Toolbox talk topics

Short talks for weeks when a site has nothing to report. SafeMonday uses the same library when it drafts a Monday talk from an empty week. This is a DRAFT for a competent person to review before anyone uses it in a talk. It is not legal advice and it does not make a workplace compliant.

• Darker evenings: see and be seenA five-minute toolbox talk for October, when yards and car parks get dark before the shift ends.
• Slips, trips and the mess we walk pastA toolbox talk on wet floors, trailing cables and the housekeeping that stops slips and trips.
• Fatigue, rushing and the last hourA December talk about tired people, temporary cover and the pressure to finish before a break.
• Ice, cold hands and outdoor workA winter toolbox talk on ice, grit, cold hands and working outside.
• Vehicles and people in the same placeA talk on keeping pedestrians and moving vehicles apart on a small site.
• Manual handling: the lift we do without thinkingA short talk on lifting, team lifts and the loads people move by hand.
• Heat, sun and hydrationA summer talk on heat stress for kitchens, yards and outdoor work.
• Cover, agency staff and unfamiliar workA talk for holiday cover: people doing jobs they do not do every week.
• Knives, blades and what we leave behindA kitchen and workshop talk on blades left out, the wrong direction, and cuts.
• Electricity and making it deadA talk on isolation, damaged cables and not working live.
• Fire exits, alarms and first aidA general talk on keeping exits clear and knowing who the first-aiders are.