Laboratory Safety Institute

A National Center for Science Safety

 

 

101 Ways to Convince People

That You Are Serious About Safety

((and, That It’s Important)

  


1./font>          Offer Rewards 51.     Use the Bump-into Strategy

2.        Make it a Condition of employment

52.   Job Descriptions

3.        Provide Repetition

53.   Performance Review
4.        Create Participation

54.   1st Topic Every Meeting

5.        Integrate with Curriculum, Work and Life

55.   Solicit/Respond: Suggestions

6.        Form a Committee

56.   Stand Down!

7.        Label Containers

57.   Report Near-Misses

8.        Plan for Emergencies

58.   Letter of Responsibility

9.        Call OSHA

59.   Pay your CHO

10.     Take it Personally

60.   Report Unsafe Conditions

11.      Answer the Four Questions

61.   Pad Lock the Door

12.     Be Responsible

62.   Ask Interview Question

13.     Have a Policy

63.   Use a Safety Maintenance Form

14.     Establish Rules

64.   Embrace the Six Leadership Principles

15.     Write it Down

65.   Do It in Public

16.     Obey the Law

66.   Put It on the Agenda

17.     Conduct New Employee Orientations

67.   Make training interesting

18.     Supervise

68.   Endorse and Support the Rules

19.     Maintain

69. Let’s have Coffee

20.   Inspect/Correct

70. Snap, Crackle, and Pop

21.   Instruct/Train

71. Harassment

22.   Document

72. Be like Denny and Larry

23.   Report Accidents 73.
24.   Investigate Accidents

74.

25.   Build a Reference Library

75.

26.   Be a Good Example
27.   Drive Home the Message
28.   Budget Money and Time

29.   Take Time to Clean-Up

30.   Yell-Get Emotional
31.     Appoint a Coordinator
32.   Interview/Hire Carefully
33.   Promote More Carefully
34.   Enforce the Rules
35.   Eat One Bite at a Time
36.   Have a Serious Accident
37.   Tell an Accident Story
38.   Keep Score in Public
39.   Set up a Bulletin Board
40.   Write a Newsletter
41.   Put Info with Paychecks
42.   Discuss at Department Meetings
43.  SShow that You Care about Your Health and  Safety
44./font>   Require Rules Agreements
45.   Conduct Emergency Drills
46.   Post Emergency Phone #’s
47.   Provide Safety Equipment
48.   Install Emergency Equipment
49.   Appoint a Hazardous Waste Coordinator
50.   Reveal an Unknown Hazard

The Laboratory Safety Institute
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Natick, MA 01760

phone: 508-647-1900
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email: info@labsafety.org

URL: http://www.labsafety.org
last review or update 09/05/2007