How Can We Boost Employee Engagement in Our 2012 Safety Campaign? Looking for Fun Ideas!

I would like to organize a 2012 Safety Campaign in our Head Office, and for that, I have a couple of things in mind such as presentations, videos, posters, anomaly hunting, etc. I would like to know if somebody has some ideas on how we can involve employee participation, like some quizzes, workshops, games, etc., where there will be more interaction and participation from employees.

Look forward to your suggestions.

Regards,
Aarti

Nice to see you seeking help on safety topics in our CiteHR EHS forum. Hope to see your active participation here in the future too. Your ideas seem good, but I do not fully understand how you are going to execute these. Are you planning to organize some competition, or what? If you plan to do a competition, how are you executing this with videos and presentations? What do you mean by anomaly hunting?

Method for NSD Celebrations

I would like to share the following method we are adopting for NSD celebrations. Our main aim is to create more awareness among employees towards accident prevention. So, the following is an effective way:

• **Safety Quiz:** You have already mentioned it. How to execute it effectively is the next question. Your quiz should be very specific to your plant and safety systems. What we did is we declared well in advance that we will be conducting a quiz purely based on our "Safety Standards." This makes all employees go through the standard documents again, helping to refresh their learning. Conduct the quiz either online or in written form or among a group of employees. It is up to you. The quiz can be organized for various levels of employees starting from contract workmen.

• **Exhibition Stalls on Safety Standards:** You can think of organizing exhibition stalls on safety standards. Like one stall for Work At Height Safety Standard and another for Confined Space Entry, etc. In these stalls, you can display all safety features that you are adopting in your plant or are supposed to be adopted for these jobs. All employees can have a look at these stalls for learning. Give the responsibility of making these stalls to your separate departments or people. This is a very good way of involving people. This time we are making permanent exhibition stalls with the name "Safety Park" for our plant.

• **Safety Play (Drama) Competitions:** You can organize safety play (drama) competitions, maybe department-wise or position-wise. If you have multiple departments, you can give the theme of the play well in advance to avoid repetition of the message being conveyed.

• **Safety Song/Poem Competition:** Safety song/poem competition can be organized.

• **On-the-Spot Safety Poster Competition:** On-the-spot safety poster competition among employees, housewives, children, etc., is a good idea.

Hope our forum members will add more to the list. Once you celebrate the NSD, surely let us know what all you organized. If you are conducting anything unique, please let us know for adopting the same.

All the best.

You may also organize a "SAFETY MARATHON," starting from your head office and, after a run through the city, ending at the head office. You may ask management to distribute T-shirts or caps of your company to all participants of the marathon race.

Alternatively, you can have a "JHANKI" competition among all departments at the head office if it is spacious enough.

You may organize a competition to find the maximum unsafe conditions by the employees. For this, you may make teams of employees and send them into the plant for any set period. Every team will come with a list of unsafe conditions in the plant. The team that finds the maximum unsafe conditions will win.

See if it may help you?

Regards,
Inderjeet Singh "Born to lead."

First of all, welcome back after a very long time, Aarthi. It's great to see you participating on our CITEHR forum again. Mr. Dipil has already provided a good write-up on your query. I cannot give as many suggestions as Mr. Dipil did because I am solely focused on construction.

Some of our senior members will offer suggestions on this matter. Hope you will participate actively in the future.

Dear Dipil,

That was indeed a good write-up. Thank you for helping our member promptly. Keep in touch.

Thank you for your input on this thread. We are implementing the first two ideas you mentioned in your reply, and they are working well in our camp. Keep on sharing.

Best regards,
[Your Name]

Nice to see your inputs to the thread. I would like to get some clarifications on your post. If you don't mind, please let me know:

1. What does "JHANKI" Competition actually mean? How will it be executed? How will it help in the prevention of accidents or in creating more awareness among employees towards safety?

2. I have the same question regarding how "Safety Marathon" will help in the prevention of accidents or in creating more awareness among employees towards safety. If you have ever conducted this, could you please upload or send me some photos of this event for better understanding?

Regards,
[Email Removed For Privacy Reasons]

Dear Dipil, I would like to clarify both my points one by one.

1. "JHANKI" means showing anything artificially with the help of a team. We may show two situations together for the same work: one would be safe, and the other would be unsafe. Also, there would be a person to explain both conditions. First of all, in the first situation, we will explain the unsafe conditions and the hazards. Then, in the second situation, we will show the safe working of the same situation and explain the benefits. For example, one JHANKI may have two scenes of "Working at height," one without proper PPEs and another with PPEs.

