Dangerous Distractions

Identify employee distractions — personal and work related — before they become a safety issue. Then help employees by following these simple suggestions:

• Work with your employees to develop plans that allow them to get work done safely.
• Encourage employees to take advantage of your employee assistance program when personal issues arise.
• Remain flexible. Allow employees extra time to take care of personal problems, to prevent the issues from becoming distractions.
• Remind employees to turn off or tag out equipment by strategically placing signs or by using alarms.
• Ensure that your employees know that no job is so important that they should take shortcuts to complete the work in a timely manner. Remember, employees face a tough situation when they feel pressured to complete work but don’t have enough time. To prevent shortcuts, listen to employee concerns and allow more time or add more resources.

Communicating relevant safety information is available is just as important as the information itself. Helping your organization communicate well and meet its safety obligations, TopSafety™ newsletter delivers important safety education and prevention tips for reducing injuries on and off the job. Make safety a year-round program, easily and affordably, with TopSafety™ newsletters.

• 12 monthly issues
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• Safety issues for every member of the family

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