1. COMPLACENCY IN OUR WORKPLACE
Complacency is a feeling of security, often while unaware of some potential danger.
SAFETY MEETING

2. WHAT ARE SOME WAYS TO PREVENT COMPLACENCY ?
• KNOW YOUR TASK
• UNDERSTAND ALL RISKS
• CHECK FOR HAZARDS
• FILL OUT YOUR FLHA CARD
• TOOL BOX MEETING
• 20-20-20 RULE
• STAY FOCUSED
• TAKE MICRO BREAKS
• ASK QUESTIONS AND REASSESS

4. HOW ELSE COULD THIS INCIDENT
HAVE BEEN PREVENTED ?

6. WHAT ELSE COULD HAVE BEEN
DONE TO PREVENT THE INJURY ?

7. Distribution of nonfatal injuries and illness
with days from work, by body parts.

8. Distribution of nonfatal lost-time injuries
by accident.

9. Workplace incident fatalities investigated December 2014

10. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION EXERCISE
• Imagine how it must have felt to sustain any of these injuries but how your
co workers, family and others would have felt if it were you.
• The latter would be :
• Imagine how you would feel if you were somewhat responsible for
causing these injuries to someone else.

11. HEAD INJURIES
Imagine the pain and how close you come to losing
your sight or life.

12. Imagine the pain and being scared for life.

13. NECK INJURIES
Imagine how you could have bled to death
or ended up paralyzed.

14. BACK INJURIES
Some back injuries are temporary, others
could effect you for a lifetime.

15. ARM INJURIES
Imagine tying to work without the use of your arm.

16. Imagine the pain and if you lost feeling or digits.

17. LEG INJURIES
You could end up with a limp or even a
prosthetic.

18. FOOT/TOE INJURIES
Imagine the suffering and agony of both the
injury and the after effect of being off your
feet and out of work for a very long time !

19. Remember that
anything can happen
at anytime !
So always be ready to
prevent anything from
happening to you or
your co worker !
Stay focused , take
your time , and do it
safely !

20. THIS VIDEO IS AN EXAMPLE OF PPE : BEING OUR LAST
LINE OF DEFENCE.

21. ANY QUESTIONS ?