Hi everyone,
We just formed a Safety Comittee at work and I'm a member. We are a large wholesale bakery of about 450 employees.
I think that we currently spend about 55k-60k a year on in-place safety programs and incentives.
two of the biggest incentives are
- If you do not have a lost- time injury or injury requiring prefessional medical attention then you get a $100 safety award just before Christmas.
- every month, a couple of people from each department without accidents are nominated for a silver coin and these winners all get together, have breakfast in the conference room with the Plant Manager, and then two of the silver coin winners names are drawn and these two will each win a $50 Gold Eagle coin
We have our third Safety Committee meeting in about 3 hours. I see the meeting are getting stagnant, just accidents being reviewed, safety suggestions made and then most of the suggestion seem to be ignored. No one but me seems to have a problem with ignored suggestion. But I am for one suggestion in particular, will take little money or time to fix. It has only been 2 months since it was suggested. (there is a stationary air blast above a conveyor.... pans sometimes get hung under the air blast ... I suggest an air blast on a hinge that can be moved ... not a big request
I am prepared to get a little out of control at the meeting. I just want to perk everyone up, get everyone thinking.
Here are some of my ideas.
post an 8ft x 8ft sign describing "The Price of working safely in 2004"
examples
- look before you put your hands anywhere on a piece of equipment ,,,,1 second
- avoiding pinch points 1 second
finish with this
Not experienceing excruciating pain, loss of blood, life or limb
PRICELESS!!
another 8 x 8 sign
The Price of working unsafely in 2003
5, 283 workplace deaths
4,700,600 workplace injuries (including 11,000+ amputations)
millions of tears shed by those injured and their families
The Fact that 90% of these death, injuries, amputations could have been prevented.
TRAGIC!!!
Yes it is kind of a spin off from the funny PRICELESS pics that I have seen on the net
I also believe that the $100 at Christmas for everyone without and accident is not effective for it is seen as a christmas bonus and is not really thought of until Christmas
The silve and gold coin promotion seems good but I do not hear talk of it on the floor. and I think that being nominated depends allot on how much you do not rock the boat ... thus I think it is ineffective.
These two promotions alone cost approx. 50K a year
What do you think of this ..
banish the $100 at christmas safety award and banish the silver/gold coin incentive.
Have a monthly drawing
draw a total of 30 names a month a certain number from each department by size or by the number of accidents
these 30 winners (if accident free) will receive a $100 bonus or gift certificate
but if you have a lost time accident/ require professional medical attention for an accident that you are foud at fault .. then you name is out of the pot for 12 months,
Would this make you think more of safety?
Do you have a better incentive plan?
I also thought of posting a small poster at dangerous areas of the bakery, such as the bread slicer. and on the poster have an actual picture of a amputated finger or a maimed hand and below it state "Don't do this to yourself turn off your machine before unclogging it"
I just need some radical sane ideas to promote safety. I know my 8x8 signs arent much but is all i can afford by myself. I was also going to ask the safety committee member to donate $20 a month so we can make our own purchases/ incentives such as a leather Merita jacket for the employee who has worked the longest time w/o an accident, and maybe a plaque with the names of all people without an accident for the last 10 years etc.
If anyone has a good safety idea or a good way to promote safety please let me know.
I really want this Safety Committee to work .. my company spends sooo much money on workmans comp that any reduction in injuries would have profound monetary effects.
Thanks for your time and sorry for any grammar or spelling errors.
NetGuySC
We just formed a Safety Comittee at work and I'm a member. We are a large wholesale bakery of about 450 employees.
I think that we currently spend about 55k-60k a year on in-place safety programs and incentives.
two of the biggest incentives are
- If you do not have a lost- time injury or injury requiring prefessional medical attention then you get a $100 safety award just before Christmas.
- every month, a couple of people from each department without accidents are nominated for a silver coin and these winners all get together, have breakfast in the conference room with the Plant Manager, and then two of the silver coin winners names are drawn and these two will each win a $50 Gold Eagle coin
We have our third Safety Committee meeting in about 3 hours. I see the meeting are getting stagnant, just accidents being reviewed, safety suggestions made and then most of the suggestion seem to be ignored. No one but me seems to have a problem with ignored suggestion. But I am for one suggestion in particular, will take little money or time to fix. It has only been 2 months since it was suggested. (there is a stationary air blast above a conveyor.... pans sometimes get hung under the air blast ... I suggest an air blast on a hinge that can be moved ... not a big request
I am prepared to get a little out of control at the meeting. I just want to perk everyone up, get everyone thinking.
Here are some of my ideas.
post an 8ft x 8ft sign describing "The Price of working safely in 2004"
examples
- look before you put your hands anywhere on a piece of equipment ,,,,1 second
- avoiding pinch points 1 second
finish with this
Not experienceing excruciating pain, loss of blood, life or limb
PRICELESS!!
another 8 x 8 sign
The Price of working unsafely in 2003
5, 283 workplace deaths
4,700,600 workplace injuries (including 11,000+ amputations)
millions of tears shed by those injured and their families
The Fact that 90% of these death, injuries, amputations could have been prevented.
TRAGIC!!!
Yes it is kind of a spin off from the funny PRICELESS pics that I have seen on the net
I also believe that the $100 at Christmas for everyone without and accident is not effective for it is seen as a christmas bonus and is not really thought of until Christmas
The silve and gold coin promotion seems good but I do not hear talk of it on the floor. and I think that being nominated depends allot on how much you do not rock the boat ... thus I think it is ineffective.
These two promotions alone cost approx. 50K a year
What do you think of this ..
banish the $100 at christmas safety award and banish the silver/gold coin incentive.
Have a monthly drawing
draw a total of 30 names a month a certain number from each department by size or by the number of accidents
these 30 winners (if accident free) will receive a $100 bonus or gift certificate
but if you have a lost time accident/ require professional medical attention for an accident that you are foud at fault .. then you name is out of the pot for 12 months,
Would this make you think more of safety?
Do you have a better incentive plan?
I also thought of posting a small poster at dangerous areas of the bakery, such as the bread slicer. and on the poster have an actual picture of a amputated finger or a maimed hand and below it state "Don't do this to yourself turn off your machine before unclogging it"
I just need some radical sane ideas to promote safety. I know my 8x8 signs arent much but is all i can afford by myself. I was also going to ask the safety committee member to donate $20 a month so we can make our own purchases/ incentives such as a leather Merita jacket for the employee who has worked the longest time w/o an accident, and maybe a plaque with the names of all people without an accident for the last 10 years etc.
If anyone has a good safety idea or a good way to promote safety please let me know.
I really want this Safety Committee to work .. my company spends sooo much money on workmans comp that any reduction in injuries would have profound monetary effects.
Thanks for your time and sorry for any grammar or spelling errors.
NetGuySC
