all along, not just to make...
I did an audit at a warehouse facility a few years back, it was a small facility with no safety manager. Although I walked in expecting the worst, I found they were winning at building safety culture. It was AMAZING! Every SOP was being followed, employees knew the...
Every day are you having to continuously remind your employees to work safely and follow the safety rules? These safety compliance rules were put there for their own good, but you feel like they don’t even care about safety. This can be discouraging. Maybe you feel...
As a subject matter expert in safety, we always believe that we know best. We identify a problem and swoop in with our fix and the situation. But sometimes, the management team is not enthusiastic about our idea and they push back. This is where having some...
Today’s topic is a little bit of a pet peeve of mine. People don’t really understand what building...
“It’s not my job! That’s why we have a Safety Manager.” Have you ever heard this before? So many times department managers try to throw this one out there. But the truth is, only the front line supervisor can be in charge of safety compliance. You might think it is...
Building a safety culture is not...
Being a safety manager is more than just knowing the regulations and auditing compliance. A lot of the job is Sales – YES– Sales. How to improve employee engagement in safety is a top question when creating a safety culture. The way you do that is Sales. You may...
