At the end of the meeting, ask employees to sign a sheet on the back of this talk as a record that they attended the safety meeting. Keep this talk on file for your records. You'll probably never see a football player in a game without a helmet, a baseball catcher playing without a mask or a fire fighter putting out an oil- leldlre without an asbestos suit. It would be about as unlikely to find an ironworker or any other skilled-trade worker on a major construction project without a hard hat. However, depending on the job you are performing, there are many other kinds of personal protective equipment and guards that are just as important as the hard hat.
Construction is a rugged business with rugged people working in it.
Too often we confuse ruggedness with faulty safety practices. Their jobs depend on their health and physical condition. Professional football players have plenty of chances to be injured and they're not about to add to those chances by not using the proper protective equipment. Think about the many different jobs you do every day and the number of times you have exposed yourself unnecessarily to hazards because you failed to wear the proper equipment that is provided for your protection. Your eyes may be exposed to hazards, such as flying objects, vapors, acids, splashing metal, radiant energy, sunlight and glare.