Toolbox Talks Articles

As the seasons change, you should prepare your employees for working in cold weather. Though it may be obvious that low temperatures require special consideration, it may not be easy to gauge exactly how and when to protect oneself against the elements. Employees working outdoors face the risk of hypothermia, frostbite, and impaired sensory awareness. Additionally, snow and ice increase the risk of falls and struck by/caught between accidents. Use this toolbox talk to help your employees adequately protect themselves and one another in the winter months…

In order to exercise proper safety procedures within a worksite, employees first need to understand how to recognize unsafe conditions. In fact, it is impossible to build a truly safe environment unless every employee understands how to identify the hazards around them. Without these basic tools, any other safety programs and practices will not be fully effective. For instance, an employee may understand how to put on his respirator, but this knowledge is useless unless he knows how to look for the signs of a gas leak…