| Portable Restroom Operators Engage Safety Incentive Programs |
Safety incentive programs used to promote the concept of developing and maintaining a safe workplace are being
embraced by many portable restroom operators as a means of creating more interest from employees that may
otherwise be loosely connected to the idea of a safe workplace.
Safety Coordinator, Rick Lyznick, of California-based Andy Gump, Inc. explains, ‘incentive programs are one of
the areas of the safety program that you won’t receive a straight answer on which one works. Not one ‘out of the
box’ program can be used to open it up and it works for everyone, and all employees become mysteriously safer.
We’ve tried many different programs and we try to change them frequently to keep up interest.”
“Currently, we are running a program that recognizes each employee quarterly with a departmental breakfast or
luncheon,” says Lyznick. “Each employee that has been accident, incident or injury free earns a small monetary
cash bonus, and participants in the meeting are rewarded with small prize giveaways (flashlights, gift certificates,
etc.). Employees who remain accident, incident or injury free for a year earn a gift certificate for a pair of work
boots. We annually have a larger Safety Barbeque, which incorporates each facility.”
“It is important to remember that the goal is to have employees feel free to report accidents, incidents, or injuries
and not to make the incentive interfere with the reporting process. By locating ‘near-misses’ and correcting them
before they become a larger accident or injury helps in keeping costs low, and the big picture will show the
rewards in the form of lower insurance rates which puts money back into the company and to those that deserve it
in the form of raises or discretionary bonuses.”
Out of Georgia, Terri Wigley of Pit Stop Sanitation agrees with Lyznick about frequent changes to the program to
keep employees engaged in the process. Although Pit Stop is working on a comprehensive program that promotes
personal safety, Wigley explains that drivers are acknowledged with bonuses on a monthly basis for being incident
free. The tiered process allows for bonuses when drivers maintain their incident free status for periods of six
months and again at twelve months.
“Safety incentive programs can be a fun and proactive tool for increasing employee safety awareness and
education,” says Eric Wright who serves as Safety Director for Washington based, Northwest Cascade. Wright is
quick to note that these incentive programs in turn can help prevent accidents. “The best results are achieved from
a safety incentive program combined with an active company safety program that is supported by top management
and reinforced with employee training and accountability.”
“There are many types of safety incentive programs available, limited only by your imagination and of course a
budget. Some examples include: safety incentives based on a year(s) with no accidents, employee hours worked
safely, safety “quizzes,” safety coloring contests for employees with children, etc.”
Wright explained some of the elements in implementing an incentive program include: getting top management
support, making all employees eligible, developing written rules, putting together a budget and having a start and
end time. Wright also noted it is important to have employees participate in designing the incentive program in order
to enhance involvement and to be able to evaluate the success of the program once completed. Offering up an
example of a program Wright is implementing now, he explains exactly how it works. “Every other Monday, a new
safety quiz will be given to each department to distribute to their employees. The safety committee members will
each help write the safety quiz questions. The safety committee and safety director will approve the safety quizzes.
The intent is to have employees’ review important safety concepts and to ask other employees for help when they
don’t know an answer. These are “open book” quizzes and generate good discussion.
The safety committee chairperson and safety director will randomly draw 20% from the employee’s quizzes who
correctly answered the quizzes. The drawings will be completed every two weeks. The employees whose quizzes
are drawn will receive a Blockbuster or McDonalds $5.00 gift certificate.
The safety committee chairperson, safety director and/or designated department(s) employee will randomly draw
one quiz from the employee’s quizzes who correctly answered the quizzes and submitted them on time for a DVD
player. The drawing for a DVD player will be completed every two weeks.
Every two weeks each department is scored based on correct number of quizzes correctly answered and turned in
on time for their department. The scores for each department will be posted and e-mailed to each department
manager. The department with the highest % of quizzes correctly answered and turned in on time at the end of the
program will receive a bonus award for their department. On May 28 there will be a final drawing for a 32” TV
from all quizzes turned in that were correct and on time. In addition, Wright explained that the department at the
end of the program with the highest percentage of quizzes correctly answered and turned in on time receives a
bonus equivalent to $50.00 for each person.
