Employee safety should be a top priority in any organization, as it is at Tri-Arc. It is imperative that you, as the employer, effectively communicate safety standards to every employee.
Consider the following tips that we, at Tri-Arc, emphasize within the company workplace:
- Send an E-mail or Newsletter – If either of these are not an option for your employees, consider including safety-related information in with a pay stub.
- Post Signage Throughout the Workplace – This includes breakrooms, where employees punch in/out for the day, as well as high traffic areas. Be creative with your messaging in doing so. This will grab their attention.
- Post Photos of Safe vs. Unsafe Actions – Make this clear in demonstrating safe vs. unsafe actions at working stations and throughout the workplace.
- Host Regular Meetings – This ensures that everyone is on the same page; mandatory for all employees.
- Appropriate Training – During new hire training or training on a new item or job responsibility, it is important to re-emphasize safety protocols.
- Routine Safety Checks – Supervisors should be walking around the premises on a regular basis to do random safety checks. This will make it more likely to spot unprotected safety hazards that need to be corrected.
- Share Incident Reports – It is important that employees understand that 1.) accidents CAN happen to you and 2.) how important it is to keep safety top of mind among yourself and your fellow co-workers.
These tips are easy to follow and while it may take some time for everyone to learn and adapt to the safety rules/regulations, putting some of these ideas into practice, like Tri-Arc did, will help to create a safer work environment for all.
