{"id":12219,"date":"2021-08-27T16:36:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T14:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/?p=12219"},"modified":"2021-08-27T16:36:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T14:36:29","slug":"safety-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/2021\/08\/27\/safety-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a Safety-First Culture for Today\u2019s Technicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Safety first. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two key words on a tattered poster that every organization has plastered on the wall in the company break room.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It sounds good. And some of us sleep better at night knowing HR hung the poster in 1994, but how do we bring safety to life and take it seriously? How do you take the words off the wall and put them into action?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over the last few years, we\u2019ve worked hard to integrate safety into our culture. Typically, when you think about a company\u2019s culture, it\u2019s more about work\/life balance and company lunches. Safety rarely enters the culture conversation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But to truly provide a safe environment for our team, and, in turn, our customers, we needed safety to be at the foundation of everything we do.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So we identified four pillars to successfully embed safety into every level of our organization: <strong>Belief<\/strong>, <strong>Attitude<\/strong>, <strong>Habits<\/strong> and <strong>Behaviors<\/strong>. If safety was going to be our No. 1 priority, we had to focus on these four areas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>We had to believe.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our belief began with a simple mission: to never compromise on safety, period<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>We would never allow our technicians or our customers to be put in an unsafe situation.<\/li>\n<li>We would encourage and provide regular safety training.<\/li>\n<li>We would certify our technicians on safety and industry standards.<\/li>\n<li>We would provide the safest working conditions and best practices in the industry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It wouldn\u2019t make sense to operate any other way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Having the right attitude.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If the mission was to put safety first, how would we get there? Vision. Our vision was to be the safest fleet service at every level of the company.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We would create an easy-to-understand acronym that could be put into practice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And this too would be more than words on paper. It would be a mindset and attitude we wanted all technicians to learn, live and work by.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Making it a habit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our focus on building a strong safety culture could only exist if we approached every job using the acronym above. We would make safety actionable so that it would become a habit, built into our behavior on every job, and an indelible part of our culture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Safety at every turn.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When we\u2019re on a job, our skilled technicians also drive the mobile service vehicle. That meant we had to focus our safety efforts both <strong>on the job<\/strong> and <strong>on the road<\/strong>.\u00a0 Utilizing cutting edge safety training, mobile technician best practices and technology, we were able to keep technicians safe and customer fleets on the road.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The results are in.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When it came to building a strong safety culture, money didn\u2019t matter. We were committed to doing what it took to keep our technicians and customers safe, and we continue to be that way today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And it has worked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our approach each day is to keep safety first with every decision. And with that, our technicians are more safety minded. On the job and on the road, safety is part of their structure. Most importantly, they have a voice when it comes to safety. They are at the head of the company and their input is critical to the success of our safety culture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And consider this: We\u2019ve added vehicles to our fleet, but our vehicle accident rate has decreased by over 70%.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We\u2019ve grown in our number of technicians by nearly 50% in the past couple of years and our injury rate continues to improve.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Making safety the No. 1 priority, a part of our culture, has required effort and involvement from all corners of our organization \u2013 including right from our executive officers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But because we believe, have the right attitude, and make it a habit and behavior with everything we do, <a href=\"https:\/\/bobit.blueconic.net\/s\/7R7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>we\u2019re confident we\u2019ll continue to be a safety leader in the fleet service industry for years to come.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"original-url\">Originally posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worktruckonline.com\/10146006\/creating-a-safety-first-culture-for-todays-technicians\">Work Truck Online<\/a><\/p>\n<p>by Michael Renforth, Vice President of Safety, Health &amp; 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