Wright lays out the rules for the program which include: All employees are eligible, one quiz per employee per
drawing, employees must correctly answer the quiz questions and it must be submitted on time to be eligible for
each of the drawings, employees must legibly print their name on each quiz and participants must be an employee
to win.
An at fault accident or recordable L & I claim will exclude an employee from being eligible for the department
bonus prize and the grand prize drawing. In the event of a tie between departments at the end of the program, the
department with the fewest percentage of accidents, incidents, and L & I recordable claims in the time period of
this incentive program will win. Any department with three L& I claims or at-fault accidents or any combination
that totals three during the incentive period will be disqualified.
Providing examples of the type of questions to be on the quizzes, Wright lays out a few, their company plans to
use, including:
1) In a non-emergency situation, who needs to be certified to flag traffic?
a) Only a police officer can flag traffic
b) No certification is required
c) Anyone can flag
d) Everyone that flags must be certified
e) Certification is only required for foreman
2) What does the G.O.A.L sticker stand for at our company?
a) Go away and Lick
b) Go Out After Lunch
c) Good Old American Landmark
d) Grossly Obscene Alcohol Level
e) Get Out And Look!
3) When digging make sure to keep all excavated materials at least ___________ from the edge of the trench.
a) 10 yards
b) 24 inches
c) 6 meters
d) Within the perimeter of the Safety Zone of the excavator
4) Which of the following is a flammable chemical found in Weld On 705 PVC plastic pipe glue?
a) Hydrooxicoordane
b) Nutrontry-octanebutyl
c) Methyl Ethyl Ketone
d) Tetrahydrocannabinot
e) Mega Intestinal Methane
embraced by many portable restroom operators as a means of creating more interest from employees that may
otherwise be loosely connected to the idea of a safe workplace.
Safety Coordinator, Rick Lyznick, of California-based Andy Gump, Inc. explains, ‘incentive programs are one of
the areas of the safety program that you won’t receive a straight answer on which one works. Not one ‘out of the
box’ program can be used to open it up and it works for everyone, and all employees become mysteriously safer.
We’ve tried many different programs and we try to change them frequently to keep up interest.”
“Currently, we are running a program that recognizes each employee quarterly with a departmental breakfast or
luncheon,” says Lyznick. “Each employee that has been accident, incident or injury free earns a small monetary
cash bonus, and participants in the meeting are rewarded with small prize giveaways (flashlights, gift certificates,
etc.). Employees who remain accident, incident or injury free for a year earn a gift certificate for a pair of work
boots. We annually have a larger Safety Barbeque, which incorporates each facility.”
“It is important to remember that the goal is to have employees feel free to report accidents, incidents, or injuries
and not to make the incentive interfere with the reporting process. By locating ‘near-misses’ and correcting them
before they become a larger accident or injury helps in keeping costs low, and the big picture will show the
rewards in the form of lower insurance rates which puts money back into the company and to those that deserve it
in the form of raises or discretionary bonuses.”
Out of Georgia, Terri Wigley of Pit Stop Sanitation agrees with Lyznick about frequent changes to the program to
keep employees engaged in the process. Although Pit Stop is working on a comprehensive program that promotes
personal safety, Wigley explains that drivers are acknowledged with bonuses on a monthly basis for being incident
free. The tiered process allows for bonuses when drivers maintain their incident free status for periods of six
months and again at twelve months.
“Safety incentive programs can be a fun and proactive tool for increasing employee safety awareness and
education,” says Eric Wright who serves as Safety Director for Washington based, Northwest Cascade. Wright is
quick to note that these incentive programs in turn can help prevent accidents. “The best results are achieved from
a safety incentive program combined with an active company safety program that is supported by top management
and reinforced with employee training and accountability.”
