Safety Tips from Safety Managers
By John Heniff, Safety Writer, Magid
IMPROVE YOUR JOBSITE SAFETY CULTURE WITH SAFETY'S MANAGERS' SECRETS!
As a safety professional, you spend a lot of time thinking about new and better ways to keep your workplace safety culture in top shape. Not only do you read safety magazines, watch safety videos, and keep up on the latest OSHA regulations, but you eat, sleep, and breathe the safety of your work teams. Who knows safety better than you do? Nobody! That’s why sometimes there’s no better source for tips and ideas than a fellow safety manager!
We’ve taken some of the best advice shared with us through the years from safety professionals just like you and distilled it to create Magid’s Safety Managers’ Secrets Resources Page. There you’ll find dozens of helpful tips on a wide variety of safety topics.
FROM SAFETY TRAINING …
“I walk around the facility carrying ping pong balls with eyes on them. Whenever workers aren’t wearing their safety glasses – I give them an “eye” as a friendly reminder to put on their gear. It’s a fun way to enforce safety.”
— Nathan, Safety Manager, Manufacturing & IT
...TO SELECTING PPE…
“Consider consolidating. We had too many gloves for workers to choose from and folks were wearing the wrong glove for some applications. We solved the problem by limiting the number of styles. We started with a higher base cut level, cut A4 instead of A2, to ensure that even if workers are wearing the wrong glove, they’ve still got enough protection on for any application in the facility.”
— Mark, Safety Manager, Metal
...TO WORKER ENGAGEMENT
“We encourage our workers to take their PPE home with them so they can implement their safety training outside of work…We had an employee who experienced a laceration incident at home. He was wearing his PPE when it happened and it saved him from what would have been a severed finger…That experience helped reinforce for him the importance of the proper safety equipment…”
— Jason, Safety Manager, Manufacturing & IT
Do you have a tip or safety hack that’s helped you over the years? Share it below and it may end up on our Safety Managers’ Secrets page! We share all secrets anonymously with just first name, title, and industry unless you’d like the kudos…in which case we’ll be happy to credit you!
