The first Thursday of each month is a safety meeting. We've done lessons on hazardous materials, respiratory protection, lead awareness, ladder safety, electrical safety, and many other dangers. I recently let go an employee, and a few weeks later, while working for another contractor, he was shot in the hand with paint from a spray gun. He told the hospital to call us, because he had been to an earlier training session and knew we would have an MSDS on the paint that had been injected into his hand. We faxed it over and he was fine.
Training is ongoing.
Any article from PWC could be turned into a great training session. Go to conventions and get information and bring it back and develop a training class. Make sure you get everybody involved. We have developed a safety committee and a training committee to help share the load. This provides opportunity for people to shine.