Motivational Safety Materials

EVERYONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFETY Safety is everyone’s responsibility! As an employee, you should: a. Learn to work safely and take all rules seriously. b. Recognize hazards and avoid them. c. Report all accidents, injuries and illness to your supervisor immediately. d. Inspect tools before use to avoid injury. e. Wear all assigned personal protective…...

And That’s How It Happens… Start with a cage containing five apes. In the cage, hang a banana on a string and put stairs under it.  Before long, an ape will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all of the apes with…...

AFTERTHOUGHTS AND REGRETS…. How often have you said or done something and then later, reflecting on your action, thought to yourself, “How could I have done that?” Here are some afterthoughts which, unfortunately, too many of us have experienced: “That’s how we’ve always done it before.” (…before the accident occurred anyway.) “I never thought that…...

A SINGLE SECOND By Charlie Kittleson It takes a minute to write a safety rule. It takes an hour to hold a safety meeting. It takes a week to plan a good safety program. It takes a month to put that program into operation. It takes a year to win a safety award. It takes…...

By the way folks –  this is NOT a real congressman and this is NOT a real interview.  These guys are comedians trying to make a point of how ridiculous company spokespeople and politicians sound when doing damage control.  Yes, it is a bit over the top, but anyone over the age of 20 has…...

Awesome safety/music video put together by an Autrailian Power Company.  It is to the Bee Gees “Stay’n Alive”…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

Make Safety Personal!  Accept responsibility for your actions and choices.  Every action, every decision you make has consequences.  Make better choices.  Everybody’s luck runs out, eventually!  STOP taking chances!  STOP cutting corners!  Make Time for Safety…You’re Worth It!  You owe your family and co-workers that much! Chance By Safety Wayne I took Chance to work…...

By Jonathan Zimmerman, ASP, EHS Director of Sugar Creek Packing (SAFTENG member since 2002) I am a safety radical, I live safety 24/7 and lately, I have come across some discussions on web pages, blogs, linked in forums, etc. that really are bothering me.  I am not a consultant, CSP (yet at least), or PhD…...

If You Want Happiness -A Chinese Proverb If you want happiness for an hour – Take a nap! If you want happiness for a day – Go Fishing! If you want happiness for a month – Get Married! If you want happiness for a year – Inherit a Fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime – Help Others!  MANY…...

{jcomments on}We have all debated the “zero accident” goal philosophy and it is often times hard for safety professionals to grasp the thought that an accident may have benefits, but they can and often times do!  Now I am in NO WAY advocating we go out and work unsafely so we can have an accident;…...

Psychology of Safety —– Who are you kidding If only we could all view our organization as a family of people working together to achieve common goals. We see our own family members as people, and we never hesitate to actively care for their safety and health. In fact, we inflate the virtues of those…...

Coal Miner’s Family Prayer   The children now grown and gone The father’s body broken and worn His bucket and hat now lay in the rust His once clear lungs now filled with dust His once blackened face never a disguise He was a hero in his family’s eyes Their love for is so complete…...