THE RELEVANCE OF SAFETY EDUCATION

SAFE WORK HABITS In most of the things we do while at work or even at home, we find a way to make the process go easier and faster. These processes we develop become work habits and are used not only at work but in our everyday activities as well. We can become so used to a process or embarking on a task that we might overlook the underlying factors that can cause injury. Some say it takes 21 days of continual discipling and reminding yourself to develop a habit. Some of us have very good habits; some of us could use a little work. Let's look at a few tasks: (1) Do you fasten your seatbelt everytime you enter a car?                                             (2) Do you confirm the power is truly disconnected after you lockout a machine?       (3) Do you turn your head and check your blind spot prior to switching lanes?            (4) Do you utilize the handrail when going up or downstairs?                                         (5) Do you stop and look both ways befor

ARE YOU SAFE? When you woke up this morning, maybe you mumbled some few prayers talking to God and probably went to take a bath and jumped with your suitcase or for some of us, a bagpack strapped to your back like a mother carrying her three year-old son before you rushed out of the house.   The hustle and bustle of another day starts, you enter a public bus and join the traffic all in the quest of meeting up with time inorder to get to work early. But did you caution the driver not to overspeed and overtake other vehicles because you do not want to get late to work.   At all times, we need to be safety conscious anywhere we find ourselves. Some drivers are even fond of answering a phone call which comes in while driving, this is very very dangerous.   People always like multi-tasking to the detriment of their lives.The ideal thing is to either ignore the call or better still park your car and then answer the phone call. The phone call can wait and one can dial the number

THE BENEFITS OF BEHAVIOUR-BASED SAFETY TO ORGANIZATIONS Behaviour -based safety combines the aspects of behavioural science with industrial safety in order to create a   ”new”   process to promote safety in the workplace. Research has indicated that as safe behaviours rise, safety incidents reduce.  FOUR COMPONENTS OF BBS.                                                                                                                                                \ Investigation of the antecedents to at risk behaviours: the observation process action plans to influence at risk behaviours and conditions feedback.  When BBS is implemented in the workplace, it leads to an increase in safe behaviours and a fall in overall safety incidents. It is implemented by the Department of Energy (DOE). BBS applies across a broad range of safety areas.  It can be promoted on the production floor or in the office and is applicable off the job as well. BBS enhances some long use

According to John F. Rekes, education is a process through which learners gain new understanding, acquire new skills , and/or change their attitudes. By the way, my name is Goke Akingbade, and I am a safety professional. My main point of reference in this post will be on safety education. Safety education informs, persuades and motivates the learner or student. Employees in the workplace need to know why they ought to engage in safe work procedures.                                                                                                                                                            The most important goal in safety education is to pass across the information about the relevance of occupational safety. We become educated or instructed in safety in numerous ways:  (1) Formal classroom instruction:- this is the kind of instruction derived from attending a seminar or taking a course.  (2) Personal experience outside the clasroom:- this is where real life educati