Slides from "Safety Training Games and Activities for Everyone" presented at the American Society of Safety Engineers Professional Development Conference in 2010. (All activities mentioned were distributed as separate files to all attendees). For more info, visit www.SafetyFUNdamentals.com.
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Blocked Fire Extinguisher Blocked Electrical Panel
Unattended Running Forklift Broken Window in Door to Lab
Hose Running Across Floor Storage Too Close to Sprinkler
Missing Railing on Stairway Large Water Puddle on Floor
Unusual Smell (rubber) Leaking Drum (oily)
16. Variations
• More Cards
• Sort into Piles
–Fix Now or Later
–Whose Problem Is It?
–Low, Medium or High Risk
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20. Practical Information for
all Games & Activities
• Make Sure it Works
• Make Sure It’s Not Too Hard
• Make Sure You Have Enough Time
• Make Sure Materials are Available
• Make Sure You Have the Answers
• Make Sure It’s Related!
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In Order
• Inspect Work Area
• Notify Others in Work Area
• Turn Off Power
• Apply Lock and Tag
• Verify Power is Off
• Work on Equipment
• Clean Up Work Area
• Remove Lock and Tag
• Turn Power On
• Notify Others in Area that Work is Complete
24. Ask in the Airplane
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26. Tic Tac Know
When extinguishing a Step 1 in using a What are the 3
Fire, aim at the_____ Fire extinguisher parts of the fire triangle?
CO2 Extinguishers The proper extinguisher
To extinguish a
Should be used for… for paper is ______
Grease fire….
Oily rags should be How long must a How often must you attend
Disposed of where? Firewatch remain in fire extinguisher training?
the area?
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x x x
Water Leaking Locked Office Broken mercury
From ceiling in Door - Room Thermometer
Room 304 100 (The Pres) Needs clean-up
x x x
Forklift hit Missing guard on
Broken Office
Racks in Packaging line -
Chair in Receiving
Finished goods Can’t find it
30. Safety Hangman
Unsuccessful Guesses:
E, G
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31. Safety Hangman
Unsuccessful Guesses:
E, G
A D
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32. Safety Hangman
Unsuccessful Guesses:
E, G
A C I D
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33. Debriefing
• What just
happened?
• What did I learn?
• What did our team
accomplish?
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34. Possible Debriefing
Questions
• What form of communication did you use in this
activity?
• What occurred in this activity that you could use back
on the job?
• What did you like least about the method of
communication used in this exercise?
• Did the time limit affect the activity? How? How could
this affect….? How can you still be effective?
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39. Training Highly
Educated Workers
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40. What Works
• Competition
• More Peer learning
• Acknowledge Knowledge/Experience
• Relevant Activities (Always!)
• Push thinking part - avoid anything childlike
• Extensional Questions (How or What)
– Avoid “Why”
• Task Oriented
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41. Know-It-Alls
• Shift from telling to asking
• Flatter as a way in
• Pre-empt “Know-It-All-ism”
“Well if we are open-minded about it, we could
look at it this way”
“None of us knows everything but together we
can work this out…”
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