Promoting WHS

Work Health and Safety is important in work place and there are various ways to raise awareness to health and safety in work place.Regular communication and promotion of WHS themes raises the awareness of workers and visitors. WHS promotion helps to reinforce a safety culture and is an integral part of the Health and Safety (HS) Committee.

Review your incident and accident statistics and look at new ways of increasing accident awareness among managers and workers.
 You could:

•  Present the accident statistics such as ―X days worked since the last accident‖ on notice boards, in newsletters, via email, etc.
•  Use something visual to measure the number of days since the last accident i.e. a thermometer that goes up one 1 degree for each day since the last accident, and drops back to zero should there be an accident.
•  Set formal targets for the Area/Network Facility/Service to achieve, e.g. working 100,000 hours without a lost-time injury (roughly equivalent to 50 people working fulltime for one year, or one person working over a lifetime). 
• During safety week, you could award ―spot prizes‖ for workers that are seen to act safely.

Breakfasts and barbecues
 Have a workers breakfast or BBQ.

• Some ideas to add interest to a breakfast or BBQ: Display balloons or banners with safety message. Invite a guest speaker. 
• Hand out WHS and IM information sheets. 
• Present novelty items such as caps, tee-shirts, etc. Announce winners of safety poster competition. Announce the  of upcoming safety and injury management events i.e. seminars and training sessions. Present an award for best workers suggestion for improving 
• WHS or the ―most improved Department‖.
•  Hold a safety quiz. 

Consider setting up a health and safety display in a suitable place where workers spend time — such as the cafeteria, workers lunch rooms or the local libraries.
 Safety announcement from management. Posters. Safety hints/reminders. Information sheets. Photographs. Occupational safety and health publications.