Blog by Safety Speaker John Drebinger – Page 27

Safety Topic – Look What You Made Me Do! – by Safety Speaker John Drebinger

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Driving from the Philadelphia Airport to New Jersey, I found myself in the midst of a snowstorm. In general, most people had gone home so the streets were fairly empty. Two lanes were open in the direction I was traveling. As I approached the bridge taking me into New Jersey,...
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Happy Birthday John Drebinger III by Safety Speaker John Drebinger

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Twenty-one years ago, my son was born. He is a great son and a joy to my wife, Karen and me. I am reminded every day when I climb into a car, without safety, he would not have been born. The reason why? Several years before my son was born,...
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Daily Safety – Putting Others at Risk – Safety Speaker John Drebinger

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As I was driving to the refinery at 5am in New Jersey to give a motivational safety presentation, I encountered a situation, which reminded me how people’s actions impact the safety of those around them. In this particular instance, it was the second day after a major snowstorm in the...
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High Expectations and your Employees – by Safety Speaker John Drebinger

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In the past several months, I have been re-creating a presentation that causes people to want to watch out for each other. It has three parts; first, I give people 5 reasons they would want to watch out for the safety of others. Next, I teach a few ways people...
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Safety for the Health of it – Safety Speaker John Drebinger

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Today, the health portion of health and safety came to mind. As with safety, health can be approached from the perspective of what can we do to protect our own health and secondly, what can we do to help insure the health of others. On a recent flight, the passenger...
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More thoughts on Safety Leaders by safety speaker John Drebinger

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Two blog entries ago, I talked about two types of safety leaders. The second type of safety leader is by choice. These are the leaders who volunteer to be on safety committees or safety teams. If you are one of these leaders, I would like to congratulate you on your...
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Leadership and Safety – Safety Speaker John Drebinger

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Are you a leader in your organization? Last week, I heard a plant manager comment at their safety meeting that there are two types of safety leaders - safety leaders by position and safety leaders by choice. Which one are you? If you have a title of leadership because of...
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Happy Birthday Sandie – Safety Speaker John Drebinger

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Happy Birthday to my editor, Sandie Gilbert. I wonder what safety topics go with a birthday celebration. My first creative thought related to safety and birthday celebrations is for a more experienced worker you could do a fire extinguisher demonstration making a joke about the number of candles on their...
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Opportunities To Share Safety – Safety Speaker John Drebinger

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January 27, 2011 How often do you think about safety? How often do you talk about it with your children? Look for opportunities every day to share safety with those you love. Just today, I was riding my bike and saw two adults riding with their children. Both children were...
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Safety – Showing You Care by Safety Speaker John Drebinger

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January 26, 2011 How do you show you care about the safety of others? As I mentioned yesterday, I was the safety speaker at a safety meeting in Indiana. Before I left the meeting, several people wished me the typical, “Have a safe trip home.” Several others admonished me to...
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