Construction Safety Week – Planning Your Safety Week

Every year, many construction companies host Safety Week events as a way to refocus and re-energize our commitment to eliminating injuries on job sites.

Help bring Safety Week to life in your company! Download the Safety Week Planning Playbook and get started planning your Safety Week activities. The Safety Week Planning Playbook includes tips, best practices, and downloads to help you:

Kick-off safety week with leadership communication

Messages for leadership to address
Distribution ideas for getting communication to employees

Plan events on your job sites

Kick-off/mass safety meetings
Kick-off/mass safety meetings with client and local stakeholder representation
Toolbox talks
Project tours with company leadership
Safety demonstrations
Appreciation barbecues and lunches
Sample week-long agenda

Hold job site safety reviews

Review corporate policies: disciplinary policy, fire safety requirements, etc.
Review training requirements
Hold emergency response drills
Invite emergency response teams (fire department, police, EMT, local response teams, etc.) to come on-site to assess emergency response protocols specific to that job site.
Review safety documents: emergency action plans, environmental aspects, job site safety analyses, required inspections
Perform a safety rollback
Include site housekeeping, cord/tool inspections, rigging inspections and proper storage, assured grounding inspections, PPE inspections, fire safety inspections.

Plan events in your offices

Warm-up to safety / stretch & flex
Management talks
Site-specific safety training
Project or first responder visits
Sample week-long agenda

Use Safety Week branded materials to support your events and communication

PowerPoint templates
Job site banners
Pop-up banners
Safety Week logo files
Safe by Choice logo files
Email signatures
Letterhead
Coloring Page

Spread the word about safety week

Social media toolkit
Media relations toolkit
News release template
Company internal and external communication platforms

We look forward to Safety Week! Together, we are building a safer, stronger industry.

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Source: http://www.constructionsafetyweek.com/events/plan-your-safety-week-activities/