Dear JADAMS,

We are starting an observation program to get the rest of our personnel involved in the process. The bonus program has worked well for instilling drive in the supervision now we need to work on the behaviors of the rest of the personnel. Recently we purchased a few contractors and in reviewing their accident files, most were tied to acts or behaviors that caused an unsafe condition. I believe if we can change the behaviors we can minimise the exposures. This tied with the supervisor bonus program will become a two punch system sure produce results.

As far as building a bonus program, design an inspection sheet around the work they are performing. Brainstorm with ee's that have performed the work to identify all  potential hazards. With management come up with an agreed upon bonus amount and a fine amount for each of the lines within your inspection sheet. Be carefull not to fine so heavy that it wipes out the entire bonus in one inspection but large enough to gain their attention. Training should be done with each of the supervisors so they are aware of the program and the expectations. We would do dry runs with each of the supervisors so they knew how it worked. We called it their one "freebee". All inspections after that counted. One of the keys is to only fine for that which they have control. Our findings have shown that some buy in quickly, others after they have seen the process and have become comfortable with the measurement and for some not till after they have seen someone actually reap the rewards. It is not uncommon to see competition between certain supervisors and an amount of peer pressure by spouses when they understand that they have controll over the bonus amount.

Good luck, You have my email if you have any more questions.

Greg Scott

EH&S Manager

gscott@aduddell.com

Safety Incentive Programs do work!    11-02-2007

We use awards to recognize those people that are actually involve in our Safety

No Lost days program…  Very Big.    

·        They keep us abreast on near misses.

·        They actually help those people in safety awareness mode each day.

·        They are our best workers…..

·        They are being Mentor/Trained by our staff (Management) daily.” Very” Important Part.

·        We award and recognize people who achieves there potential for Safety First.   

·        Every body wins!!- Planning ahead which helps prevent accidents.

Our safety team and company supervisors are always interested in our people and there difficulties

In life.  Home Life is One of many contributing factors for poor job performance- .  This can be

An indicator for implementing your company safety process.   Start Now!

We usually take a 5-10 min session before each shift to just talk, talk, talk.  This process works.

“Get to know your people”—And make a differences in your employees lives.   

John Gavin

Safety Professional (OSHA) Trainer

A Safety Resource in Training

jgavin_99@Yahoo.com

I work for a construction company and we have played Safety Bingo for the past 5 years.  Our program is set up by crew and monetarily driven.  Any crew that has a preventable incident / accident, does not wear their PPE or has equipment damage is disqualified for the month.  I pick 5 numbers every week until someone hits BINGO.  The B-Safe winner receives $200 and each member of his crew receives $40.  Some of our crews have over 30 employees working together.  Our shop monitors maintenance and damage and notifies me of any abuse or damage. We were concerned at first that incidents and accidents would not be reported but this has not happened.  Our EMOD experience rating reflects this.  Our program costs our company somewhere between $6500-$8000 a year.  A safety incentive program does not need to be complicated, you just need to get everyone to buy in on it and we have accomplished this.  Good Luck! 

Could you please send us more information on your safety bucks program (rules, prizes, amounts issued to employees, etc)?  We are interested in setting something up but we're not sure where to start.  If you could send us your information so we have something to compare to, that would be great.  Please send it to nina_schimmel@jjtaylor.com. 

Thank you!!   

I am interested in learning more about the safety bucks program. Could you or anyone with information please email me details of the program at kimphan1016@yahoo.com?

I would appreciate details regarding your Safety Buck program.  Please email me at denisedinwiddie@protectionone.com

Thanks,

Linda,

Could you please give me more info on the Safety Bucks  program.  This sounds like something I would definitly like to present.  Thank you for any of your help!

Tiffany

tweightman@uscold.com

Linda - I am wondering if you would be willing to share some more information in regards to your Safety Bucks program.  I am very interested in learning more about this.  Please e-mail at becky.morris@poetenergy.com.

Thank you - Becky

I am also looking for information of the Safety Bucks programs.  If anyone could email some information to ewb@reinhardt.edu I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks,

E. Booth

Marsh2275a please send details of your program.  I am looking for a good program to run at our site that we can customize for our site.  Ed.tyler@albemarle.com

Thanks

I am also interested in the Safety buck programs, please email any information available to mbalberchak@divintech.com.  Much appreciated.

Thanks

M.Balberchak

Linda, I am presently trying to start a Safety Incentive program and saw your message. this sounds like a fun way for everyone to get involved.. Has this worked and are you still using this program.... Can you please send me a copy of your rules and such information used for this program... I would really like to look into it further if posible.

My e-mail marco@rcrc.state.sc.us

Thank you,

Marco