take a break & think pilot program 9-9-16

Take a Break&Think

Tricia Gunn9 September 2016

Abstract The purpose of the program is to increase the mindfulness of the employees while they engage in a task. If an employee is feeling rushed, distracted, or over-worked, the program will hopefully ground the employee by increasing their awareness. The group leads in office settings, at each respective site, will engage with the employee, give them a Kit Kat, and reinforce them to "take a break & think." Anticipating byproducts from the program such as: involving non-EHS staff with EHS activities, and encouraging fluid lines of communication between employees, group leads, and management will expectantly emerge. The "Take a Break & Think" pilot program will improve the safety culture within our departments and our company. The objective of the program is to test the feasibility of a multicomponent pilot intervention to improve worker safety, morale, and overall wellness. The pilot itself, will include the Lab Services departments at the HPW, CTR, and LVL sites. The committee will access the results from a pre-pilot anonymous survey. The survey will gage employees’ safety awareness at the present time, how genuine the employees grasp safety, and their current thoughts on safety relative to enjoyment. The post-pilot survey will take into account and capture the awareness of the pilot program, near miss accounts, and communication between management and employees.

Pilot survey CTR, HPW, LVL1. Do you take safety seriously at work?

Neutral3%

Agree19%

Strongly Agree78%

Pre-pilot Survey

Strongly disagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree

Neu-tral3%

Agree8%

Strongly

Agree

89%

Post-Pilot Survey


19% Positive Trend

Pilot survey CTR, HPW, LVL2. Safety is made fun by E.H.S.?

Strongly dis-

agree32%

Disagree18% Neutral

32%

Agree18%

Pre-pilot Survey


Strongly disagree

15%

Disagree8% Neutral

50%

Agree15%Strongly Agree

12%

Post-Pilot Survey


Negative perception decreased from 50% to 23%

Pilot survey CTR, HPW, LVL3.Certain safety slogans by E.H.S., stand out in my

head.

Strongly dis-

agree9%

Dis-agree19%

Neutral28% Agree

24%

Strongly Agree19%

Pre-pilot Survey

Strongly disagree

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Strongly Agree

Strongly disagree

3%

Disagree8%

Neutral28% Agree

44%Strongly Agree16%

Post-Pilot Survey


16% positive trend reflecting cognizant safety slogans

Pilot survey CTR, HPW, LVL4. I stop and take a break when I am feeling rushed

or over-worked.

Strongly dis-agree

4%

Dis-agree26%

Neutral11%

Agree30%

Strongly Agree

30%

Pre-pilot Survey


Strongly disagree

3%

Disagree7%

Neutral24% Agree

38%Strongly Agree

28%

Post-Pilot Survey


7% increase in posi-tive trend

20% decrease regarding dis-agreement

Pilot survey CTR, HPW, LVL5. I believe making safety “enjoyable” would be a

morale team booster.

Neutral19%

Agree22%

Strongly Agree59%

Pre-pilot Survey


Strongly dis-agree

3%

Neutral19%

Agree23%

Strongly

Agree55%

Post-Pilot Survey


Trend remained stable be-tween 78-81% favorability

Worthy of Consideration Account-wide, Lab Services accounted for 8% of near miss entries

from January through April 2016.

Since the launch of the pilot program (16 May to 15 Aug. 2016), Lab Services participating sites accounted for 25% of total near miss entries across the account.

As illustrated, the data revealed commendatory results.

“Workplace fun positively impacts key performance indicators which can result in increased employee morale, higher creativity and innovation, better performance, greater organizational commitment, and lower turnover.” Prior, M.G. (2010). Workplace Fun and Its Correlates: A Conceptual Inquiry. International Journal of Management (Vol.27, No.2).

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