tool box talk

[bazzashadow]

I work for a big firm and today I had a tool box talk about pokemon :hmm:

[elgreco]

What's a toolbox talk?

[Jega]

Basically its just an on the job talk with management usually about health and safety job updates ,we also use them to air grievances ,suggestions ,questions etc .

[Dougy]

I talk about tools by tools.

[Mr gen]

I guess the outcome was risk assesment and full PPE, Hivis should be worn at all times, oh and if you don't know stop and ask!!

Edited September 8, 2016 by Mr gen

[AVB]

I work for a big firm and today I had a tool box talk about pokemon :hmm:

At one of the London mainline rail stations they were telling people, via the information boards, that if they were playing Pokemon to be aware of trains and not to go onto the rails!

[69chris]

hahahaha i work for a big company that also does very a condescending 'tool box talk' too !!!!

[bullet1747]

We have them ever month , we go into a lot more BS , ours can take an hour depends how many idiots have crashed , broken or spilt fuel and let gasses out over the planet

[johnphilip]

I talk to mine, but it seems to have a mind of its own :-):-)

[roostshooter1]

I have to deliver health and safety toll box talks every monday morning about any incidents throughout the industry and any other issues bought forward by my staff

[Winston72]

We have them ever month , we go into a lot more BS , ours can take an hour depends how many idiots have crashed , broken or spilt fuel and let gasses out over the planet

do you by any chance work for the local authority?

[ferguson_tom]

IMO they are just another thing made up by HSE to justify their jobs and keep them busy!

[Dougy]

I actually give out quite a few, but my presentation is a little different from most.

New processes, methods or any other change from the normal and we will have a tool box talk.

[bullet1747]

do you by any chance work for the local authority?

No mate worlds largest power rental company

[Winston72]

they do sound very similar to ours lol ,varying in length by the number of fluff ups having happened

[THE MEK]

Every single task we carry out on the rig if there is more than one person involved a tool box talk is held. How the work will be carried out. What hazards we might come across. and what controls we will put into place to safeguard the people involved

[Scully]

We have them on a fairly regular basis, mostly consisting of how we're going to tackle a certain issue or work methods, then when we get on site and boss is feeling the pressure it all goes out the window.

His long time favourite is 'you don't need to spend time studying the drawings; that's what we pay the drsughtsman for'. Then when there's a cock up, it's ' you should always study your drawings lads; he's only human'. I can't tell you how annoying that is.

Edited September 12, 2016 by Scully

[Old Boggy]

What's a toolbox talk?

IMHO it is a means to protect higher management should anything go wrong so that they can prove that the correct procedures have been adhered to by ticking all the right boxes.

 

Having said that, sensible risk assessments, method statements etc can only be a good thing to ensure safe working practices.

 

However, all too often COSHH, BREEAM etc. etc are given lip service and as previously posted, many have jumped on the 'safety' bandwagon with the result that the cost of any project is increased by a certain amount of unnecessary administration.

 

I'm sure that many in the building industry, particularly in 'elf & safety' would probably disagree !

[Yellow Bear]

IMHO it is a means to protect higher management should anything go wrong so that they can prove that the correct procedures have been adhered to by ticking all the right boxes.

 

Having said that, sensible risk assessments, method statements etc can only be a good thing to ensure safe working practices.

 

However, all too often COSHH, BREEAM etc. etc are given lip service and as previously posted, many have jumped on the 'safety' bandwagon with the result that the cost of any project is increased by a certain amount of unnecessary administration.

 

I'm sure that many in the building industry, particularly in 'elf & safety' would probably disagree !

In the building industry over uses "'elf & safety" in general taking it to cover the lowest common denominator with no room allowed for the application, also it is often used as a weapon by main contractors which often is the reason for many of the "tool box talks".

[clakk]

We have "flash info"leaflets whenever something nasty happens to someone,be it cut or as has occurred in France and Spain killed .The plastics industry is a minefield of ways to get burnt,crushed ,cut and electrocuted so we are H.S.E heavy but are glad to be.There,s a 5 minute briefing every day b4 work starts and regular checks on PPE use by safety reps.Despite this people still get injured ,molten plastic takes your skin with it when the hospital removes it and you only get 1 pair of eyes so not all Elf N Safety is an over reaction

[Dave-G]

Do 'they' stand on a tool box and look down on the minions?

[Dougy]

Do 'they' stand on a tool box and look down on the minions?

There's are times that even that wouldn't make folks listen. We bang on about H&S wearing the correct PPE for certain jobs, then we get someone with chemical in there eye's. We are now disciplining those types of staff, to the point they can loose their job.