If you boiled safety down to a half dozen points, what would make the list? PDRMA Risk Management makes it easy for you to narrow your focus with its Core 6 concepts, introduced at the 2014 Risk Management Institute.

Core 6 is a quick reminder of the key strategies to stay safe:

1. Equipment: Do I have the right equipment to do this task safely? Is there another piece of equipment that could make this task safer?
2. 30 Second Site Safety Walk Through: Did I take 30 seconds to walk about the jobsite to check that it’s safe before I start? Did I take any action to make it safer during the walk through?
3. Personal Protective Equipment: Am I wearing the proper personal protective equipment for this task?...

The best way to determine if your safety training is staying with employees when they’re in the field is to watch them in action. Field observation is a powerful way to reinforce and encourage proper procedures, as two PDRMA members have discovered.

When Yvonne Strode says her workplace at the Pleasure Driveway and Park District of Peoria is a zoo, she means it. As manager of the Peoria Park Zoo, she monitors unique safety scenarios as manager of the Peoria Park Zoo — from dealing with excited giraffes to exiting a tiger exhibit...

Special event coverage is just a click away — literally. With last year’s introduction of Event Helper’s (EH) secure, web-based program, PDRMA members can include a button on their agency websites for patrons to quickly and easily order special event coverage 24/7...

When you’re out doing field observations or reviewing Core 6 concepts with staff at the beginning of the work day, keep an eye out for ingenious safety solutions employees have created. You may discover a Risk Management Grant and Recognition idea that’s just waiting for you to submit it...