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Safety program
advice from an industry leader
Peavey Performance Systems
With more than 50 years of incentive experience, Peavey Performance
Systems has identified some of the essential qualities of a successful
safety incentive program and built them into the Safety Jackpot
Safety Incentive Program and thats why its successful
for so many companies today.
1. Set your safety
programs criteria to meet your companys needs.
Safety Jackpot can be individually tailored to help you
achieve your goals. It can help you increase safety awareness, improve
participation in safety events, decrease accidents, improve attendance
or affect other behavior that needs attention.
2. Keep things
simple. The simpler the safety program, the easier
it is to administer. A good safety incentive program is one that
doesnt take productive time away from any of your employees.
Complexity is not a requirement; in fact, it should be avoided.
3. Promotion is
key. One of the easiest ways to keep goals in front
of everyone is with lots of visible reminders. Plan a Kick-Off Party
to promote your companys exciting, new safety program. And
continue to promote the program year round with posters and
newsletters the Safety Jackpot program has lots of ways to
keep people motivated.
4. Frequently
reward your employees. To keep people motivated
and achieving your goals, reward behavior constantly. Weekly distribution
of game cards has proven to be effective and bonus cards reward
monthly, quarterly, annually or on-the-spot when your employees
go above-and-beyond on the job.
5. Reward both
individual and team performance. Establish a healthy
level of pride with a balance of individual recognition and team
recognition. Recognize team results so everyone has a stake in the
performance of those around them to promote self-supervision and
to help direct supervisors police the program.
6. Allow all who
achieve to win. Universal recognition is the only
way to achieve long-term results. Avoid the "all or none"
mentality of penalizing everyone when one person fails to achieve
the goal. Everyone who achieves must be recognized for their individual
good efforts.
7. Reward proactive
behavior. Build in a good balance between proactive
behavior and accident prevention. If all of the emphasis is the
desired results, the behavior necessary to achieve the results may
not be there. Examples of proactive behavior include reporting a
near miss, attending a safety meeting, passing a safety quiz or
having a safety suggestion implemented.
8. Encourage interaction.
Encourage your employees to interact, trade cards and talk about
the program. The more interaction among employees, the more excitement
there is about your incentive program, which has a direct effect
on the success of your safety program and the return on your investment.
9. Be creative.
Be prepared to change your program's criteria whenever needed. Spice
things up with on-the-spot rewards, award bonus cards for perfect
attendance, offer monthly prizes or include game cards with quarterly
or annual employee performance awards. Every effort that goes into
building interest in the Safety Jackpot program has a direct effect
on safety awareness and bottom-line safety costs.
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