Free Supervisor Checklist for a Safe Workplace

Supervisors drive safety performance.

Some warning signs that supervisors are creating an under-performing safety culture include:

• Tool box talks - staff dislike attending and they are done in quite a "boring" manner.
• Poor staff engagement on safety issues - employees aren't interested in reading or learning about safety and don't take safety seriously.
• Lack of safety accountability - employees aren't accountable for safety preferring to believe the safety manager is responsible.
• Wrong safety behaviours - at a particular site, you find that staff are not following safety rules and even more troubling, their supervisor has even been found doing the wrong thing.
• Negative safety attitude - supervisors don't believe that safety can be improved and think it's a waste of time.
• "Us versus them" - employees have a bad attitude towards other employees from different sites, or even senior management.
• Avoid sharing safety information - there's a real lack of care when it comes to letting staff know about the latest safety trends.

If you think some of these issues might be happening in your company, download your free supervisor checklist now to audit your supervisors to find out what other areas to monitor.

This checklist audits your performance of supervisors in seven key areas that are influenced by the right supervisor behaviours and attitudes.  These include:

1. Fostering, open friendly communication and dialogues about safety
2. Leading by example
3. Have positive attitudes towards safety
4. Valuing safety over production pressures
5. Sharing important safety-related information
6. Enabling positive communication between frontline staff and senior management
7. Never ignoring poor safety behaviours.

After using the free checkilist, if you find that your supervisors are performing poorly, upskill them with our 9 Creative Communication Techniques to Improve Toolbox Talks DVD training course.