2. MERATHAN is nothing but "Sadbhawana Daur." Employees will run together to show their interest in SAFETY. In the Merathan, we may distribute the safety booklet to people with some common topics like traffic safety so that people in town will also understand "how safety-conscious we are."

Also, these were my ideas. I have never done it. Please refer to Raghu's reply; he is trying the same. He may have the photos.

I hope that I cleared your doubts. If not, feel free to ask again.

Regards, Inderjeet Singh "Born to lead."

Thank you very much, Dipil, for your fantastic ideas. Regarding executing some of my ideas, we are organizing a safety campaign throughout the month in our offices and plants. As I am based in the Head Office (where we need to think twice about the activities as the environment is very different from the plants), I was thinking to organize:

1. An interactive speech by our managing director.
2. Showcasing the different safety-related posters in the cafeteria and having an interactive session with employees to discuss their thoughts on these. This is basically to invite employees for discussions.
3. Displaying safety-related videos, of course.
4. Anomaly Hunting - in this, we will encourage employees to find unsafe conditions in the head office by taking some photographs.
5. Theme discussions - we are planning to create around 10 teams and assign a safety theme to them for discussions.
6. Safety quizzes - I am still looking for a questionnaire/answers specifically related to head office safety.

I really appreciate your proposed ideas like Safety play (although I am unsure how feasible this is in our office); Safety poster competition (even though this activity is very traditional in our office).

Thanks again!

Very good ideas. Keep it up. Any innovation is welcome. Do not forget to take the safety oath. If this drive is being planned for the entire month, you can invite specialists in different topics such as:

1. Nutrition
2. Yoga
3. Meditation
4. HIV/AIDS
5. Road Safety
6. Defensive Driving
7. Food Habits
8. Occupations affecting Cancer, Nervous System Damage, White Finger Disease specific to hazards.

To add to Dipil's list, debate in favor and against some subjects related to safety. After completion, please share the details in the forum for the benefit of beginners.

Thanks & Regards,
Sudhir

Dear Dipil,

See the template we conducted last 14th VALENTINE'S DAY RUN FOR YOUR LOVED ONES 5K RUN / 3K WALK in our camp (actually, we conduct it every month). If you need any pictures and assistance, let me know.

Last 14th, more than 700 people, including women, participated in this RUN. Make sure if you develop this kind of program in your company, the FIRST AID and EMERGENCY team should be available until the event ends. You should arrange energy drinks for participants.

Note: I have a separate colorful invitation for this kind of RUN; unfortunately, it's all on my Outlook (will send you by mail).

Thanks, Inder.

Hope it's clear.

Good Afternoon!

WHAT: VALENTINE'S DAY RUN FOR YOUR LOVED ONES 5K RUN / 3K WALK

WHEN: 14 FEBRUARY 2012 at 1800Hr

WHERE: RUN TRAIL ENTRANCE NEXT TO TURF FIELD

__________________________________________________ ___

The Valentine's Day 5K Run/3K walk will begin at the entrance of the run trail next to the turf field. You will receive (1) T-shirt for yourself and (1) for your loved one.

Registration will start at 1730 next to the Warrior pit.

For questions or concerns, please contact XXXYYY

Thanks for adding to the list. These are really nice ideas for those wishing to adopt them, at least for the coming years if planning for this year is already done.

Anything that will help us create more awareness and encourage participation in improving safety systems is something we should pursue. If this marathon or run helps us in any way, we should definitely do it. As I do not have much experience and have not yet organized such an event, please share more information about it. Thanks, and keep on sharing!

Regards.

Thanks for the detailed write-up. Which business is your company in? Please provide more details so we can assist you better. Our forum members can also help with quiz questions if you share more information. All the best for your National Safety Day Celebrations.

Hi Aarti, you can have a drawing competition related to safety. Motivate employees by asking them to provide safety kaizen (small improvements related to safety) in their workplace and award the best kaizen. Happy Safety Day (March 04, 2012)...

We are the world leader in gases for industry, health, and the environment. We manufacture industrial and medical gases. I am looking for a quiz related to office safety (nothing specific about plants or manufacturing units). Hope to hear something from the other members too 

Regards,
Aarti

Dear all, I am attaching some posters for safety.

Regards, Ck Arora

Ensuring Safety Through Housekeeping Practices

Also, ensure the best housekeeping practices and maximum observation of unsafe points, along with their prevention methods by staff and workers of the plant and project. When people feel proud, they also feel safe.

Regards,
B.K. Mishra