A safety incentive program decreases losses for organizations by keeping employees safe, happy and at work. Implementing a successful safety incentive program has to work for your workforce and offer the right types of incentives to keep employees engaged. Here are 3 quick tips for ensuring success in your safety program.
- Define Objectives: Define clear objectives for you safety incentive program. If you want to try to work towards 100 incident free days, tell the whole staff. This will help set expectations and instill teamwork for the staff to work together toward a common goal.
- Choose a Format: Defining clear rules and benchmarks at the outset of the program will make all employees equal. This is also an opportunity to evoke some friendly competition among peer teams or working groups.
- Maintain Interest: Using rewards for appropriate desired behaviors or reaching certain safety milestones helps employees keep a constant goal in mind and keep employees focused. Gift cards are a great way to keep employees interested because they can be easily personalized. A Boston Market gift card for the busy working mom, an AutoZone gift card for the car enthusiast, and a gift card to White House Black Market for the sophisticated professional. Personalizing incentive rewards make them more effective in eliciting desired behavior and camaraderie to make a safer workplace.
If you want more information on how to ensure success in your safety incentive program, check out this article from Grainger.