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W EEKLY EDITION AUGUST 21, 2019 Building a Culture of Safety Part I I : Co mm un i cat io n By Karleen Kos, PSAI Executive Director …Continued from page 1 Elements of a safety program . Most experts on safety say that for a safety program to do you any good should include: • Management commitment and employee involvement. • Worksite analysis including the best on - the - ground information about hazards and dangers your employees face • Hazard prevention and control, including risk mitigation strategies that everyone in your company understands and buys into • Safety and health training • Ongoing communication about how to deal with the daily stressors and precursors that can m ake an accident or fatality more likely Communication is part of all of these things. But how should it happen to be effective? Keys to safety - related communication . According to Chris Kilbourne, writing for the blog EHS Daily Advisor, there are four major aspects to effective safety communication. Effective safety communication is: 1. Interactive . It flows both ways. You speak about safety and you listen to employees' concerns and suggestions. 2. Informative . It tells employees what they need to know to wo rk safely under all conditions. 3. Positive . It focuses on the exchange of ideas and information to improve workplace safety and prevent accidents and illness. 4. Productive . It allows you to interact successfully with employees and spread your safety message to all who need to hear it. Ø It is possible to find a rare occasion when a team member did everything right and some quirk of fate still led to an incident. For example, a truck that is safely stopped for a red light near an overpass could be crushed under a nother truck that falls from the overpass. This actually happened near my home once – though the victim was driving a small car and was killed instantly. Since meteors and flying trucks are relatively uncommon, this article is focused on the things that co mmonly occur. P AGE 8 CONTINUED ON PAGE 9