Safety Training Post COVID-19Post COVID-19
Safety Training in a Post-COVID-19
“All the world is topsy-turvy, and it
has been topsy-turvy ever since the
plague.”
― Jack London , The Scarlet Plague
Re-OpeningLegal Duties
General Duty Clause
Risk Assessment & Appropriate Measures
Assessments Need to Match Risks
Risk Assessment & Appropriate Measures
☑ Minimizing exposure at work
☑ Resuming work after a period of closure
☑ Coping with a higher rate of absence
☑ Managing workers from home
Involve Workers
Legal Obligation
COVID-19 Operating Practices
Non-Binding Guidelines
COVID-19 Operating Practices
FREE Worksheet
Employer Responsibilities
An employer may wish to engage a team of workers across
various functions or business units to assist with
maintaining a healthy and safe work environment. These
areas of focus could include:
✓ Development & implementation of a response
plan.
✓ Worker wellness and returning to a workplace
✓ Health checks and screening
✓ Isolation coordination
✓ Communication & training
✓ Personal protective equipment (PPE) & materials
How Do We Do It?
Legal Obligation
How do we do it?
“If you spin the world around on its
axis, you are ultimately back where
you started”
― Richard Branson, CEO, Virgin
Survey Says…
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ILT 1on1 Small Group Large Group Videos Elearning
Pre-COVID Post-COVID
First Day Back
1. Handout, collect worker screening questionnaire
2. Implement (or not) Body Temperature Screening
3. Supervisor meet, greet, and instructions to workers
4. Supervisors go through RTW checklist for each worker
5. Remind workers of workplace Goals, Plan & Program
6. Stay in touch with workers thorough first day/week
7. Supervisors to provide business/emotional support
Case Story 1
How are you changing your safety training do deal with a post-COVID world?
Large manufacturer in East Coast USA
Focus on daily checks to reduce the risk of a spike in cases and confirm it is safe to continue.
Assessing the risk of transmission for employees given the nature of a business’s work and prioritizing businesses that have
lower transmission risks.
Utilizing virtual training tools and computer-based/eLearning to reduce the frequency of contact in the workplace and
maintain social distance as per regulations. Able to engage remote staff and build awareness to be followed up in small
group training.
Open space training with small groups either staggered on the floor or prior to the start of shift in open air locations.
Case Story 2
How are you changing your safety training do deal with a post-COVID world?
Restaurant in Western Canada
Focus on daily checks to reduce the risk of a spike in cases and confirm it is safe to continue.
Assessing the risk of transmission for employees given the nature of a business’s work and prioritizing businesses that have
lower transmission risks.
Moved nearly 100% to elearning so all safety training can be taken in the comfort of employee’s homes or while on breaks.
We have moved to staggered 1 person breaks with disinfecting procedures before you leave the break room.
Increased safety posters to reinforce procedures
Touchscreen sign-off of procedures and training – no more sign-in sheets
The Key Metrics for Occupational Health & Safety Are Not Telling a Story of Success
AVG Direct Cost Of A Workplace Accident According To The National Safety
Council
$38,000
AVG Indirect Cost Of A Workplace Accident According To The National Safety
Council
$192,000
Significant Injuries Per Workplace Accidents & Incidents
1 in 35
Non-fatal Workplace Injuries Per 100 FTE
3
Daily Workplace Fatalities in North America
16
Rates of Deaths per 100,000 Workers in North America
Increasing
Pay to Prevent or Pay for Repercussions
• $750M Costs of Fall Injuries to Employers
• $104 M Costs of Falls for Employers
• $63M Costs of Survivor Benefits
• $79M Costs of Increased Insurance Premiums to Employers
• $5 Costs of Fall Protection Training
Survey Says…
Hazard Awareness
Safety Retention
No Training
Not Compliant
“Your chances of
contracting COVID-19 are
proportional to your
exposure and the length
of exposure, inverse to
how much and what you
do to mitigate the risk.”
― Anthony Fauci
Pre Or Post, The Primary Safety Issue Is The Same
• We forget 50% of what we learned within the
first hour
• Conventional safety training has a 45%
retention at the moment of training
• Conventional online training has a 65%
retention at the moment of training
• SafetyNow Retention Training has a 97%
recall up to three weeks after the initial
training
Higher Engagement & Retention Delivers Results
Success+15% +15%
+ +
+18% +12%
+ +
+9%
The Power of Retention & Spacing Effect on Learning
• Flatten the forgetting curve
• Build synaptic pathways
• Migrate from short to long-term memory
• Building habits and muscle memory
• Cannot rely on cerebral cortex in fight/flight
response
SafetyNow Results
80%
60%
40%
100%
Case Story 3
How are you changing your safety training do deal with a post-COVID world?
Warehouse Distribution Center in Washington
Focus on daily checks to reduce the risk of a spike in cases and confirm it is safe to continue.
Assessing the risk of transmission for employees given the nature of a business’s work and prioritizing businesses that have
lower transmission risks.
Cross-training for absent employees to accommodate work refusals, illness and social distancing
Moved nearly 100% to elearning so all safety training can be taken in the comfort of employee’s homes or while on breaks.
We have moved to staggered 1 person breaks with disinfecting procedures before you leave the break room.
Reinforce online training with quizzes, courses, 1:1 and small group training
Increased safety posters to reinforce procedures
Touchscreen sign-off of procedures and training – no more sign-in sheets
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