Safety Issues

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You Have All the Right Systems, But Something's Still Missing

Your safety program looks good on paper - procedures, training, meetings, compliance metrics. But you're still dealing with preventable incidents, unreported near-misses, and people who follow rules only when supervised.

 

The problem isn't your safety system. It's the relationship between your supervisors and their teams.

The Safety Symptoms You're Seeing

Safety Meetings Feel Like Lectures Supervisors read from scripts instead of having real conversations about why safety matters to each person individually.

Near-Misses Don't Get Reported People won't speak up about problems if they don't trust their supervisor or think nothing will change.

People Follow Rules Only When Watched You get compliance without commitment because the relationship isn't strong enough to influence behavior when nobody's looking.

 

The Missing Link:
Relationships Drive Safety Performance

We've worked with over 1000 supervisors in industrial settings and learned this truth: You can't force people to care about safety. You can force compliance, but compliance isn't buy-in. You need solid relationships between supervisor and employee to put connection and ownership behind your safety program.

Here's Our Simple 3-Step Process:

1

Build Trust Through Real Conversations
Supervisors learn to have safety discussions people actually want to participate in, not lectures they endure.

2

Create Psychological Safety
When people trust their supervisor, they report problems before they become incidents. Near-miss reporting increases dramatically.

3

Develop Team Accountability
Teams start watching out for each other because they care about each other, not just because management is watching.

PeopleWork Supervisor Academy:
Safety Culture Through People Skills

Our comprehensive program gives supervisors the specific skills to build relationships that create genuine safety buy-in:

Real safety conversations that make safety personal and relevant

Trust-building techniques that encourage problem reporting

Team culture development where safety becomes something people care about

The best part? Delivered in under 10 minutes a day with zero operational disruption.

I wanted better skills for safety meetings. What I got were skills to build personal relationships, prove my trust in a team setting, and then show that I mean it when I talk about safety. I think this program is incredible. 

- Curt Stufflebean

What hit me most was as a supervisor, I'm not the star anymore. I'm the coach for the superstars. I've had my perspective shifted from how I used to think about safety to something far more effective. 

- Tom Camp

I've gained a better insight into the employees, their perspective on safety, and what they expect from me. It's improved how we as a company treat people and in how we get their commitments to safety. 

- Herbie Wingo

Ready to Turn Safety Compliance Into Safety Buy-In?

Choose your biggest challenge above to get started, or contact us directly to discuss your specific situation.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is this different from traditional safety training?
What if our safety incidents are mainly equipment-related?
What if our safety team thinks this is outside their responsibility?
What if we've tried supervisor training before and it didn't improve safety?
Will this work if we have a diverse, multi-generational workforce?
How do we measure the success of this approach?