Seriously - This is Safety Learning Using Humor

“You are having too much fun at work, you need to take safety more seriously”

Top 5 Reason This is a Great Presentation

1. You might learn something you can use2. It is fun…I hope so???3. It’s the holidays4. No note taking required5. Robb Thinks he is funny…please indulge

Humor as a Teaching Tool

• Humor is a valuable teaching tool for establishing a classroom climate conducive to learning.

• Humor is great for "dread training" • Appropriate and timely humor in the training

room – Mutual openness (Careful)– Respect (Or lack thereof)– Contribute to training effectiveness

Humor – Magic?

• Instructors may have to be creative because of the critical role they play in creating an environment conducive to optimal learning.

• Humor is often identified as a teaching technique for developing a positive learning environment.

• When an instructor establishes a supportive social climate, students are more likely to be receptive to learning.

• Humor is a catalyst for classroom "magic," when all the educational elements converge and teacher and student are both positive and excited about learning.

• Instructors can foster classroom "magic" through improved communication with students by possessing a playful attitude and a willingness to use appropriate humor

More Magic…

• And the benefits may not be limited to academic performance, humor's primary psychological role is as an emotional response or buffer to relieve physical stress.

• Moreover, laughter has been shown to stimulate a physiological effect that decreases stress hormones such as serum cortisol, dopac and epinephrine.

• An article in Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, students' most anxious times, such as prior to or during an exam, humorous directions or test items may relieve students' tension and help them perform better.

• Humor can transform the testing situation from formal and stodgy to relaxed and comfortable

Some Notes

• In addition to the psychological and physiological benefits of creating a fun, relaxed classroom, students often perceive that they learn more with amusing professors, according to a 1999 Communication Education

• Witty instructors are seen as being more competent communicators and more responsive to students' needs than dry instructors.

• However, students don't necessarily want Jerry Seinfeld as their instructor.

• "They want appropriate humor that is relevant, lightens the mood and makes the information memorable."

Drawing the Line

• Focus on learning first• Humor can make the learning experience more

pleasant, it must enhance attention, improve the classroom environment or lower students' test anxieties.

• Humor can be overdone to the point that students are so busy awaiting the next gag that they miss the learning point.

Use Humor

• Humor used throughout the program to tie in the lesson

• Design to keep trainees engaged. • Important to understand the joke through the eyes of

the viewer • Most instructors think they can't or not permitted to

use humor.• Teaching is about the students: Tap into their multiple

intelligence needs and their culture so that they can understand the material in their terms."

Summary: Use of Humor in Training

• Appropriate• Know your Audience• Use it to Enhance the training • Don’t over use…what’s the next gag• Training is about the student…not You. • Tap into how they learn. • Jokes are about “Moi” usually safe

Discussion

Let’s Try This….

Respiratory Protection

Electrical Safety

Fire Safety

Labeling

Bricklayers W.C Accident ReportDear Sir,

I am writing in response to your request for additional information in Block #3 of the accident reporting form. I put 'Poor Planning' as the cause of my accident. You asked for a fuller explanation and I trust the following details will be sufficient.

I am a bricklayer by trade. On the day of the accident, I was working alone on the roof of a new six-story building. When I completed my work, I found I had some bricks left over which, when weighed later, were found to weigh 240 pounds. Rather than carry the bricks down by hand, I decided to lower them in a barrel by using a pulley which was attached to the side of the building at the sixth floor.

Bricklayer Part IISecuring the rope at ground level, I went up to the roof, swung the barrel out and loaded the bricks into it. Then I went down and untied the rope, holding it tightly to insure a slow descent of the 240 pounds of bricks. You will note on the accident reporting form that my weight is 135 pounds. Due to my surprise at being jerked off the ground so suddenly, I lost my presence of mind and forgot to let go of the rope. Needless to say, I proceeded at a rapid rate up the side of the building.

In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel which was now proceeding downward at an equally impressive speed. This explains the fractured skull, minor abrasions and the broken collarbone, as listed in Section 3, accident reporting form.

Slowed only slightly, I continued my rapid ascent, not stopping until the fingers of my right hand were two knuckles deep into the pulley which I mentioned in Paragraph 2 of this correspondence. Fortunately by this time I had regained my presence of mind and was able to hold tightly to the rope, in spite of the excruciating pain I was now beginning to experience.

At approximately the same time, however, the barrel of bricks hit the ground-and the bottom broke out of the barrel. Now devoid of the weight of

Bricklayers Part III• the bricks, the barrel weighed approximately 50 pounds. I refer you again

to my weight. As you might imagine, I began a rapid descent down the side of the building. In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel coming up. This accounts for the two fractured ankles, broken tooth and severe lacerations of my legs and lower body.

