Safety Incentive Challenge Coins For Businesses

Most of us go to work every day and don’t give too much thought to workplace safety. While many jobs require safety gear, it’s important to remember that hazards exist in every working environment, including offices and retail spaces.

It can be easy to forget about safety in the workplace -- at least until an accident happens. In an instant, everything can change, with consequences ranging from minor cuts and scrapes to broken bones, fatalities and possibly even destruction of the entire workplace.

The Importance of a Safety Culture

Proper safety practices are critical to preventing workplace disasters. When working with or around hazards such as open flames, electricity, high temperatures or chemicals, an instant's complacency can be catastrophic.

Not Just for Industrial Operations

Those are big, obvious risks you probably associate with industrial facilities. But any workplace can hold risks of falls, cuts, scrapes, back strains and more. You might not think those can be too bad, but they can lead to serious injuries and lost time from work. If safety practices are overlooked, they can even lead to lawsuits and expensive settlements.

The key to maintaining a safe workplace is to implement a culture of safety from the top down. Every member of the team needs to be aware of the importance of doing tasks safely and watching out for hazards.

Challenge Coins As Safety Incentives

Implementing safety practices in the workplace reduces the risk of accidents, lowers potential financial losses from workers' compensation claims, increases employee morale and helps create a positive image in the public eye. One way to promote safe practices is with custom challenge coins.

Fostering a safe environment for your employees is crucial, and how you motivate your employees plays a big role. Challenge coins are a unique and innovative way to promote and reward safe practices. These coins are presented to men and women who demonstrate the best safety practices while on the job.

Key Aspects of Safe Practices

While specific details of worker safety vary with each workplace, there are some general rules that apply everywhere. Some examples include:

• Keep floors and work areas clear of clutter
•  Mop up spills and use “Wet Floor” signs to warn others.
•  Ensure all employees have been trained to operate equipment required for their job.
• Never use equipment you haven’t been trained to operate.
• Use the right tool for the job – If you need to reach something high, use a stepladder, not a chair.
• Train employees to lift safely, and to ask for help with heavy items.
• Report any unsafe conditions immediately.

Recognize and Celebrate Safe Practices

Safety in any workplace must be an ongoing concern. As we become accustomed to tasks, all of us tend to become complacent. That can lead to cutting corners to save time, or ignoring safety rules to make things easier. Workers who are familiar with a task may be preoccupied, not always giving it their full attention.

You might not be able to completely prevent those things, but by reinforcing safety education and rewarding safe practices, you can help keep your staff aware of safety issues. Recognizing employees is a great way to reinforce positive behavior. Being rewarded for doing the right thing also helps maintain staff morale, which in turn contributes to ongoing safe practices.

You can also promote safe working practices throughout the year, with events such as a Safety Awareness Week. Offer safety refresher training on a regular basis, whether with videos, in-person presentations or flyers. The goal is to keep safety awareness strong in any working environment. Reinforcement is the key to ongoing awareness.

Rewarding with Challenge Coins

You can use challenge coins to promote safety in your facility in a number of ways. Custom coins are a flexible way to reinforce safe practices. It’s easy to have a company-wide coin, or different ones for specific facilities or departments. Choose to honor events such as a specific number of days without an accident, successful completion of certain procedures, or to promote safety awareness in general.

How you present challenge coins is up to you. You can choose to present individual awards in the office, or departmental awards at a department meeting. That can boost team morale and encourage safe practices within the departments.

Companywide awards for outstanding attention to safety deserve a bigger audience. To get the greatest effect on company spirit and camaraderie, you should present them at a major gathering, either in person or even by teleconference if you have multiple locations. It’s impossible to overstate the positive effects such presentations can have on employee motivation. Every such presentation reinforces the importance of working safely.

You can also use challenge coins less formally. Supervisors can present coins on the spot to employees they “catch” using safe working practices during routine operations. It’s a great way to make your staff feel good about their work and helps them keep safety in mind when they see it recognized.

Your Dependable Custom Coin Source

At ChallengeCoins4Less.com, we understand the importance of workplace safety. We also understand the benefits that challenge coins can have for your employees. We’ve been producing custom challenge coins for more than 20 years, and we know what it takes to create something special.

We offer a range of finishes and optional edge styles, and we take pride in our work. Ordering is fast and easy, and we take pride in everything we produce. We also back everything we sell with our 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Should you find any coin you purchase from us defective in workmanship or materials, we will replace it at no additional cost to you.

Want to find out more about how your organization can promote safety with custom challenge coins? We’re here to help. Call us toll free at (855) 272-8451, or email us. Or you can fill out our free quote form if you already have a coin in mind. We’ll send you a free digital proof of your design.

Workplace safety is everyone’s business, every day. Let us show you how custom coins can help you motivate your employees and make your facility safer.