World
Class Safety Solutions
Start With the End In Mind
Driving your Safety Program to World Class!
Leadership is the ability of a single individual, through their actions to motivate
others to higher levels of achievement ~author unknown
Are
you a Leader? Do you have the Enthusiasm
it takes to motivate others? How can you motivate employees to follow you?
How can you measure your success? How can you recognize and reward those who
step up? How can you recognize and reward those who exceed your expectations?
Start
with the end in mind, then develop a plan to get there.
• The Annual Goals, Objectives & Action Plan should reflect ways to IMPROVE
your Safety Performance (TRC/DART Injury rates). The Goals/Objectives
must reflect Responsibility & Accountability & Measurements!! If you do
not put much effort into it, you won't get much in the way of results either!
If you develop safety activities to identify and correct hazards, conduct
regular inspections and toolbox safety talks to keep safety at the forefront of
everyone's mind, then you will start meeting your Goals and Objectives.
• People will go above and beyond expectations to be recognized for their
efforts. The Safety Recognition must be linked to achieving the Annual Goals and
Objectives. If you do what you've always done, you will get what you've always
gotten. Don't link the recognition to injuries, people may fail to report
those minor injuries which will end up being major injuries because you didn't
know about them and did nothing to fix the problems. Link the recognition to
what you are doing (safety activities like inspections, observations, toolbox
safety talks, stepping up and taking initiative without being told to do
something), not to what isn't happening.
• Participation + Recognition=Motivation to Excel: Managers & Supervisor must motivate everyone to participate in
S&H activities! Enthusiasm is contagious! Leadership is the
ability of a single individual, through their actions to motivate others
to a higher level of achievement! Recognition motivates people to do better and
to exceed your expectation.
• People don’t do what you EXPECT, they do what you INSPECT. Inspections should be done in EVERY area at least EVERY
week-Identifying and correcting hazards will reduce or eliminate potential for
an employee to have an injury. If you
are not finding hazards, you aren't looking very hard!
• What gets measured gets done. What gets' recognized gets done well! If you do not measure what you are doing to meet your goals, you will
not know if you are improving or getting worse. Immediate recognition gets
immediate results!!
• Don’t bring a problem without a solution”, Employees are encouraged to
report hazards or near miss incidents so we can investigate and reduce
potential for more serious injuries But with a twist-"bring your ideas
for solutions too".
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