“Safety in the Real World”

Humour in Safety
By:
Tim Page-Bottorff
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Introduction
• Name
• Organization
• What you like to
do on the
weekends.
• Does your partner
have a bad habit?
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Humour Fits for The Following:

• Topic
– WHMIS
– Any Compliance
Training
• Instructor
– Boring
– No Passion
• Environment/Classroom
– Poor learning conditions
• Awkward Students
• Many Others for Discussion
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Problem: Topic
• Safety Material is Dry
• Creating a program is too
much work
• Regulations are
cumbersome
• Golf story
– 95% of golf played vs.
– 95% of golf trained
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Solution: Topic
• Safety Material is Dry • Group Activity
• Creating a program is too • Personality Issue
much work
• Regulations are • Yes They are get over it
cumbersome
• Golf story • Train your people before
– 95% of golf played vs. they get the “I am too safe
– 95% of golf trained attitude.”
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Example: Topic
• Traffic Control and
Flagging
– Unsafe Acts and
Conditions
• Driving Distractions
– Top 10
– Name the top 10 driving
distractions.
• Put them in order.
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The Distractions
• 16% - Rubbernecking! (usually at another accident)
• 12% - Fatigue
• 10% - Looking at scenery / landmarks
• 9% - Passenger or child distraction
• 7% - Adjusting radio, tape or cd
• 5% - Using a cell phone

• Source: Study of 2700 accidents from 06/06 to 11/06,

• Washington Post, March 17, 2007
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Where does this fit on the list?

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The Learning Pyramid

Average retention of material presented in different ways
(according to an investigation by National Training Laboratories — Bethel, Maine)

Lecture 5%
Reading Text 10%
Audio-visual representation 20%
Demonstration 30%
Discussion group 50%
Learning by doing 75%
(immediate conversion of
Teaching others what you have learned) 90%
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Problem: Instructor
• Instructor reads from a
book
• Instructor was forced to do
it
• Instructor is a CIH or CRSP
• Instructor has no passion
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Solution: Instructor
• Spend more time preparing
• Reading from a book

• You HAVE to do it. • Think of the positives.

• Instructor is CSP, CIH,

RSP, CHMM, CRSP • Does not make you a great
trainer.

• No Passion • GET IT!

• Use Humour
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Example: Instructor
• Learn by Doing
– Research
– Understand
– Find something that is
important to you
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Problem: Environment/Classroom
• Break Rooms/Ready
Rooms
– Distractions
• Outdoors
– Sun/Rain/Weather
• Class room shape and setup
• Audio/Visuals
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Solution: Environment/Classroom
• Break Rooms • Find another location
– Go outside
– Deal with it, minimize
distractions
• Outdoors • Avoid excessive heat
– Go into a warehouse,

• Setup
• See Diagram
• Audio/Visuals/Technology
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Example: seating arrangement

Improves overall retention by 10%

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Technology with High Impact

Video Clips
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Higher Impact Videos

(Tyre)
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Highest Impact Video

(Horse)
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Offset with Comedy

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The Awkward Student

• The Rescuer
• The Projector
• The Passive Aggressor
• The Apologizer
• The Fighter
• The Flighter
• The Questioner
• The PARTICIPANT
• The Not Again Student
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My Personal Strategies
• Tell a story
• Talk about family
• Talk about interests and rope into the topic; (almost always can
relate)
• Ask questions (not too many)
• KNOW Your topic!
• Work harder.
• Stay up to date on technology and changes to the material.
• Keep your material fresh.
• Group Discussions!!!!
• Tell Someone else about your experience
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The Learning Pyramid

Average retention of material presented in different ways
(according to an investigation by National Training Laboratories — Bethel, Maine)

Lecture 5%
Reading Text 10%
Audio-visual representation 20%
Demonstration 30%
Discussion group 50%
Learning by doing 75%
(immediate conversion of
Teaching others what you have learned) 90%
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One Final Secret

• Integrated Material for example.

• Get Permission and Use Safestart Principals.
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Most Accidents Have Many

Contributing Factors

Hazardous A Person or Something

Energy Persons Unexpected
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Sources of Unexpected……
Self - Own actions
cause or contribute to
incident/injury.

Other People -
someone else's behavior
causes or contributes to
incident/injury.

Equipment - something
unexpected happens without you or
someone else involved (e.g. wire
rope breaks, traffic lights start
working incorrectly, coupling fails,
hose bursts, etc.)
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Sources of Unexpected……

Equipment - something
unexpected happens without you or
someone else involved (e.g. wire
rope breaks, traffic lights start
working incorrectly, coupling fails,
hose bursts, etc.)
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Defective Equipment
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Sources of Unexpected……

Other People -
someone else's behavior
causes or contributes to
incident/injury.
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The “Other Guy”

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Sources of Unexpected……
Self - Own actions
cause or contribute to
incident/injury.
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Ourselves
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What Do You Think the Percentages

Would Be For Each Category?

% Self?

% Other People?

% Equipment?
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The Learning Pyramid

Average retention of material presented in different ways
(according to an investigation by National Training Laboratories — Bethel, Maine)

Lecture 5%
Reading Text 10%
Audio-visual representation 20%
Demonstration 30%
Discussion group 50%
Learning by doing 75%
(immediate conversion of
Teaching others what you have learned) 90%
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Contact Info
• Office: 800-267-7482
• Cell: 602-757-5054
• Email: tpbottorff@cox.net

• Thank You So Much! Have a great

conference.