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Risk Management Guides, Aides, Tips & Tricks
Risk Management Guides, Aides, Tips & Tricks
To print a copy of weekly safety meeting topics for November, click here.
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The following information comes from FirstComp Insurance. The full article can be found here.
Mention safety meetings, and you’ll likely get one of two responses; fear if you’re leading the meeting, or apathy and disdain if you have to attend. If safety meetings are so painful, why do we have them? To find the answer to this you must ask yourself, are you holding safety meetings because you have to or because it’s a health and safety program requirement?
It’s true the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has a standard that requires employers to instruct employees to recognize and avoid unsafe conditions in their work environment. That being said, you should be holding safety meetings because you want to ensure that everyone is on the same page when it comes to the safe and efficient running of your organization. Basically, you want to share and receive information. You want to know if there are problems in the workplace as well as what is working well. In short, you want regular two-way communication between management and staff. Furthermore, research shows that effective, open, regular communication about safety and health issues is a critical component in preventing injuries and illnesses in the workplace.
To conduct an effective safety meeting it is important to follow established guidelines and procedures. s also important to establish and follow a meeting agenda. A safety meeting should cover the benefits associated with complying with safety policies and procedures as well as consequences or penalties for non-compliance.
The following guidelines can help destroy fear and apathy, and make every safety meeting effective: