Off-the-job safety programs should be localized and delivered as a series of suggestions or helpful hints, rather than as a series of mandates. A localized approach is effective for targeting issues relevant to employee’s daily lives and information can be shared through paycheck stuffers, emails, social media or a company newsletter.
Off-the-job safety can also be incorporated into regular safety talks, staff meetings or trainings. Useful methods include sharing data and statistics, explaining how off-the-job injuries affect the whole team, relating workplace safety to home and community safety, encouraging personal storytelling, and offering personal protective equipment for free, at a lower cost, or on a sign-out basis (e.g. masks, goggles, gas detection equipment, bicycle helmets, fire equipment).
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