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Presented by Carl Potter, author of…

Putting Safety On Their Minds. Presented by Carl Potter, author of…. Available at: www.carlpotter.com. Safety On My Mind. If you have to ask, you might not understand. It’s about Safety. Each of us does something every day. …we decide. Everyone Asks Why?. Management

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  1. Putting Safety On Their Minds Presented by Carl Potter, author of… Available at: www.carlpotter.com

  2. Safety On My Mind If you have to ask, you might not understand. It’s about Safety

  3. Each of us does something every day... …we decide.

  4. Everyone Asks Why? • Management • Why won’t they work safe? • Why do our workers take shortcuts? • Why won’t they take personal responsibility? • Workers • Why doesn’t management support safety? • Why is it that all I hear from my supervisor is “Get it done”? • Why won’t they take responsibility?

  5. Who Is Responsible for Safety? • Executives? • Managers? • Supervisors? • On-site safety professionals? • Workforce?

  6. Who Is Responsible for Safety? Everyone is! Top executive College intern

  7. Roles and Responsibilities CEO President Vice-President Director Manager Supervision Functional

  8. Who Is Responsible for Safety? OSHA’s Response: OSH ACT OF 1970 Each Employer: • shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees; • shall comply with occupational safety and health standards promulgated under this Act. (b) Each employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations, and orders issued pursuant to this Act which are applicable to his own actions and conduct. but, shouldn’t taking responsibility be more than following the rules?

  9. Employee Involvement

  10. Employee Involvement “One who is always deeply involved in what he is doing is above all embarrassment.” -Friedrich Nietzsche

  11. Employee Involvement Involvement in: • Task Force • Safety Meetings • Safety Committees

  12. Train, Train, Train

  13. Employee Involvement Encourage employees to learn everything they can about their safe work practices

  14. Train, Train, Train Isn’t Just Safety Common Sense? Experience + Knowledge Common Sense =

  15. Train, Train, Train “Better to learn from others’ experience than your own.” - Carl Potter

  16. Train, Train, Train “It ain’t so much the things we don’t know that get us in trouble. It’s the things we know that just ain’t so.” - Artemus Ward

  17. Train, Train, Train Using Our Common Sense 1. How long did the 100 year war last? 2. What kind of creatures were the Canary Islands named after? 3. Where do Chinese gooseberries come from? 4. Where does catgut come from? 5. Where did the battle of Bunker Hill take place? 1. 116 years. 2. A breed of large dog that inhabited the island. 3. Also known as Kiwi Fruit, New Zealand. 4. Sheep 5. Breed’s Hill

  18. Training: Conscious Competency Model Subconscious Competence Conscious Competence Unconscious Competence Conscious Incompetence Unconscious Incompetence

  19. Create a Safety Mind

  20. How employees decide… Unsafe Behavior / Safe Behavior Behavior Thinking Feeling Values Beliefs Needs

  21. Create a Safety Mind “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” - Aristotle

  22. Create a Safety Mind Raise your standard for safety... “I am a safety professional!” Professionalism means following predetermined safe work procedures and supporting the safety process. Safety CenteredTM Focus

  23. Safety CenteredTM Focus Individual Safety Production Job Satisfaction Change Training Wide Focus

  24. Safety CenteredTM Focus Training Change Job Satisfaction Production Narrow Focus Individual Safety

  25. Safety CenteredTM Focus Individual Safety Production Job Satisfaction Change Training Wide Focus

  26. Take Action

  27. Take Action “Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions.” - Carl Potter

  28. 7- actions for keeping safety first employee’s minds What works: • Develop the “I choose to” mentality in employees • Get each employee’s personal commitment to think like a safety professional • Train employees in safety procedures • Train all employees to be observers of safety • Create a work environment of trust where all employees can take responsibility for safety • Get commitment of each employee to look out for fellow workers • Create safety minded employees

  29. The Challenge “Work within your organization to put safety first on your mind so that you and everyone else can go home everyday without injury.” -Carl Potter

  30. www.carlpotter.com THANK YOU!

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