Need an idea for a Safety Meeting topic. <Blech>

Oh merciful heavens. “They have a guy who bleeds on everything all the time.” :confused: :eek: Blech!

Does anyone still have petty cash? Go over evacuation procedures and then walk them out to the evacuation collection point, where the caterers are waiting with barbecue (or scale it back to a few tubs of ice cream but you get the idea.)

People can’t be reminded enough not to use the copy machine as an ass photographer. Don’t ask me how I know (or why I’ve got this limp) . . .

In the Foreign Service, we got regular reminders to tuck in one’s necktie before using the document shredder. My boss forgot it twice.

The Dangerous Extreme Sport of Wood Chipper Diving
The Hazards of Drinking Motor Oil and Any Other Fluids Intended for Automobiles
Watch Out for That Bridge Abutment!

(The last is my favorite 'cause you get to say ‘but’ a lot.)

How about Workplace Violence Prevention?

What to do if you hear popping sounds that could be gunfire? Security measures for the facility. (don’t swipe someone in on your badge, report suspicious people, etc.) Notifying the local head of security about domestic violence restraining orders. That sort of thing.

StG

You can always put them to sleep by talking about the dangers of not enough sleep if you like - I have done an article on it before, and a tired driver often has the same reaction time as a mildly drunk driver…

Although the video is in German, there are subtitles and I’ve never had anyone complain that it wasn’t worth the time to learn about forklift safety.

I’d vote for Heat Stress* because it’s August, and I like seasonal themes.

Does your workplace have an IIPP (Injury and Illness Prevention Program) or a list of safe work practices? If so, I’ll bet no one remembers where it is or what’s in it. You could introduce it to them and hit the high points. Maybe make up a little quiz, with prizes for the highest scores or most interesting answers.

There are procedures and lists regarding What You Should Do If OSHA Comes For An Inspection.

I wouldn’t suggest any hands-on fire extinguisher safety training indoors. But you can explain how to inspect one, how often it needs to be inspected, and how often they need to be recharged whether you’ve used them or not. I’ve heard that the OSHA fine for not keeping the inspection tags current is $500 per lapsed extinguisher.

  • Heat Stress includes transient heat fatigue, heat rash, fainting, heat cramps, heat exhaution, and heat stroke,

Yikes! Those Germans, what a sense of disturbing humor.

Degloving.

Xerox machines can be dangerous!

That word makes me cringe.

Don’t Whiz on the Electric Fence (if you have a secured facility)

Stress the importance of walking around saying “Hey you, stop being…so…unsafe! Smitty! Safen up!”

Safen up? Hal, is that even a word?

Ensafen thyself.
Yeah, that’s better!

That video made for the best safety meeting EVAR when we watched it.

It’s perfectly cromulent.

I vote for this. I normally snooze through safety lectures, but I work in DC, and I had absolutely no idea what was going on (or what to do) during the earthquake last summer. A presentation (or better still, an email) on what to do in the event of quakes would have been useful.

I said it as a joke before but really - an armed intruder is something people should consider. We certainly had our meetings after the incident at The Discovery Channel a few miles away.