Every employee must be dead serious about safety—or they could end up dead. As well as taking job safety seriously, a positive attitude is reflected by other factors, such as:
- Being willing to learn about safety and health issues
- Complying with all safety regulations, rules, and procedures
- Taking personal responsibility for safety
- Focusing on and paying attention to tasks
- Keeping alert to and reporting hazards
- Participating in training and safety improvement
- Using required PPE routinely
- Being concerned about and taking action to protect co-workers’ safety
- Avoiding risky behavior
- Reporting accidents, near misses, and hazardous conditions
- Asking questions to learn more about safety and avoid mistakes that can lead to accidents
All of these attitudinal elements add up to a good, safe worker. Lack of too many of them, and you could be looking at an accident waiting to happen. Eventually, a poor safety attitude will reveal itself in unsafe acts. You have to be able to trust employees’ attitudes as well as their skills and knowledge to prevent workplace accidents and injuries.
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Employee Safety Attitude Survey
To find out more about your employees’ attitude toward safety, use this survey, which is adapted from a handout in the 7-Minute Safety Trainer session “The Right Attitude Toward Safety.” Ask participants to choose “agree” or “disagree” for each statement.
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I always take safety seriously and make it a priority. |
Agree |
Disagree |
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I believe a positive safety attitude helps prevent accidents. |
Agree |
Disagree |
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I recognize workplace safety as a legal and company requirement. |
Agree |
Disagree |
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I always make full use of safety procedures, equipment, and information. |
Agree |
Disagree |
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I avoid becoming complacent about tasks even if I’ve done them many times before. |
Agree |
Disagree |
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I always give my full attention to my work and avoid distractions. |
Agree |
Disagree |
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I never let emotions get in the way of my work. |
Agree |
Disagree |
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I try to get enough rest before coming to work so that I am not tired on the job. |
Agree |
Disagree |
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I never take risks, fool around, or act recklessly on the job. |
Agree |
Disagree |
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I always take safety training seriously, pay attention, and use what I learn on the job. |
Agree |
Disagree |
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I always follow safety rules and procedures. |
Agree |
Disagree |
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I make sure I understand and follow all steps involved in each job I perform every day. |
Agree |
Disagree |
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I encourage co-workers to work safely and follow safety rules. |
Agree |
Disagree |
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I always correct or report any hazardous conditions I see anywhere in the workplace. |
Agree |
Disagree |
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I know what to do in an emergency, including my evacuation route and emergency assignment (if any). |
Agree |
Disagree |
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I always ask questions about hazards or procedures I don’t understand. |
Agree |
Disagree |
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I volunteer for safety teams, committees, and other safety improvement efforts. |
Agree |
Disagree |
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I look for and suggest safety improvements. |
Agree |
Disagree |
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I always cooperate during safety inspections and audits. |
Agree |
Disagree |
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I always try to set a good safety example. |
Agree |
Disagree |
What’s the Score
There are 20 statements in this survey. Give 5 points for each “agree” and 0 points for each “disagree.”
- A score of 80-100 indicates a good to excellent safety attitude.
- A score of 55-75 indicates a safety attitude in need of improvement.
- A score of 50 or below means a poor safety attitude and a serious risk of an accident on the job.
Ideally, your survey will reveal high scores throughout the workplace. A significant number of low scores, however, requires immediate attention.
The 7-Minute Safety Trainer’s “The Right Attitude Toward Safety” is the perfect Rx for ailing safety attitudes. It’s quick. It’s easy. It’s effective! And even if your survey reveals good attitudes, why not consider refresher training to keep it that way?
E-Z Training at a Phenomenal Price
To help train employees in a broad range of safety and health topics, savvy safety professionals have for years relied on the BLR 7-Minute Safety Trainer. This essential training resource allows you to provide concise, memorable training easily and effectively in just a few minutes. Materials are ready-to-use, and each session supplies a detailed trainer’s outline as well as a handout, quiz, and quiz answers to get your points across quickly—and cost-effectively.
All told, this “trainer’s bible” contains 50 prewritten meetings covering almost every aspect of safety you’d want or need to train on, in a format designed to be taught in as little as 7 minutes. Major topics include:
- Confined spaces
- Electrical safety
- Fire safety and emergency response
- HazCom
- Machine guarding and lockout/tagout
- Material handling
- PPE use and care
- Housekeeping/slips, trips, and falls
- and dozens more
Just make as many copies as you need of the included handouts and quizzes, and you’re ready to train.
Equally important is that the program ships new meetings every quarter to respond to new and changed regulations. This service is included in the program price, which averages just over $1 a working day. In fact, this is one of BLR’s most popular safety programs.
If you’d like to personally evaluate 7-Minute Safety Trainer and see how it can build safety awareness, we’ll be happy to send it to you for 30 days on a no-cost, no-obligation trial basis. Just let us know, and we’ll arrange it.
Safety Training in Just 7 Minutes Flat!
BLR’s unique 7-Minute Safety Trainer program can impart a full, prewritten safety meeting in about the time it takes to brew coffee. This means more information is retained by banishing the fatigue of long, boring presentations. Your workers are going to love it! And more important, they will learn from it! Program includes:
- 50 prewritten meeting modules on virtually every OSHA-required and key workplace safety topic
- Reproducible, illustrated safety handouts, ready to use
- Safety quizzes and answer keys
- Easy-to-use recordkeeping system
- Training tips for successful safety meetings
And because training needs change, you receive new meetings every quarter, included in the program price, as long as you remain a subscriber. Try it at no cost or risk!