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Quick Take on Safety: Workplace Injury Hotline

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Mini Training Session for Loss Prevention

A Quick Take on Safety is a script that serve as a short safety talks to remind staff about safe work practices. This Quick Take focuses on when and how to use the Workplace Injury Hotline for on-the-job injuries.

Quick Takes on Safety:

  • Help keep safety in the forefront of employees’ minds.
  • Demonstrate the employer’s commitment to safety and encouraging a culture of safety.
  • Offers an opportunity for employees to ask questions, discuss safety concerns and develop solutions to specific issues while encouraging communication.

Objectives for Quick Take on Wild Parsnip and Poison Ivy

Overview: Provides an understanding of the workplace injury hotline, when to use it and how to use it.

Purpose: Employees will know what to do when an injury occurs at work.

Preparation:

  • Read and become familiar with this Quick Take. Change as needed to reflect procedures and personnel in your department.
  • Review your organization’s workers’ compensation claims reporting procedures.

Script and Handouts

  • Quick Take on Workplace Injury Hotline: PDF or Word doc
  • Quick Review of Workplace Injury Hotline: PDF or Word doc

 

Supervisors typically use a Quick Take on Data Security during regularly scheduled or informal meetings.

Some ideas on when to use Quick Takes on Safety:

  • A short orientation at the start of a shift to discuss the data security concerns and best practices for tasks to be performed that day.
  • A quick refresher during a team meeting or during a department meeting.

To improve the prepared script’s effectiveness, supervisors should modify the content to reflect the needs and situations of their specific workplace. Quick Takes on Data Security are not designed to take the place of regular formal training.

All Quick Takes on Data Security include the following:

  • Training overview and objectives: Includes necessary preparation for the training and handouts that could be used to supplement the message.
  • The script: Even if no preparation is required, instructors should read the script prior to the training and make changes to adapt the training to the specific audience and location. Occasionally bracketed areas indicate where the instructor can include additional information specific to the organization or the team’s work.
  • Discussion questions/further activities: Discussion questions are designed to encourage further conversation about the topic but can be omitted in the interest of time. There may be ideas for further activities.
  • Session Planning and Review: This section details resources for additional information and offers an opportunity for the instructor to evaluate the Quick Take session, making notes about how to improve the session in the future. Instructors should review this page prior to conducting the training in the future to make improvements.
  • Attendance Record: This tracks those present during the training and can serve as a record. It can also be helpful when deciding when to train on the topic again.

Employee Handout, The Quick Review of Data Security serves as a reminder to employees about the best practices covered during the training session. This can also be modified to include information specific to the organization or the team.

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