Toolbox Talks

Safety Meeting Toolbox Topics and Tailgate Talks

Near Misses

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Source: Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission

How many times have you shrugged off a near miss? Never gave it a second thought? Next time, think twice. The difference between a near miss and an accident often is a fraction of a second or an inch. And when it happens again, that difference may not be there.

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Hurry Up Can Hurt

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Source: Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission

When we hurry on the job, we accomplish little, other than to increase our chances of an unsafe act happening. Let's look at some "hurry-up" acts. Which ones have you caught yourself doing?

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Horse Sense, Not Horseplay

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Source: Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission

Well, horseplay on the job is just as dangerous, and like the cases of the airplane and automobile, the person endangered isn't just the one that's horsing around. Other people are involved.

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Other Resources

Electrical Safety - How About Your Workplace

The National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH), studies electrocutions occurring between 1982 and 1994. The NIOSH researchers analyzed 224 electrocutions that resulted in 244 workplace fatalities. The information they learned provides valuable lessons for everyone that works with or around electricity.