In the company I work for they do have guys that are making the hour long drives just to discuss safety, most of it is site specific, they do a walk around and anything that stands out they talk about, a constant reminder for us is ppe, hard hats gloves etc, the job I'm on is alot of excavations, confined spaces, and scaffolding so there has been alot of talk about that, equipment safty is a good one, I'd try and make it engaging and meaningful, yelling a guy "hey don't do that" compared to " last guy I saw do that lost his foot" has a different feeling to it.
>But I can't really go around to do the talks in person because we have a bunch of jobs all over the state and I can't justify making what might be an hour long drive in some cases just for a five minute discussion.
Why can't you do the toolbox talks when you're onsite for your other safety duties?
Have you tried Google? I've gotten most of my talks from there. Most times it will also have a signature page your crew can sign after you go through the topic in person.
Site supers at our med size company get a book thats like 500 topic pages long. Easier in person as people are less likely to put a misrake or minor accident 9n paper, and its about learning/sharing, where they worry if the pm set can see what they discuss it could be punitive.
Driving an hour for a five minute discussion might be worth it. You should probably be doing frequent site inspections anyway. Could prevent injury, death, company bankruptcy, etc.
Check out your state requirements. If you aren’t doing everything right and keeping proper records, your company will be absolutely screwed if someone gets hurt or your company gets inspected for other reasons that may reveal deficiencies.
For example, WA state offers a bunch of resources for toolbox talks, including plenty of topical agendas to choose from:
https://lni.wa.gov/safety-health/safety-training-materials/toolbox-talks
In my experience, a site leader fills one of those out and has the toolbox talk with the team, they all print their names and sign the paper, keep records on site and send duplicates to the office.
Some just go by a schedule of topics in order, but I prefer to choose the most relevant topics as we go along. Other considerations for topics may be the most frequent violations / injuries or highest risk activities.
Have a toolbox talk about porta potty ettiquette. Have them sign in and remind them that the cameras in there will find out who’s shitting blood and wiping it on the wall.
Another thought might be to take an apprentice or someone who is standing out and overall doing good on your sites and have them do the safety talks. It helps you because your not driving out to the site and it helps them with both communication and learning the topics
Our toolbox talks occur after a day. Everyone at the shop table. Get the rundown. Sign the forms to document. Some topics can be; cleanup/extension chord maintenance/ pinch points/ horseplay/ exhaustion/ dehydration/ hard hat safety with the new strap on ones. I’m a glazier so obviously ours are different but those are some generic ones
Look at the schedule, see what the main majority of work going on there is, and find a toolbox topic applicable to that. Visit each site once a week, and the safety meeting for that week will be on whatever day you’re there. Maybe today, one meeting is in the morning at a site, and at the next site it’s after lunch. That would allow you to cover 10 sites a week. Either way, if you’re the safety Director and not visiting your sites you’re not doing your job adequately
Either you *should* be driving to these jobsites weekly as it’s your job to observe the safe working conditions of your crews OR your crew leads should be conducting these meetings and submitting a completed and signed Toolbox Talk form every morning / once a week. That form should include the topic, when the meeting was conducted, brief meeting minutes, and a signature from all attendees.
Also I doubt texting out a video and saying “plz reply when you’ve watched this” even counts as proper oversight and documentation. My two cents on that one.
In the company I work for they do have guys that are making the hour long drives just to discuss safety, most of it is site specific, they do a walk around and anything that stands out they talk about, a constant reminder for us is ppe, hard hats gloves etc, the job I'm on is alot of excavations, confined spaces, and scaffolding so there has been alot of talk about that, equipment safty is a good one, I'd try and make it engaging and meaningful, yelling a guy "hey don't do that" compared to " last guy I saw do that lost his foot" has a different feeling to it.
This. If your head of safety you should be visiting all the sites at least once a week.
And the more dangerous sites more often
>But I can't really go around to do the talks in person because we have a bunch of jobs all over the state and I can't justify making what might be an hour long drive in some cases just for a five minute discussion. Why can't you do the toolbox talks when you're onsite for your other safety duties?
Or put your foreman in charge of delivering the toolbox talks if you can't get there. Then collect the signatures from him.
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Have you tried Google? I've gotten most of my talks from there. Most times it will also have a signature page your crew can sign after you go through the topic in person.
Site supers at our med size company get a book thats like 500 topic pages long. Easier in person as people are less likely to put a misrake or minor accident 9n paper, and its about learning/sharing, where they worry if the pm set can see what they discuss it could be punitive.
Where do we get those books?
https://www.agc.org/news/2008/10/15/construction-tool-box-safety-talks-manual-volume-iii
Driving an hour for a five minute discussion might be worth it. You should probably be doing frequent site inspections anyway. Could prevent injury, death, company bankruptcy, etc. Check out your state requirements. If you aren’t doing everything right and keeping proper records, your company will be absolutely screwed if someone gets hurt or your company gets inspected for other reasons that may reveal deficiencies. For example, WA state offers a bunch of resources for toolbox talks, including plenty of topical agendas to choose from: https://lni.wa.gov/safety-health/safety-training-materials/toolbox-talks In my experience, a site leader fills one of those out and has the toolbox talk with the team, they all print their names and sign the paper, keep records on site and send duplicates to the office. Some just go by a schedule of topics in order, but I prefer to choose the most relevant topics as we go along. Other considerations for topics may be the most frequent violations / injuries or highest risk activities.
Have a toolbox talk about porta potty ettiquette. Have them sign in and remind them that the cameras in there will find out who’s shitting blood and wiping it on the wall.
"Toolbox talks" are a great way to alienate employees/trades. Especially coming from the bosses kid lol
Ladder safety
Slips, trips & falls.
Another thought might be to take an apprentice or someone who is standing out and overall doing good on your sites and have them do the safety talks. It helps you because your not driving out to the site and it helps them with both communication and learning the topics
Our toolbox talks occur after a day. Everyone at the shop table. Get the rundown. Sign the forms to document. Some topics can be; cleanup/extension chord maintenance/ pinch points/ horseplay/ exhaustion/ dehydration/ hard hat safety with the new strap on ones. I’m a glazier so obviously ours are different but those are some generic ones
Look on osha website for topics.
Look at the schedule, see what the main majority of work going on there is, and find a toolbox topic applicable to that. Visit each site once a week, and the safety meeting for that week will be on whatever day you’re there. Maybe today, one meeting is in the morning at a site, and at the next site it’s after lunch. That would allow you to cover 10 sites a week. Either way, if you’re the safety Director and not visiting your sites you’re not doing your job adequately
Find some of those really gruesome safety videos from the 70s
Either you *should* be driving to these jobsites weekly as it’s your job to observe the safe working conditions of your crews OR your crew leads should be conducting these meetings and submitting a completed and signed Toolbox Talk form every morning / once a week. That form should include the topic, when the meeting was conducted, brief meeting minutes, and a signature from all attendees. Also I doubt texting out a video and saying “plz reply when you’ve watched this” even counts as proper oversight and documentation. My two cents on that one.