Sheq toolbox talks topics
August 16th, 2010
Daily toolbox talks are effective in raising and maintaining risk awareness, which in turn is one of the most effective risk management and loss prevention tools.
Toolbox talks focus on methods for identifying, assessing, eliminating or managing workplace risks. Every session offers many opportunities for two way communication, and management system improvements.
Geochem, for example, has implemented a weekly toolbox talk on safety and housekeeping. Employees are encouraged to provide safety suggestions and are made aware of benefits of working in a clean and orderly environment.
Incidents are discussed with employees and people involved share experience with colleagues. First hand sharing offers several advantages, said Jiba Ngcobo of Geochem in a Chemicals and Allied Industries Association circular.
Toolbox talks aim to involve staff in taking personal responsibility for their sheq, and care for one another by taking action against unsafe conditions and acts.
Safety awareness and housekeeping have significantly improved after weekly departmental audits. Factory floors and yards are notably cleaner and neater.
Geochem recommends that chemical companies consider implementing similar Toolbox Talks and weekly audits, since these have contributed positively towards the organisation’s safety culture and employee involvement in safety improvements.
SA Mint in Midrand also use toolbox talks sessions to raise risk awareness, update risk profiles, share sheq improvements among different departments, and build a culture of risk management and brother’s keepers.
Toolbox talk theme options
Compressed air
Conveyor belts
Cranes
Customer complaint response
Drains
Dust
Electricity
Emergency plan and response
Ergonomics of sitting, lifting
Injury response procedures
Falling objects
First aid
Flammable and combustible liquids and gases
Fumes
Hand tools
Hazard identification
Health habits against stress
Horseplay is senseless
Hot work, welding, grinding, permits
Housekeeping on the job
Illumination by day and night
Incident prevention
Incident response and reporting
Induction training update
Job training
Ladder use
Lockout procedures
Machine guarding
Maintenance of equipment, plant, tools
Moving equipment
New equipment
New sites
Off the job culture
Office hazards
Permit systems
Policy
PPE head, eye, ear, hand, foot protection
Procedures versus shortcuts
Process safety
Records, documents, quality
Resources and research
Risk assessment
Sharps, edges and openings
Sheq committee processes
Slips, trips and falls, STFs
Substance abuse
Teamwork
Traffic
Warehousing, stacking
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