Motivational Safety Materials

Some mistakes last forever—as Arnold discovered after he lost two fingers to the machine he had operated for seven years.  On June 5, 1989, Arnold violated two of his company’s safety rules: he cheated the guard when he adjusted the coolant line on the machine and he also failed to follow the prescribed lockout/tag-out procedure. …...

A man by the name of Louis Binstock once said, “Too often the shortcut, the line of least resistance, is responsible for evanescent and unsatisfactory success. ” Simply put, taking shortcuts only results in success for a short duration of time. A shortcut is a quicker or easier way to do a job without following…...

Why do some companies succeed in safety and other’s do not?Is it due to the high tech brand new equipment they bought?Could it be they are aliens from a planet that is strange?Or is it something else that brings about their change?****************Exec’s of these companies upon hearing our ponderWould raise up their arm and point…...

Thinking that it’s “only 120 volts” or 208 volts or 480 volts or…”It’s only low voltage.” Okay, I’ll admit that you can have an open casket with a low-voltage hit, but you’ll still be dead.  The only difference between low and high voltage is how fast it can kill you. High voltage kills instantly; low…...

1. We resolve…to accept responsibility for our safety and to help others around us do the same.  Each person must examine his/her attitude towards safety.  Do we recognize that we must take responsibility for our own safety or do we think that “stuff just happens?”  We have a lot of control over what happens to…...

What if we worked ten million (10,000,000) hours without an injury, but after careful analysis we recognize that we also work zero (0) hours without taking a chance.  In other words not an hour in each work day or not one work day passes without at least one worker deviating from standard safety procedure, taking…...

Given the level of occupational hazards in our workplace during normal weather, wet and rainy weather is bound to dramatically increase the risk of accidents.  A good spell of rain lasting only 30 minutes is enough to create several puddles and make the ground slippery rendering it unstable.  All the mud and slush can seriously…...

The crew felt the pressure to get things done fast, and the supervisor did, too.  The job was to pick truck parts from a series of tall storage racks in the warehouse and rush them out to the front counter, where hurried customers and impatient sales staff waited.  Because of the hurry-up atmosphere, the supervisor…...

As I go to work today Lord keep me safe is what I Pray, Guard me from a short cut that I may take Please keep me wise and out of harm’s way, Help me be strong and choose what’s right That I may avoid a terrible plight, I want to see my wife tonight…...

Hug your kids at home, but belt them in the car! If you drink, don’t drive. Don’t even putt. Keep your kids safe. They’ll choose your nursing home. If everything comes your way, you are in the wrong lane. Have another day! Anger is one letter away from Danger. Drive gently. If you can’t be…...

Not Walking the Talk Actions really do speak louder than words when it comes to safety.  All the slogans, posters and tool box talks in the world won’t make a difference if we act in a different way to what we say.  By always being a model of safe work and rule compliance, we can…...

Stick to our values. Companies that perform well on safety measures are more likely to be high performers in other areas too. This suggests that having an overall operational strategy for high performance can extend to safety issues, and possibly too that safety performance has a positive impact on general operational performance.  Knowing that this…...