If you are not interested in preventing employee injury and illness, nobody else is likely to be. Demonstrate to your employees the depth of your commitment by involving them in planning and carrying out your efforts. If you seriously involve your employees in identifying and resolving safety and health problems, they are more likely to commit their insights and energy to achieve the goals and objectives of your program. If you have at least a few employees, consider forming a safety committee. This can assist you in starting a program and will help maintain interest in the program once it is operating.
Committees can be an excellent way of communicating safety and health information.
If you have few employees, consider rotating them so that all can have an active part in the safety and health programming. Hold meetings with all of your employees to communicate that policy to them and to discuss your objectives for safety and health for the rest of the year. If appropriate, consider an annual safety meeting to showcase activities and recognize achievement. Make sure that you, and any managers or supervisors, follow all safety requirements that employees must follow, even if you are only in their area briefly. If, for instance, you require a hard hat, safety glasses, or safety shoes in an area, wear them yourself when you're in that area.