Motivational Safety Materials

I could not help but post this.  I could not shorten this clip and of course the part I want is 3:35 to the end (4:17).  But I just knew there was something “special” about Sheldon… he is SERIOUS about safety!  Click Here to view the scene.  Only true safety radicals can appreciate this humor,…...

The following is a story about a mining operation. It is in all rights and intentions a fictional one, but the subject matter addressed in this story was taken from thirty five years experience in the mining industry. There was a mining operation that had good production, low cost and once in a while they…...

A toothpaste factory had a problem: they sometimes shipped empty boxes, without the tube inside. This was due to the way the production line was set up, and people with experience in designing production lines will tell you how difficult it is to have everything happen with timings so precise that every single unit coming…...

RUNNING RIGHT YOU GET THE LEVEL OF SAFETY YOU DEMONSTRATE YOU WANT!  AKA…LEAD BY EXAMPLE…WALK THE TALK…PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH PRINCIPLES ABOUT THE LAW OF THE PICTURE (JOHN C.  MAXWELL 21 LAWS OF LEADERSHIP)   MOST PEOPLE ARE VISUAL LEARNERS, NOT VERBAL LEARNERS. Educators tell us that 89 percent of learning is visual. Most people…...

YESTERDAY IS PAST…CANNOT CHANGE ANYTHING THAT WE DID TOMORROW HAS NOT ARRIVED…    SO… JUST FOR TODAY…   …Just for today, I will choose and display right attitudes. …Just for today, I will determine and act on important priorities. …Just for today, I will know and follow healthy guidelines. …Just for today, I will communicate…...

Consider this story: A four-person committee was appointed; it consisted of Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, Nobody.  An important job came up and the committee agreed that Everybody should be asked to do it.  Everybody, however, was sure that Somebody would do it, and they all knew that Anybody could do it.  Nobody did it. Somebody got…...

A person’s values serve as an internal map that guides behavior. Try giving a map to a person and asking him to find his way around the jungle.  Without bearings or a compass, he will never be able to do it. The bearings and compass in this sense is a person’s moral compass—his values.  Wanting…...

Most of us like to get our work done with the least amount of effort, and as quickly as possible. We all want to get the most work out of the energy we use on the job.  This is good because it often results in discovering newer and more efficient ways of getting our job…...

I resolve… to accept responsibility for my safety and to help others around me do the same. Take time to examine your attitude about safety.  Do you recognize that we must take responsibility for our own safety or are you one of those who think that “stuff just happens?”  “You have a lot of control…...

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…...