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Make Safety a Personal Thing: Adopt a Safety Code of Conduct

The reason why workers don't follow the it. Other times they are unwilling to
safety rules is that they don't take take measures such as retraining or
personal responsibility for safety. disciplinary action to assure that
Ensure that your personal approach to workers know the importance of following
safety is at the highest level so you can the rules.
go home every day to your family without 4. Workers publicly accept a rule and
injury. Make safety a personal thing and privately disregard it.
adopt a code of safe conduct. Sometimes it's difficult to see that
By Carl Potter, CSP, CMC and Deb Potter, workers are nodding in agreement when a
PhD, CMC rule change is communicated, yet choosing
WHEN SAFETY ISN'T PERSONAL to ignore the rule or improperly apply
Far too often, workers ignore even the their own "rules." It's a passive
most basic, yet life-saving safety resistance to following the rules.
procedures - procedures like using 5. Workers don't think the rules apply
machine guards, apply appropriate to them.
protection when working around The number one reason that workers don't
electricity, and wearing proper personal follow the rules is they don't think they
protective equipment. On further need the rules to stay safe. They think
investigation, we often find that these they are experienced enough, smart
workers just simply don't like the safe enough, or strong enough to withstand the
work procedures of their company. They risk of injury. This kind of attitude is
consider safety something that someone is at the root of many injury-related
"doing to them" rather than a way to incidents.
protect themselves, their co-workers, and ADOPT A SAFETY CODE OF CONDUCT
their families. They don't take safety Whether you are a leader or a follower,
personally. see if you recognize any of the attitudes
REASONS WHY WORKERS DON'T FOLLOW THE and behaviors described above. Chances
RULES are, you do. Maybe safety just isn't a
Often we talk with managers and personal thing for you. But, if you are
supervisors who are very frustrated with injured, it will become very personal to
workers who blatantly ignore safe work you and your family. You don't want that
procedures. While it seems very simple to happen! Take a forward-thinking
that a company would establish safe work approach to safety and adopt a code of
procedures based on the known hazards safe conduct. A code of safe conduct is
associated with producing its products or a set of personal parameters that you
services, it is not that straightforward. will always follow; they are the standard
Consider these reasons that some workers by which you operate day in and day out.
ignore or fail to adopt work procedures: Here are a few ideas for your
1. Safe work procedures are developed consideration:
without appropriate worker input. 1. Safety is my number one priority.
Many companies have safety committees and 2. I will look out for others and
rule committees. Sometimes employees are myself.
included in these committees. When 3. I will immediately stop any job
employees aren't included, the rules and or task that I believe is unsafe.
work procedures are not suitable for the 4. I will seek excellence in my
work. This is the best way to ensure work.
that rules are ignored! 5. I will always behave as a
2. New rules or work procedures are not professional and will learn all I can
well-communicated. about my work.
When a work procedure or safety rule is 6. I will recognize and manage risks
adopted, it may not be communicated appropriately.
effectively. Sometimes a rule or work 7. I will always address any hazards
procedure change is announced in a safety when I become aware of them.
meeting and merely glossed over without 8. I will adhere to the company's
appropriate discussion to ensure complete safety rules.
understanding. This is a great way to You can certainly adopt this list "as is"
make sure that people aren't fully aware for your code of safe conduct; it will be
of the purpose of a rule. an even more meaningful list if you make
3. Work procedures and changes are not it personal by adding a few of your own
adequately enforced. parameters. Ask yourself what you need
We often see that supervisors, crew to do every day, in every job to keep
leaders, and foremen don't take yourself and others safe. This will
responsibility for enforcing a new rule ensure that your personal approach to
or work procedure change. Sometimes such safety is at the highest level so you can
leaders are not comfortable with the go home every day to your family without
change themselves, or do not agree with injury.




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