Tips On How To Create A Hand Safety Culture
Sponsored Content Provided By Superior Glove
Every year, millions of workers get injured on the job, and a significant number of reported occupational injuries are hand related. But some of the best companies have managed to reduce hand injuries by 50, even 90 percent. How?
Start at the Top
If your company is committed to creating a hand safety culture, start with management. This empowers everyone else in the workplace.
Learn what the best companies do
Companies that have managed to reduce hand injuries significantly have a hand safety program customized to their unique industry needs.
Achieve Team Buy In
What works?
- Make stats personal. People respond to stories of practical examples.
- Start small. This helps people to buy into a cause.
- Use positive peer pressure. It is more effective than financial rewards, especially in a public setting.
- The IKEA effect. People place far more value on things they have helped build.
- Nudge Theory. With a few well-placed nudges—subtle cues and triggers using visual elements—you can influence workers to embrace safety practices.
Safety program tips:
- Use detailed stats that allow actionable steps to keep workers safer.
- Stay away from dull or non-credible trainers. A good trainer uses feedback to re-adjusts the training program.
- Avoid poor quality PPE as it ends up costing more in the long run and is harmful to workers.
- Appreciate the diversity of your workforce and try to bring everybody into the conversation.
- Use gamification to award positive activities like wearing PPE and attending training sessions.
Remember! The best companies work toward ZERO accidents as a goal. For a more in-depth discussion on building an effective hand safety program, get your free copy of the hand safety book, REThinking Hand Safety, by author and Vice President of Superior Glove, Joseph Geng. The book offers practical and effective techniques to improve your hand safety program—techniques that come with years of experience and expertise that can be applied immediately for results.
Request your free copy here.
Latest News
BID Group Starts Apprenticeship Program
In a significant development for the local community, BID Group has collaborated with the Dept. of Labor and Apprenticeship Carolina to launch a groundbreaking apprenticeship program in its Fabrication Shop. The program provides valuable opportunities for aspiring professionals in the manufacturing sector…
U.S. Housing Starts Fall While Building Permits Rise
U.S. housing starts fell in August from July, at a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.283 million, down 11.3%. Single-family starts were at a rate of 941,000, 4.3% below July, while multi-family starts were the primary culprit at 334,000, down 26.3%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development monthly new residential construction report…
Canfor Puts ‘Stock’ In New BC Facility
Vancouver, BC-based Canfor Corp. is investing $200 million to build a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Houston, British Columbia, which will have an annual production capacity of 350MMBF. “I’m very pleased to be making this announcement in British Columbia, where Canfor has been proudly headquartered for 85 years,” comments Don Kayne, President and CEO. “This decision comes following…
West Fraser To Acquire Spray Lake Sawmills
West Fraser has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Spray Lake Sawmills located in Cochrane, Alberta subject to certain post-closing adjustments. Spray Lake Sawmills produces treated wood products, dimensional lumber and a variety of residuals and biproducts, with an annual lumber capacity of 155 MMBF and…
Find Us On Social
Newsletter
The monthly Timber Processing Industry Newsletter reaches over 4,000 mill owners and supervisors.
Subscribe/Renew
Timber Processing is delivered 10 times per year to subscribers who represent sawmill ownership, management and supervisory personnel and corporate executives. Subscriptions are FREE to qualified individuals.
Advertise
Complete the online form so we can direct you to the appropriate Sales Representative.