Back to Work, Back to Safety: Reestablishing Safety Habits After Time Away

Returning to work after a long vacation, illness, or even just the weekend can sometimes put a strain on normal, daily safety practices. Without consistent safety habits, employees are working at a higher risk for accidents and injury. Upon returning to work, especially after a lengthy absence, it is crucial to reestablish safety habits to keep the workplace a safe, productive environment.

This online training course offers tips, suggestions, and testimonials to help enforce why safety habits need to be reestablished when returning to work. Employees learn that reviewing their safety habits begins at home, simply by thinking about the day ahead, and the order of events. Reviewing critical safety steps is covered, including the use of any personal protective equipment. This course also stresses how attitudes and emotions can act as distractions at work and need to be kept in check. Use this course to gain an overall understanding of why safety skills, work habits, and attitudes need to be brought back up to speed after spending some time away from work.

   This course is in the Video On Demand format, to read about Video On Demand features click here.

Employees returning from a leave of absence

• Introduction
• Out of Practice
• Reestablishing A Safety Routine
• Review Critical Safety Steps
• Attitudes and Emotions
• Conclusion

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