Safety Meeting Workplace and Toolbox Topics
Safety toolbox and tailgate talks are meant reinforce safety best practices on a particular topic in your workplace. In some cases, like in California for certain industries (like construction), they’re required by law. In general, it’s always a good idea to refresh your team on safety topics, so we’ve collected safety meeting topics for your toolbox talks.
Don’t forget to record attendance using a blank safety meeting attendance form.
Safety Meeting Topics from TrainingWise:
- Excavation and Trenching Toolbox Talk
- Preventing Back Injuries Toolbox Talk
- Confined Spaces Toolbox Talk
- Ladder Safety Toolbox Talk
- Blood Borne Pathogens Toolbox Talk
- More to come!
In addition to our own, here are more from other sites we like.
Safety Meeting Topics from Caterpillar:
- A Healthy Worksite
- Avoiding Respiratory Hazards
- Back Protection
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Chain and Sling Safety Tips
- Cold Weather Preparations
- Common Safety Mistakes
- Concrete & Rebar
- Confined Spaces
- Contractor Safety
- Demolition Safety
- Electrical Safety
- Ergonomic Safety
- Excavations & Pits
- Eye & Face Protection
- Fall Protection
- Fatigue Avoidance
- Fire Prevention & Extinguishing
- Fire Safety
- Foot and Leg Protection
- General Decontamination
- Hand and Arm Protection
- Hand-Held Tool Safety
- Hazard Assessment
- Hazard Recognition
- Head Protection
- Hearing Protection
- Heat Related Illness
- High Pressure Air
- Housekeeping and Organization
- How to Avoid Respiratory Hazards
- How to Improve Safety with Signs
- How to Recognize Work Zones
- Knife Safety
- Lift Truck Safety
- Lightning Strikes
- Machine Guarding
- Near Misses
- New Work Sites
- Parking on a Slope
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Pinch Points
- Plants and Wildlife
- Portable Ladders
- Power Lines
- PPE Checklist
- Preventing Occupational Illness
- Protecting The Public
- Respiratory Protection
- Responding To Emergency
- Rigging Safety Practices
- Safe Use of Cell Phones
- Safely Using Loaders
- Safer Work Zones
- Safety Around High Voltage
- Safety Belts & Fall Arrest Systems
- Scaffolding
- Slips, Trips and Falls
- Spill Response
- Staying Safe In Hot Weather
- Suspended Loads
- The Top Four Construction Hazards
- Trench Shields
- Using Personal Fall Arrest Systems
- Welding Safety – Eye Protection
- Work Zones
- Work-Zone Traffic
