Kevin's New "Safety Attitude" Web Site

It's done. My new web site specifically for Safety professionals http://www.safety.kevburns.com

When it comes time for your next safety meeting, make sure that at least part of that meeting is set aside to specifically address Safety Attitude!

What is Safety Attitude? It's how your people think of safety. Is safety something they simply tolerate while on the job or do they actively practice it at home as much as they do at work. A Safety Attitude goes beyond the time clock. A Safety Attitude has no start and end time. A Safety Attitude is a state of mind - not a tolerance for the rules while on shift.

The truth is Safety Attitude, both on and off the job, brings your workers' safety focus to the forefront. It's the attitude of your people, when they drive in traffic, when they cut their lawns, when they operate power equipment at home, when they come to work alert (not hungover or full of cold meds) that can seriously cut the number of incidents on the job. It's Safety Attitude that keeps your people looking out for each other on the job and helps them to realize that "Zero" can be achieved but everyone on the job site needs to buy in. The Safety program may fall under the control of the Safety Supervisor, but carrying out safety on the job is everyone's responsibility.

Safety Attitude is perspective. Change the perspective and you change the results. Once you change someone's perspective, once you change how they see things. Once you change how they respond to hazards, you change results.

There are companies around the world who are achieving Zero on the job. Would you be willing to take the time to find out their secrets? I'll save you the trouble. Companies hit Zero when they don't allow excuses, reasons or justifiers to stand in their way. That's simply "Safety Attitude" in play.

None of it is measurable or tangible. But you won't find a single successful organization without it.

Now, you have two choices: address Safety Attitude at your next safety meeting - or - change the safety culture by continually addressing Safety Attitude as the primary component of a safety culture that works. Either way, we're here to help you get it done.