Safety Awakening – “Post-Incident Refresher Training”

October 31, 2014 No Comments

–“Post-Incident Refresher Training”

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The time immediately after employees are injured are when they are usually most receptive to safety training.  Employees should be reintroduced to a full refresher of pertinent training topics once they are stabilized and can return to the work-site.

Employees are more receptive to the message of safety training once they have been injured.  They now understand that it can happen to them and that there is a way to help minimize these hazards.  Once this new attitude is established, these employees often become a forceful messenger for the safety training message.

Unfortunately, USA’s OSHA only requires post-incident refresher training after powered industrial truck (lift truck) accidents and near misses.  I believe post accident refresher safety training is always a good idea, and that it should be company policy.

 

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