Safety News Letter

         
             A safety newsletter is essential to spreading safety promotion activities. They come in various styles and the content may range from existing safety concerns within the company or a particular event that happened in the industry.

        Safety newsletter reflects the safety commitment of the organization, starting from the top. With this in mind, it is recommended that each safety newsletter contains a short statement from the accountable executive.To create a safety newsletter, the safety manager, must understand the purpose and ultimate goals of a well-crafted safety newsletter.
        Safety newsletter is a communication tool of  safety department and should be used to disseminate information to stakeholders, which include employees, managers, suppliers, vendors, contractors and tenants (if applicable).  safety newsletter helps form a bond of community and keeps stakeholders informed of planned safety training and activities. safety newsletter may also serve as a great tool to break down those strong barriers to change.          Safety newsletter will be a document (electronic or paper-based) that serves many purposes, including:
  • Informing
  • Announcing
  • Reminding
  • Instructing
         Safety newsletter should always be a short document that contains specific information about organizational safety goals and  activities. It may also contain content related to industry-wide safety activities, hazards, incidents or accidents with the goal of increasing awareness.

             To be most effective,  safety newsletter should be visually appealing and make stakeholders read it without laying it down. Once it has been put down, it is rare the reader will revisit the newsletter. Therefore, we recommend that the newsletter be kept short and concise.

             If  special safety training or routine safety meetings are announced, you should write the articles in a way that will make the readers want to attend and participate. Keep  articles short, neat, accurate and impartial. Leave out the office politics, as this is not the relevant media for office politics. 

              Safety newsletters are great tools to discuss  SMS implementation. Discuss  long range goals and short term plans to reach these goals.  Newsletter should also contain a schedule for safety meetings, safety training, and other safety related events that may be hosted outside the organization.
Responsibilities :  Safety manager or the assistant to the safety manager is responsible for creation of the safety newsletter. 

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