Many companies open certain meetings with a "Safety
Minute." Often, the home office develops weekly or daily
Safety Minutes for crews to use at pre-work meetings. Ideally, the
Company's leadership requires other meetings to open with a
Safety Minute. Some companies mandate that all meetings open with a
Safety Minute. Given our society's fixation with meetings, we
could be talking about a great many Safety Minutes.
These Safety Minutes are different from Tool Box Talks or
similar daily or weekly efforts that may be used to convey more
detailed training or refresh employees on issues involving Lock
Out, Fall Protection, PPE, etc. We're focusing on behavior and
habit.
Routine is the Enemy.
