How to Promote Landscaper Safety

Providing a safe environment for your employees, regardless of what tasks and conditions they may face on the job, is always important. If you’re looking to develop or revamp your safety program, where do you start? Keep these things in mind to promote landscaper safety.

Landscaper Safety Starts at the Top

A truly effective workplace safety program starts with leadership. Make sure that you are embodying the safety culture you’re promoting to your employees. Demonstrate the type of conduct and safety protocols you expect from employees, and you’ll also help keep the people who report to you accountable.

Ask for Employee Input

Your employees are your greatest resource when it comes to promoting landscaper safety at your business. They are the ones most familiar with the potential safety hazards they regularly face, and using their direct feedback can help you better tailor your workplace safety program to fit their real-world working conditions.

Have Regular Check-Ins

Part of asking for employee input involves having regular check-ins with your team. Meeting with employees at the end of the day to discuss what worked and what could’ve been done better, as well as having regular seminars regarding safety, can help everyone stay accountable and feel comfortable coming forward to report safety issues if they arise. Our Toolbox Talks resources are a great starting point for engaging your employees and having those conversations.

Keep Employees Accountable

A landscaper safety program is only effective if you have buy-in from everyone in the company. Make sure you set expectations for employees from the get-go and clearly outline the roles in an activity. Then make sure they have the tools to execute what you’re asking for and that you have a way to measure success and give feedback.