One Common Safety Language Over 1.5 million people In 38 Countries Injury reduction of 60-90% Over 25 translations 4 SafeStart-SafeTrack
Off the Job vs. On the Job There are more than two times as many off-the-job injuries as on-the-job injuries? 5 Source: NSC Injury Facts , 2008 Edition 2:1 SafeStart-SafeTrack
Off the Job vs. On the Job And there are more than ten times as many off-the-job fatalities as on-the-job fatalities. 6 Source: NSC Injury Facts , 2008 Edition 10:1 SafeStart-SafeTrack
Unintentional-Injury Deaths That’s why you will be encouraged to take SafeStart home with you. 7 Source: NSC Injury Facts 2008 Edition SafeStart-SafeTrack
Benefits You’ll get some techniques that work 24/7. They work everywhere—at home, at work and on the highway There is even a take home component that you can share with your family. It’s designed to help you, not blame you (we all make mistakes). It’s very efficient technology that can decrease personal injuries by 60–90%. 8 SafeStart-SafeTrack
Deliberate At-Risk Behavior Habitual At-Risk Behavior Unintentional At-Risk Behavior Three Types of At-Risk Behavior 9 SafeStart-SafeTrack
Three Types of At-Risk Behavior SafeStart is about helping people prevent the mistakes and errors we never wanted to make in the first place. It’s not about deliberate at-risk behavior. Deliberate At-Risk Behavior Habitual At-Risk Behavior Unintentional At-Risk Behavior 10 SafeStart-SafeTrack
Hazardous Energy A Person or Persons Something Unexpected What Causes Most Accidents? 11 SafeStart-SafeTrack
Three Sources of Unexpected You do something unexpectedly that gets you hurt Someone else does something unexpectedly that gets you hurt The equipment, tools or machinery you're working with does something unexpectedly that gets you hurt SELF OTHER PEOPLE EQUIPMENT 12 SafeStart-SafeTrack
Three Sources of Unexpected National Safety Council/Auto Accident Causation 97% Human Error Public Workshop Surveys 90-99% Self 1-10% Other Less than 5% Equip. SELF OTHER PEOPLE EQUIPMENT 13 SafeStart-SafeTrack Construction/Contractors
The SafeStart Concepts There are four common critical errors associated with unintentional at-risk behavior. When we make one or more of these errors unintentionally, we are also in one or more of four common states . 14 SafeStart-SafeTrack
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Headache The SafeStart Card The front of the SafeStart card summarizes key SafeStart concepts. Think of this side as the “ headache .” 19 SafeStart-SafeTrack
The SafeStart Card The back of the SafeStart card summarizes key SafeStart techniques. You could think of this side as the “ aspirin .” 20 Aspirin SafeStart-SafeTrack
Critical Error Reduction Techniques Self trigger on the state (or amount of hazardous energy) so you don’t make a critical error. SafeStart-SafeTrack 21
Trigger on the State These four states are responsible for a high percentage of injuries. In most cases, you are in the state before you make the error. Which means you can use these states as triggers. Rushing Frustration Fatigue Complacency 22 SafeStart-SafeTrack
Critical Error Reduction Techniques Look at others for the patterns that increase the risk of injury. SafeStart-SafeTrack 23
Critical Error Reduction Techniques Start to work on your habits. SafeStart-SafeTrack 24
Critical Error Reduction Techniques Analyze close calls and small errors (to prevent agonizing over the big ones). SafeStart-SafeTrack 25
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SafeStart for the Family There are four DVDs in the SafeStart Home DVD kit that you can use to introduce the SafeStart concepts and techniques to your family: Taking SafeStart Home [3-part DVD for the family] Hurt at Home [5-part DVD for parents and babysitters] SafeStart on the Road [DVD for teens and parents] Boo Boo Bandits [DVD for pre-school and elementary age children] 30 SafeStart-SafeTrack
SafeStart for the Family There’s also an online course available for any member of your family who would like to take the full SafeStart course at home. 31 SafeStart-SafeTrack
SafeStart for the Family To encourage your family to complete the SafeStart program, there’s even a contest where they can win cool prizes. [Safety isn’t everybody’s favorite subject.] 32 SafeStart-SafeTrack
