Safety is ICI’s No. 1 priority, and today’s ICI Digs Deep podcast introduces our new Director of Safety and Training Jim Wood, CHST. https://bit.ly/2AFycNp
Subscribe on Anchor, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, and never miss an episode.
Safety is ICI’s No. 1 priority, and today’s ICI Digs Deep podcast introduces our new Director of Safety and Training Jim Wood, CHST. https://bit.ly/2AFycNp
Subscribe on Anchor, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, and never miss an episode.
For most construction workers, wintertime is generally “downtime.” However, it is also a good time to conduct safety training without disrupting normal productivity. Safety training is essential to the success of a company’s overall safety program. Some workers may not always recognize the importance of safety training, or even think it’s necessary. Many are seasoned veterans who have been doing things the same way for years and have had nothing really bad happen…YET! In order to reap the full benefits of safety training, it is important to continually communicate its value and purpose.
Ten important reasons for conducting safety training include:
Although the reasons mentioned above are equally important, we can all agree that embedding safety training into the normal activities of a workday helps to make it routine and helps keep safety at the front of our minds. Safety requires continuous discussion and instruction.
Safety training can occur in the form of a toolbox talk and other daily huddles to a more formally-organized setting. It is critical to regularly work toward improving safety knowledge. Teaching, educating and informing about safety practices must be a continual effort. Those few minutes of safety training at the start of the shift may prove to be the most important time spent all day.