We Can’t Hear You! Eliminating Distractions in Safety Meetings
A safety meeting is often held directly on the job site–which is not a bad thing, but it can sometimes have unintended consequences. If the…
Articles by Eric Svendsen
How to Conduct an Engaging Pre-Job Hazard Hunt
One way to make a pre-job meeting or tailgate meeting more engaging and interactive is to turn it into a hazard hunt. A hazard hunt…
No Winners in the Texting While Driving Homicide Conviction
Many organizations already have a policy against cellphone usage for their employees driving company vehicles. Now there’s another reason not to use a cell phone…
How to Build Safety Operations Discussions
One of the most common mistakes made in meetings that focus on operations, production and maintenance is to treat safety as an add-on to the…
Ask, Don’t Tell: Using Questions to Improve a Safety Meeting
The ultimate goal of a safety meeting is to communicate a message that raises safety awareness in the minds of your audience. The problem ,…