Your brain absorbs 20,000 visual messages every day, from signs on the road and labels in the store to your boss’ facial expressions. Even though it seems like your brain can process these messages easily, in the background, it’s working overtime to process all of it. With all of this competition, how can you make sure that your safety message gets across to your employees? This free webinar will teach you things like: Hacks to harness your employees’ attention. Foolproof ways to create a safety culture in your workplace. Strategies to increase compliance rates and decrease injury rates. The Science Behind Safety will also include a question and answer period at the end.

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The Science Behind Safety

2. By the end of this webinar…
You’ll be able to:
• Explain the types of behavior that put
workers at risk.
• Understand the 'ripple effect’ that an
injury has on a worker's life.
• State ways that you can stop another
employee from getting hurt.
• Share the ways that you can create a
safety culture.
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3. Think about an accident in
your life…
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• Were you aware of the surroundings?
• Were you wearing the appropriate PPE?
• Were you distracted?
• Were you in a hurry?
• How quickly did it happen?

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Instead of focusing on the
person, ask yourself:
• What was the environment like when the
accident took place?
• What time of day did the accident occur?
• Were all safety procedures being followed
prior to the accident?
• Was the person engaged in a behavior or
action that they do everyday or is common
place to them?

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What behaviors lead to accidents
at work?

6. • Taking shortcuts
• Being overconfident
• Using machinery without fully understanding the
safety policies and procedures
• Poor housekeeping
• Overriding safety procedures
• Allowing distractions to take our full attention
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* http://www.genins.com. “Unsafe Work Behaviour Causes More Accidents than Unsafe Conditions.”
Behaviors* that put workers at greater
risk:

7. Stop barehanding it!
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8. The rest were wearing
the WRONG gloves
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9. The Ripple Effect
of an injury
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Personal life:

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Work life:

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Mentally:

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Physical health:

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Hand injuries are difficult to heal because
of the complexity of the hand.
After a hand injury, the hand may not
function and a worker could suffer loss of:
• Motion
• Dexterity
• Grip
• Ability to perform everyday tasks

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Experiencing a ‘Risk Gap’

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• Developing an on-going measurement and
feedback system with all your employees.
• Measuring success including the number of hazards
reported, number of on-site inspections, number of
equipment checks and number of safety
suggestions reported.
• Completing a pre-assessment that allows you to
compare the closure of these risk gaps.
Reduce your risk gap by:

17. Have you heard of a safety culture?
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• It is the set of safety goals that reflect the
needs of your workers and company.
• Does your company have a safety culture?
(If not, Superior Glove can help).

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Benefits of a safety culture:
• The company’s bottom-line performance
will financially benefit.
• Positively affects employees’ safety
behavior and attitudes.
• Reduces injury rates and
insurance premiums.
• Contributes to increased productivity by
eliminating production bottlenecks.

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Begin by asking yourself the
following questions:
Q. What are the ‘rules’ vs. the
‘suggestions’ that the
company wants to enforce?
Q. How do we expose our
new hires or valued
employees to our safety
culture?
Does your safety culture encompass
the importance of a safety-focused
workplace?
Q. What doe the company
consider a ‘risk?
Q. If we had a blind safety audit,
would they be able to identify
our safety culture?

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Am I:
Q. Clearly explaining my
expectations of safety
standards to the teams?
Q. Involving all team
members in hazard
spotting, and reporting,
in the workplace?
As a safety manager you should
be asking…
Q. Preventing unsafe acts when
I see them happening?
Q. Motivating employees to be
safer each day?
Q. Confident in my staffs skills
and abilities as the authority
on safety?
Q. Contributing to a common
safety goal?

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If you have a safety culture, does it take into account the
ripple effect of a hand injury on your workers' lives?

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1. Do we have a safety culture that reflects
our safety goals?
2. How are we making employees more
aware of the hand protection that is
available?
3. Do we know if our employees have a
'risk-gap' they are not aware of?
4. Do we have any recently injured
employees who may be experiencing
the ripple effect right now?
Things to think about after this webinar:

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