That’s not surprising when you recall that the best way to reinforce what you’ve learned is to teach it to someone else. Source: National Training Laboratories — Bethel, Maine Lecture Reading Text Audio-visual representation Demonstration Discussion group Learning by doing Teaching others 5% 10% 20% 30% 50% 75% 90% The Learning Pyramid 33
Comprehensive Materials Five participant workbooks SafeStart card CERT Practice cards Written Leader’s Guide with detailed information on lesson preparation and presentation PowerPoint ® presentations with embedded video clips 34 SafeStart-SafeTrack
Learning Design Classroom setting with room arranged to facilitate small group discussion 15 to 30 participants per session 90 minutes per unit 1 to 2 weeks between units 35 SafeStart-SafeTrack
Learning Design Introductory remarks (2-4 minutes) Show first video segment (5-9 minutes) Read and complete workbook (30-45 minutes) Show second video segment (4-7 minutes) Table group discussions (10-20 minutes) Closing comments/What to practice (2-3 minutes) 36 SafeStart-SafeTrack
Learning Styles Only about 10% like sitting and listening to lectures. SafeStart’s learning design will appeal to the rest of us. Passive Active Intuitive Logical Center for Occupational Research and Development (www.cord.org) 10% 37 SafeStart-SafeTrack
Malcolm Knowles on Motivating Adults Adults are motivated to learn when they: Immediately see the relevance of training to their own life experience Have some control over their own learning experience Have a vast store of knowledge and experience from which to draw and apply to the learning situation Take an active part in the learning process SafeStart applies these principles so that the course becomes motivating to adults. 38 SafeStart-SafeTrack
SafeStart in Your Overall Safety Management Program A quick jump in safety awareness & skills and safety performance Reduces off the job injuries as well as on the job injuries Improves production and quality initiatives Helps all other safety training initiatives Will pave the way for a smoothly performing Observation & Feedback or Audit Process for Safety SAFE START 39 SafeStart-SafeTrack
Case Study: Simmons Simmons introduced SafeStart and experienced a significant decrease in their OSHA incident rate. 2001 4 17.6 7.2 4.5 5.6 8 12 16 20 2002 2003 Year *per 100 full-time employees R a t e YTD 2004 OSHA Incident Rate* 40 SafeStart-SafeTrack
Case Study: Simmons Simmons introduced SafeStart and experienced a significant decrease in their OSHA incident rate. Workers’ Compensation costs plummeted. 2001 $0 $500,000 $1,000,000 $1,500,000 $2,000,000 $2,500,000 $2,524,262 $838,102 $609,637 $85,362 2002 2003 Year D o l l a r s YTD 2004 Workers’ Compensation Costs 41 SafeStart-SafeTrack
Case Study: Simmons Simmons introduced SafeStart and experienced a significant decrease in their OSHA incident rate. Workers’ Compensation costs plummeted. The effect on the bottom line was significant. *Simmons earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization 2001 $40,000 $80,000 $120,000 $160,000 2002 2003 Year D o l l a r s Adjusted EBITDA* $86,238 $102,897 $124,296 42 SafeStart-SafeTrack
Case Study: Simmons They tried some ways to reinforce SafeStart, but they decided not to use the EAUs. The result was a rise in their OSHA incident rate. 2001 4 17.6 7.2 4.5 5.6 8 12 16 20 2002 2003 Year *per 100 full-time employees R a t e YTD 2004 OSHA Incident Rate* 43 SafeStart-SafeTrack
Case Study: BC Hydro 72% Extended Application Units 44 SafeStart-SafeTrack
SafeStart Curriculum In addition to the importance of properly implementing the five SafeStart core units, it’s also important to follow the recommended curriculum. Following the curriculum will ensure that . . . SafeStart won’t become the “flavor of the month The injury reduction continues year after year 45 SafeStart-SafeTrack
EAU #2 EAU #3 EAU #4 EAU #5 YEAR 1 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 YEAR 2 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 YEAR 3 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 YEAR 4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 YEAR 5 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 ToolBox Series Accident Investigation Sprains & Strains Implementation Timeline and SafeStart Home 46 SafeStart-SafeTrack