Toolbox Talks

Hearing Loss Some people don’t care, some don’t know, and some will just plain deny that they have a hearing problem. They may complain instead that everyone seems to mumble

“EYE EXAMINATION” Question 1: A majority of workplace eye injuries happen to workers who were not wearing adequate eye protection. Answer: True Question 2: Chemical burns are the leading cause

“SAFETY'S CORE DISCIPLINES” “It’s easy to look back after an accident and find something (or someone) to blame”. What’s harder is to look closer at why these things happened; why,

Are YOU -- Mindful or Mindless Have you ever found yourself somewhere with no recollection of how you got there? You know it took several behaviors and decisions to get

AN INJURY FREE CULTURE What Injury-free is not • It is not the same as zero • It is not a goal, but rather a value • It is not

AN EYE INJURY LESSON Devastating eye injuries occur more frequently than you may think. Hazards from steam, grinding debris, chemical splashes and blunt force trauma can injure our eyes and

ALL TASKS HAVE RISKS--- DO YOU KNOW THEM?? Our appreciation of risks sometimes is subjective based on our perception of risk. We sometimes associate risk only with complicated tasks or

“ALCOHOL and YOU” Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant, although in smaller amounts it may appear to have a mild stimulant effect. The main psychoactive ingredient in alcoholic beverages

Aerial Lift Safety About 26 construction workers (in the US) die each year from using aerial lifts. More than half of the deaths involve boom-supported lifts, such as bucket trucks

“Actively Caring” Ref: 2010; Geller, E. Scott “Cultivating an Actively Caring Culture: The Courage and Compassion of an Injury-Free Workplace”; EHS Today In an actively caring culture, people look out