☕How to Sell Safety to Leadership

Good morning! Thanksgiving’s behind us, and if you’re still feeling the effects of too much pie and family debates, you’re not alone. But it’s time to shake off the food coma and gear up—because safety doesn’t take holidays. Today’s got a lineup of updates and insights to keep you in top form.

Let’s make it count.

THIS WEEK’S TIPS

This week’s safety upgrades:

• How to Sell Safety to Leadership

• New Safety Threat?

• OSHA's Arc-Flash PPE Update

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

This Weeks Professional Development Tip

• Growth mindset tips to elevate your career

Want leadership to back safety? It’s not about rules—it’s about results.

Here’s the play: If you want upper management to care about safety, stop talking regulations and start talking ROI. Find out what your leaders care about (profits, productivity, risk reduction), then show them how safety makes it happen. It’s not selling—it’s solving.

Gamify Your Training

Don't be Mr. Garrison rambling up there MMKAY?

You can make Safety Training Fun and exciting.

Gamification works because it taps into motivation. Instead of passively receiving information, participants actively engage with the material. Studies have shown that gamified training can increase retention rates by up to 60%, transforming critical safety concepts into memorable lessons.

More importantly, it makes learning fun. If we can laugh, compete, and learn all at once, safety training becomes something employees look forward to, not dread.

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Are We Ignoring a New Safety Threat?

Turns out, we might be. On a Safety Conversation podcast episode, John Seddon chats with Nicole Vazquez and Sue Parker-Tantush about an emerging risk: rising societal intolerance and how it affects personal safety at work. Post-Covid, people are crankier and less patient. This attitude shift creates a tricky new risk landscape, especially for lone workers. The big question: Is managing this part of health and safety’s job? Spoiler: Yes, it should be.

OSHA's Arc-Flash PPE Update: It's About Time

After almost 20 years of sitting on their hands, OSHA's finally decided to update their arc-flash PPE guidelines. If you're working on energized electrical equipment, you can’t skip the right protection anymore.

Here’s the kicker: low voltage? Still dangerous. Don’t let your workers skip PPE because they think 120V is safe. This update is a game-changer for keeping folks safe, especially with the new electrification projects ramping up.

Your Ergo Solution.

Overexertion is costing companies $12.49 BILLION each year and feeding into a much larger problem! That’s why we’ve partnered with 3motionAI to enhance workplace safety with their Risk Flashlight solution. Together, we’re empowering EHS professionals to tackle these costly problems at the root, building a safer, more equitable workplace.

Steps to Take:

1. Learn more about 3motionAI: Read, here

2. Show company leadership how you can protect the bottom line.

3. Earn the respect you deserve by making a real impact.

NEWS
Your Virtual Water Cooler

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• Hospital system acts to improve safety after OSHA probe into stabbing

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