| So much of workplace safety is about attitude. | | | | Another great way to promote positive safety |
| You can do hours of training and certification, but | | | | actions is through group wide statistics. This can |
| if your employees don't have the right attitude it | | | | be done through company wide safety contests. |
| all goes to waste. Fortunately, much of your | | | | This puts all the employees in a team. You will find |
| employees attitude is affected by how you | | | | that they will start reminding each other positive |
| manage. | | | | safety behaviors making your job much easier. |
| First of all, managers need to be positive. Focus | | | | Also, if an employee gets injured in an accident |
| on praising good safety behavior whenever you | | | | they will feel like they are letting the team down. |
| see it. Both on an individual level and on a site or | | | | Display the statistics in a public place where |
| group wide level. This praise should be done on in | | | | everyone can keep track and display posters |
| a public way way as much as possible. | | | | reminding employees of the safety behaviors |
| Conversely, if you see bad safety behavior it | | | | wherever feasible. |
| needs to be addressed immediately. Usually, the | | | | As a manager you can affect safety attitudes. |
| best way to address bad safety behavior is with | | | | Your positive feedback and constructive criticism |
| a private conversation with the employee. If the | | | | combined with a safety contest system will |
| behavior continues, it should progress to a | | | | positively affect your employees. The workplace |
| notation in their file and other disciplinary steps. | | | | will be safer and more productive. |