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Environmental, Safety & Health
Safety Leadership Workshop

Environmental, Safety and Health

Leader’s Suggested Discussion Topics

Share what you learned with your team members – do you this over several days so as not to
impact work schedule.

Some suggested notes for your Environmental, Safety and Health discussion with the craft team
members:

1. Injuries are preventable:
a. Share the list of your ideas from the workshop (equipment/tool checks and
maintenance, job planning, education, reasonable schedule, looking out for each
other, proper use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
b. Ask for their ideas and develop prevention plan – repeated daily or with work scope
change.
2. Types of injuries that may occur on this project:
a. Review the workshop list (lacerations, smashing hands, strains, and foreign bodies
in eyes).
b. List unsafe conditions that can cause an injury on the job. Develop a plan to correct
the problem.
3. Why injuries/illnesses occur:
a. Review workshop list (shortcuts/haste, using wrong tools, improper PPE).
b. Ask for their ideas
4. Have your team members predict the next injury – make it a challenge to stop these from
happening.
5. 95% of injuries are attributed to employee at-risk behavior. Employees need to aware of
their individual behavior as well as that of others working with or close to them. Some at-risk
behaviors include:
a. Workshop list:
 Not focusing on work/horseplay/taking shortcuts/haste/inattention/improper
lifting/not following instructions or directions.
 Incorrect body position (in the line of fire)/improper use of tools/improper use
of PPE.
b. Ask for team members’ ideas.
6. Expectations of workers:
a. Review workshop list (voice concerns, abide by rules, be fit for duty, ask questions,
return unsafe tools, do not cut corners).
b. Ask if they have any expectations of you.

Reminders:
1. Give employees a pat-on-the-back for working safe – positive reinforcement.
2. Plan all the work.
3. Communicate, communicate, and communicate.
4. Create a challenge – no injuries/illnesses/poor safety conditions/at-risk behaviors on this
project.
5. Everyone is responsible for health and safety – solicit their support and involvement.

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