THE RELEVANCE OF SAFETY EDUCATION

Hello there, this is Goke Akingbade( your Safety guide). In this day and age we are in, it won't take you long below you see a guy or a lady driving his or her car and simultaneously making a phone call or receiving one while he or she is on the steering wheel. Others go to extent of texting while driving. We live in the era of android tablets, IPads. Smart phones and even Smart TV'S etc. We are constantly being bombarded with a lot of information which we assume we must respond to immediately. It's important that we choose not to neglect the fact that life ought to be lived one day at a time. The danger involved with giving one's attention to two or three task at a time or what is commonly referred to as multitasking is that it tends to gradually shift one's focus away from one's external environment. It is until an automobile accident occurs that the victim gets back to focus on the reality of the risk associated with multitasking. Multitasking in this...

WORKING SAFELY IN THE KITCHEN We are still in the festive season and we know that a lot of cooking or work is done in the kitchen  mostly in this period of the year. It is so easy to assume that rarely will accidents occur inside the kitchen but we need to be safety conscious while we prepare Fried rice or Jollof rice or fry or roast chicken or turkey. SAFETY TIPS THAT WILL ENSURE YOU & YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS WORK SAFELY IN THE KITCHEN . MAINTAIN GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.                                                                                                                                  We say in safety that house keeping entails a lot of things. ...

NOISE (A SILENT DESTRUCTIVE HAZARD). Merry Christmas everyone, this is Goke Akingbade (your safety guide). Sorry for being away for a long time,It’s the demand of the industry that I work in. Part of what makes us human and alive is our sense of hearing. The ability to differentiate a particular keynote from another one and sound in general. We are all used to listening to music, radio via our head phones during leisure times or when we are stuck in traffic.                                                                                                 ...

BEHAVIOUR BASED SAFETY Behaviour Based Safety  (BBS) is the "application of science of behaviour change to real world problems".         The emphasis of Behaviour Based Safety is on what people do, it analyzes why they do it, and then applies a research-supported intervention strategy to improve what people do". For any organization to have an effective BBS program, all employees, from the CEO to the cleaner must be involved in the implementation of the BBS.                                                                                                    To achieve changes in behaviour, a change in policy, procedures and/or systems most assuredly will also need some change. Those changes cannot be done without...

EXITS Hello there, this is Goke Akingbade (your Safety guide). Today we will be discussing about exits and exit routes. In workplace safety, an exit is the portion of the exit route that generally is separated from other areas to provide a protected way of travel out of the workplace.                                             Our area of focus will be on what is called in health and safety an emergency exit.                                An emergency exit in a structure is a special exit for emergencies such as a fire.                  ...

THE THREE LEADERSHIP STYLES IN HSE MANAGEMENT Hello once again, this is your Safety guide (Goke Akingbade). Today, we will be discussing about three types of leadership models in health, safety and environment management. The corporate culture of an organization can have a great impact either negatively or positively on the kind of leadership model that is being portrayed by top-level management. The three type of leadership styles are discussed more below. (a) THE TOUGH-COERSIVE LEADERSHIP MODEL : In this type, safety managers usually focus on protecting themselves, so this makes them focus on compliance ( i.e they are tough on safety in order to avoid penalties. In controlling safety performance, manager’s focus mainly on punishment. The objective is to achieve legal imperatives.                                 ...

THE RELEVANCE OF BEHAVIOUR-BASED SAFETY. Hello there, this is Goke Akingbade (your Safety guide). Today we will be discussing about the relevance of BBS. Behaviour is what a person does or says. What causes an individual to behave in a certain way is influenced by other factors. In other words, a person’s behaviour is shaped by attitudes and situations. Behaviour-Based Safety (BBS) is a Safety Management System that species precisely what behaviours are intended to develop and maintain a safe workplace and are known as safe behaviours.   It is about identifying management policies and practices that affect human behaviour in the work environment.   For an organization to maintain a safe workplace, an effective BBS program must be in place. A good BBS program will assist organizations to:                               ...