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Owner involvement fosters a healthy safety climate part 2

Safety / Jeffrey Alfonso / April 30, 2021 / Owenrs, Safety, safety climate, Safety Culture, safety leadership

The previous safety blog discussed the importance of owner involvement. Without it, fostering a strong safety climate is nearly impossible. What steps can owners and top management take? Active Presence Owners and top management presence on-site demonstrate safety buy-in and provides the foundation for a strong safety climate: Participate and lead employee orientation; site orientations […]

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Owner involvement fosters a strong safety climate part 1

Safety / Jeffrey Alfonso / April 4, 2021 / Owner Involvement, Safety, safety climate, Safety Culture

I have had many conversations with frustrated safety people. They were hired for the wrong reason. I often hear a focus on “legal compliance” with OSHA® standards instead of best practices to keep people safe. Many companies know that they need compliance to avoid OSHA fines. Therefore, they create a safety department, and hire one

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Effective Training for a Powerful Safety Culture Part 3: Workers

Safety / Jeffrey Alfonso / February 8, 2021 / Communication, interpreting, language, Safety, safety climate, Safety Culture, safety leadership, Safety training

Workers must receive ongoing training to promote a consistent message that safety is as important as productivity. This message should be reinforced in all safety meetings, such as daily toolbox talks and by posted visual reminders. Safety Training All workers should have at least training in an OSHA 10-hour class; preferably OSHA 30-hour class They

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Effective training for a powerful safety culture part 2 (Supervisors)

Safety / Jeffrey Alfonso / January 9, 2021 / Safety, safety climate, Safety Culture, safety leadership

Part one of this blog discussed the importance of effective safety training. We will discuss what steps need to be taken to train supervisors. Supervisors are key for safety on the jobsite. They are the intermediary between the worker and management. The way they lead, act as role models, and communicate are important factors in

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Good communication fosters a strong safety climate part 2

Safety / Jeffrey Alfonso / January 31, 2020 / Communication, osha hazard communication, safety climate, Safety Culture, safety leadership, Safety training

Good communication fosters a strong safety climate part 2 In part one, we reviewed communication breakdowns at home and with the first recorded skyscraper in ancient history, the Tower of Babel. We discussed how important communication is and how challenging it is to do well in our own language. Now grasp the degree of challenge

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Good communication fosters a strong safety climate part 1

OSHA, Safety / Jeffrey Alfonso / December 29, 2019 / safety climate, Safety Culture, safety leadership, Safety tips

Words matter! Good communication is essential for any company to succeed. Bad communication can result in disaster. Dialog begins with two seemingly simple steps, talking and listening. I say seemingly, because I observe people all the time speak what they think is clear and plain language, yet others have trouble comprehending what was said. Listening

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Empowering Employees part 2

OSHA, Safety / Jeffrey Alfonso / December 1, 2019 / safety awareness, safety climate, Safety Culture, safety leadership, Safety tips, Safety training

In the previous blog, we discussed why it is so important for companies to seek participation and opinions from employees in order to have a vibrant safety culture. Superior military vehicles were developed as a result of designers seeking input from soldiers on the ground. What are some ways a company can empower its employees?

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Empowering Employees part 1

OSHA, Safety / Jeffrey Alfonso / October 30, 2019 / Empowering Employees, safety climate, Safety Culture, safety leadership, Safety tips

A few years ago, I attended a Greenville Chamber of Commerce meeting featuring the CEO of a very successful company providing military vehicles to the government. He talked about how initially, it was very difficult to get a contract with the government. They work very hard to develop safe military vehicles. As part of the

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Training Leaders for a strong safety culture part 1

OSHA, Safety / Jeffrey Alfonso / August 31, 2019 / safety climate, Safety Culture, safety leadership, Safety tips, Safety training

Supervisors are in the trenches so to speak. They oversee the actual work being performed and have authority to make changes and correct hazards. In the U.S. the most common system for advancing in a company is to reward productive workers by giving them a supervisory position. I often find this approach unproductive. Why? As

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Integrating safety value to foster a strong safety climate part 2

OSHA, Safety / Jeffrey Alfonso / May 25, 2019 / company culture, safety climate, Safety Culture, safety leadership, safety policy, Safety tips

As considered in part 1, employees need to see safety written into the fabric of a company’s policy and processes. Obviously having it in print and translated aren’t enough. Employees need to see real commitment and action behind the words. There must be high expectations and accountability. “Do as I say, not as I do,”

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Owner involvement fosters a healthy safety climate part 2

Owner involvement fosters a strong safety climate part 1

Effective Training for a Powerful Safety Culture Part 3: Workers

Effective training for a powerful safety culture part 2 (Supervisors)

Good communication fosters a strong safety climate part 2

Good communication fosters a strong safety climate part 1

Empowering Employees part 2

Empowering Employees part 1

Training Leaders for a strong safety culture part 1

Integrating safety value to foster a strong safety climate part 2

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