Team Saftey and Health
Since this blog is starting out with the intention of increasing awareness in safety and health at home and at work we would first like to invite any and all comments. We would like participation in the development of, and use of safety meeting. Our safety meetings are conducted in English and Spanish, our hand outs are written in both also, when we actually write them out. Most are impromptu tail gate meeting with covering a concern caused by a near miss, accident or safety violation. Having a site like this to post them or link to them could help us to be more aware of and better at recordkeeping
Some like our current topic of heart attacks (the signs and prevention of) are on health issues. This topic came from a client who had an employee who showed all the classic symptoms of a heart attack for 3 day before being taken from the job site in an ambulance to have an emergency by pass within hours of collapsing on the floor.
As we become failure with this process the written content of the safety meeting will be posted on line and a link posted here. Again we invite you to edit and add.
But the shocker here was that he had all the signs for 3 days and no one noticed, or at least did nothing if they did, (this didn’t happen on one of our job sites). We talk in each meeting about you being responsible for those around you at work and at home. The meeting included the symptoms for both men and women. No they don’t have to be and usually aren’t the same.
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ATXSK8LkxUcVZGNuZ3J3MnJfOWhobnBoYmRk&hl=en womens signs
Then we covered best practices to avoid a heart, exercise, keeping blood pressure in check, good eating habits. Posts like http://mashable.com/2010/03/19/amazing-health-infographics/ are great to get hand outs for a meeting or just to get an idea of best practices. Find one? Send it, or link us to it.
http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0BzXSK8LkxUcVZDFmYzJlOTQtNzM4MC00MzVmLWExMmEtODM2YWQxM2RhYzVj&hl=en For help Preventing a Heart Attack
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ATXSK8LkxUcVZGNuZ3J3MnJfMTNoenFqNXJ3Yg&hl=en For help Preventing a Heart Attack. Spanish Version
Stay healthy
Randy
Monthly Safety Meetings are not only mandatory but the best education an employer can off.
You should plan one day each month select a safety topic and review it with all employees either as a group or one on one session. Most important make sure your employees always sign a safety sign in sheet. This will confirm they have reviewed each safety topic with there supervisor. Always remember safety first, its the best practice of any business.
Information like this that is provided by TEAM continues to educate and train better employees. Our employees become more aware of there surroundings and develop better team work. Safety always being our number one goal.