“There are many types of safety incentive programs available, limited only by your imagination and of course a
budget. Some examples include: safety incentives based on a year(s) with no accidents, employee hours worked
safely, safety “quizzes,” safety coloring contests for employees with children, etc.”
Wright explained some of the elements in implementing an incentive program include: getting top management
support, making all employees eligible, developing written rules, putting together a budget and having a start and
end time. Wright also noted it is important to have employees participate in designing the incentive program in order
to enhance involvement and to be able to evaluate the success of the program once completed. Offering up an
example of a program Wright is implementing now, he explains exactly how it works. “Every other Monday, a new
safety quiz will be given to each department to distribute to their employees. The safety committee members will
each help write the safety quiz questions. The safety committee and safety director will approve the safety quizzes.
The intent is to have employees’ review important safety concepts and to ask other employees for help when they
don’t know an answer. These are “open book” quizzes and generate good discussion.
The safety committee chairperson and safety director will randomly draw 20% from the employee’s quizzes who
correctly answered the quizzes. The drawings will be completed every two weeks. The employees whose quizzes
are drawn will receive a Blockbuster or McDonalds $5.00 gift certificate.
The safety committee chairperson, safety director and/or designated department(s) employee will randomly draw
one quiz from the employee’s quizzes who correctly answered the quizzes and submitted them on time for a DVD
player. The drawing for a DVD player will be completed every two weeks.
Every two weeks each department is scored based on correct number of quizzes correctly answered and turned in
on time for their department. The scores for each department will be posted and e-mailed to each department
manager. The department with the highest % of quizzes correctly answered and turned in on time at the end of the
program will receive a bonus award for their department. On May 28 there will be a final drawing for a 32” TV
from all quizzes turned in that were correct and on time. In addition, Wright explained that the department at the
end of the program with the highest percentage of quizzes correctly answered and turned in on time receives a
bonus equivalent to $50.00 for each person.
Wright lays out the rules for the program which include: All employees are eligible, one quiz per employee per
drawing, employees must correctly answer the quiz questions and it must be submitted on time to be eligible for
each of the drawings, employees must legibly print their name on each quiz and participants must be an employee
to win.
An at fault accident or recordable L & I claim will exclude an employee from being eligible for the department
bonus prize and the grand prize drawing. In the event of a tie between departments at the end of the program, the
department with the fewest percentage of accidents, incidents, and L & I recordable claims in the time period of
this incentive program will win. Any department with three L& I claims or at-fault accidents or any combination
that totals three during the incentive period will be disqualified.
Providing examples of the type of questions to be on the quizzes, Wright lays out a few, their company plans to
use, including:
1) In a non-emergency situation, who needs to be certified to flag traffic?
a) Only a police officer can flag traffic
b) No certification is required
c) Anyone can flag
d) Everyone that flags must be certified
e) Certification is only required for foreman
2) What does the G.O.A.L sticker stand for at our company?
a) Go away and Lick
b) Go Out After Lunch
c) Good Old American Landmark
d) Grossly Obscene Alcohol Level
e) Get Out And Look!
3) When digging make sure to keep all excavated materials at least ___________ from the edge of the trench.
a) 10 yards
b) 24 inches
c) 6 meters
d) Within the perimeter of the Safety Zone of the excavator
4) Which of the following is a flammable chemical found in Weld On 705 PVC plastic pipe glue?
a) Hydrooxicoordane
b) Nutrontry-octanebutyl
c) Methyl Ethyl Ketone
d) Tetrahydrocannabinot
e) Mega Intestinal Methane
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Even with a safety program many companies have discovered ways to involve employees in creating a safe work
place. Incentives are used to motivate drivers, office personnel and others to enhance a buy in to the overall
program in an effort to reduce work place injuries
place. Incentives are used to motivate drivers, office personnel and others to enhance a buy in to the overall
program in an effort to reduce work place injuries
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