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Safety Banners - The Phrase “Safety Is Everyone’s Responsibility” Origin
The exact origin of the phrase "safety is everyone's responsibility" is quite hazy. While it is commonly used in safety culture discussions today in the U.S., it appears to have been popularized in the late 1970s in Canada.
The most frequently cited source is the 1976 Ham Report in Ontario, Canada. This report stemmed from a Canadian royal commission on worker health and safety in the canadian mines. After the Ham Report’s release to the public, the phrase grew in popularity in Canada through the rest of the 20th century.
The phrase gained some traction in the United States in the 1980s and 1990s, likely due to its increasing popularity in Canada and the growing influence of OSHA on worker safety.
Also, the focus on shared safety responsibility aligned with the growth of the safety culture movements in the U.S. during that time frame.CLICK HERE for our NEW safety store, Safety Banners USA (safetybannersUSA.com)
While we can't pinpoint a single person or company that started to use the phrase in the United States, it is safe to say the phrase emerged from a collective effort in safety advocacy and workplace practices who occasionslly used "safety is everyone's responsibility” in some their safety language and writings.
However, we can pinpoint the starting point at which its rapid increase in use in the United states began.
In mid 2006, a company called SafetyBanners.Org released a red and black safety banner called “Safety is Everyone’s Responsibility”. Within one year from its release over 100 copies had been sold to industrial, manufacturing and construction sites across in the U.S. and even to the U.S. Military in located in the United States and stationed in foreign countries abroad.
As the company SafetyBanners.Org grew in popularity and influence, so did its safety banner “Safety is Everyone’s Responsibility” and the use of that same phrase in U.S. industrial and manufacturing workplaces.
Today, that red and black “Safety is Everyone’s Responsibility” safety banner is the most popular safety banner design ever created and sold in the United States. It is also available in a Spanish Language version supporting the enhanced safety of Americn Latino workers.
It has become so popular that every major U.S. company that offers industrial safety banners has copied the design with some ever so slight changes to avoid a copyright infringement law suite from SafetyBanners.Org.
Today, SafetyBanners.Org is the largest designer and producer of industrial safety banners in the United States, partly due to the popularity of one safety banner design released in 2006 – That red and black “Safety is Everyone’s Responsibility” industrial safety banner.
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Safety Banners - What Makes Them Highly Effective?
Properly designed and placed safety banners in an American industrial or manufacturing facility or a construction site can reduce accidents, incidents and even save lives. That is a proven fact.
HOWEVER, for a safety banner to be able to reduce accidents it MUST BE PROPERLY DESIGNED to be highly effective at reducing those accidents in an industrial or manufacturing facility or construction site.
Not all safety banners in America are designed to be effective at reducing accidents. Far too many safety banners being sold in America do a very poor job at reducing industrial facility and construction site accidents. WHY? Because they are NOT EFFECTIVE.
For a safety banner to be truly highly effective at reducing industrial accidents it MUST successfully communicate key safety messages and encourage workers to prioritize safety in a clear, consistent and impactful manner.
Following are the key elements that make a safety banner truly highly effective at reducing industrial facility and construction site accidents:
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The Safety Banner Designer’s Criteria.
• Clarity and Simplicity:
--- The message should be clear, concise, and easily understood by the workers.
--- Use simple language to ensure that everyone can comprehend the message quickly.
• Eye-Catching Design:
--- Use bold and contrasting colors to grab the workers attention. Incorporate relevant images to reinforce the attention-grabbing capability.
--- Ensure the text is easily and quickly readable from a distance.
• Size:
--- Use a consistent design size in the standard banner two to one design size ratio which is pleasing to the viewer’s eye. Make sure the banner size is large enough to both get the worker’s attention and be easily and quickly read.
• Relevance:
--- Tailor the message to the specific hazard or safety goal.
--- Address current or potential risks and concerns to make the safety banner even more impactful.
• Positive Messaging:
--- Frame messages in a positive and encouraging manner, rather than a punitive one.
--- Focus on the benefits of safe behavior and the well-being of the worker or workers.
• Consistency:
--- Maintain a consistent design and messaging style across all safety banners in a given manufacturing or industrial facility.
--- Consistency helps in building recognition and reinforces the importance of safety.
• Spanish Language Considerations:
--- If applicable, in an American manufacturing facility use both English and Spanish languages to ensure that the message is understood by all the workers in the facility or construction site.
• Placement:
--- Strategically place industrial safety banners in areas with high visibility and where the message is most relevant and can be seen by the workers.
--- Ensure that the safety banners are positioned in an un-obstructed viewing location at or near eye level for maximum safety impact.
• Regular Updates:
--- Keep safety banners fresh to increase their visibility and viability. A fresh safety banner attracts more worker’s attention.
--- Regularly assess the effectiveness of the safety banners and make changes as needed.
• Incorporate All or Most of These elements:
By incorporating all or most of these elements, a safety banner can effectively communicate key safety messages and contribute to creating a dramatically safer work environment.
A properly designed and placed industrial safety banner can reduce industrial facility and construction site accidents, incidents and even save lives.
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