Here my luck began to change slightly. The encounter with the barrel seemed to slow me enough to lessen my injuries when I fell into the pile of bricks and fortunately only three vertebrae were cracked. I am sorry to report, however, as I lay there on the pile of bricks, in pain, unable to move and watching the empty barrel six stories above me, I again lost my composure and presence of mind and let go of the rope.

The empty 50 pound barrel, weighing more than the rope I had let go, fell rapidly to earth, resulting in the two broken forearms and wrists when I raised by arms to protect myself.

I hope this information satisfactorily fulfills your request for further information.

Incident Statements…• Coming home, I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I don't have. • The other car collided with mine without giving warning of its intentions. • I thought my window was down, but found out it was up when I put my hand through

it. • I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way. • A truck backed through my windshield into my wife's face. • A pedestrian hit me and went under my car. • The guy was all over the road; I had to swerve a number of times before I hit him. • I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law and headed

over the embankment. • In my attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole. • I had been shopping for plants all day and was on my way home. As I reached an

intersection, a hedge sprang up obscuring my vision. I did not see the other car. • I had been driving my car for forty years when I fell asleep at the wheel and had an

accident. • I was on my way to the doctors with rear end trouble when my universal joint gave

way causing me to have an accident.

Additional Excuses???• As I approached the intersection, a stop sign suddenly appeared in place where no

stop sign had ever appeared before. I was unable to stop in time to avoid the accident.

• To avoid hitting the bumper of the car in front, I struck the pedestrian. • My car was legally parked as it backed into the other vehicle. • An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my vehicle, and vanished. • I told the police that I was not injured, but on removing my hat, I found that I had

a skull fracture. • I was sure the old fellow would never make it to the other side of the roadway

when I struck him. • The pedestrian had no idea which direction to go, so I ran over him. I saw the

slow-moving, sad-faced old gentleman as he bounced off the hood of my car. • The indirect cause of this accident was a little guy in a small car with a big mouth. • I was thrown from my car as it left the road. I was later found in a ditch by some

stray cat. • The telephone pole was approaching fast. I was attempting to swerve out of its

path when it struck my front.• I was unable to stop in time and my car crashed into the other vehicle. The driver

and passengers then left immediately for a vacation with injuries.

Top Ten List of how you can tell if your OSHA inspection is going poorly:

1. OSHA sets up temporary housing in your parking lot.

2. The Compliance Officer mutters, "This is unbelievable" each time he or she enters a different department.

3. OSHA calls in a professional film crew to document conditions in the plant. A reporter from "60 Minutes" tags along.

4. The Compliance Officer insists on wearing a moon suit supplied with a SCBA, while your employees work in jeans and tennis shoes.

5. The Congressman you called for help won't return your call, but he does return your campaign contribution.

6. The Compliance Officer beings the opening conference with the following: "You have the right to remain silent..."

7. The Compliance Officer asks you a specific question about a report in your files, but you haven't turned over any files.

8. The Compliance Officer knows each of your employees by their first name.

9. The Compliance Officer is a former employee that you fired.

10 The current OSHA secretary conducts the closing conference.

Redneck Fire Alarm

Is that safe?""Oh sure, it would take two hydraulic failures before it comes down.“

Ladies and gentlemen, turn your attention to the center ring to see a pair of squeegee-brandishing, ledge-walking, window-cleaning clowns.

And So the Forklift Training Continues

The Worst of Both Worlds

Just Plug In That Thing Anywhere

The Ladder Lunacy Continues

Well, At Least They Were Honest

At least they're wearing gloves

Now That's What I Call "Trusting

Now That's What I Call "Trusting”

How to Keep From Blowing a Fuse

All you have to do is wear those orange and yellow straps, and drag along your lanyard.

So Far, So Good

This Could Light You Up

More Ladder Lunacy

Still don't want to use a spotter?

Let Us Pray

Bucketman Returns!

The Safest Forehead

Some People Sure Are Trusting

You’ve Got to Hand It to PPE

A Screwdriver Makes a Great Chisel, Too

How to Not Use the Right Tool for the Job, Chapter 312

Yet Another Scaffolding Fiasco in the Making

Don't Tell Me ... Organized Mess, Right?

The Adventures of Bucketman Continues

Lifted Up to New Heights

Pardon the Bad Attitude

Thick as a brick. That's a good description of the person who constructed this

excuse for a scaffold.

Step Right Up

Fancy Meeting You Up Here

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump onto a ledge from a ladder on a forklift

and try not to break his neck.

Which one doesn't belong?

A Warning Sign for Putting Up Warning Signs

Here's your science fact for the week: Newton's first law

... a moving object will keep moving at the same speed and in the same direction unless acted on by some force.

May you have no flats

May Your Snowman Live Long

See You Next Year!