New Employee Safety Orientation: What Your Training Should Include

To train new employees in safety, your presentation should lay out their role in creating a safe workplace, as well as safety steps to take.

 

How likely is it that new hires will be injured on the job, as compared to experienced workers?
a) twice as likely
b) four times as likely
c) five times as likely
d) no more likely
If you answered c), you’re correct. That startling statistic was, in fact.
 Lay out the objectives. Your presentation should make the point that every worker can make (and is expected to make) an important contribution to organizational safety by identifying, and fixing or reporting hazards and near-misses, and by responding appropriately to emergencies and evacuations.
--Note specific learning.  learning the basics of several different areas of safety.
--Warn against horseplay. Those new to the job may be tempted to “fool around” with equipment they’ve never used before. Such antics can be deadly.
--Explain the worker’s role in security. Newcomers may take a narrow view of safety as primarily accident prevention, but they need to understand that keeping unauthorized persons out of the workplace is also a safety measure—and that it’s done through vigilance and careful handling of identification systems such as badges and codes.
--List safety information sources. It’s vital that workers know where to find the knowledge they need to be safe, including the location of safety bulletin boards, and the names of safety supervisors or members of the facility’s safety committee.
--Give detailed safety information. offers specific slides, in easily digested bullet format, on (1) housekeeping, (2) fire hazards and response (including extinguisher use and technique,) (3) ergonomic cautions, (4) safe lifting and materials handling, (5) PPE types and use, (6) electrical hazards and protective measures, and (7) hazardous chemicals.
New Employee Safety Orientation includes:

• An audio presentation
  It's all done for you and ready to deliver.
• A fully prepared PowerPoint presentation
  Fully researched and expertly designed safety meetings on this key OSHA topic.
• Reproducible handouts
  Print and photocopy the handouts.
• Interactive exercises
  Involving exercises increases comprehension.
• Quizzes
  Test your employees' knowledge.
• Completion certificate
  Document who completed training.