Safety Meeting Topics (Bilingual)

In California, all employers must have an Injury and Illness Prevention Program that includes employee training in safe work practices. And, for the construction and tunneling industries, there are specific requirements for "tailgate" safety meetings. To enable its insured employers to fulfill their workplace safety and health training responsibilities, State Fund has produced an extensive selection of Safety Meeting Topics in English with Spanish translations. The informative topics are intended for use in on-the-job safety training meetings (best held at the beginning of the shift, right after lunch, or after a break) to educate employees on potential hazards and prevent work-related injuries and illnesses. A record of the safety meeting - stating the date, safety topic, attendees, and recommendations or additional comments - should be kept on file for the duration of each attendee's employment.

These Safety Meeting topics are intended for use by our insured policyholders and may be disseminated to their employees for loss prevention purposes. Any other party desiring to publish, distribute, or otherwise utilize the Safety Meeting topics must gain permission from State Fund prior to use. The use of this information by any party for profit of any kind is strictly prohibited. Legal Notice & California Privacy Policy.

• Accident Investigation [English] [Spanish]
• Aerial Platform Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Africanized Honey Bees [English] [Spanish]
• Aggressive Driving [English] [Spanish]
• Agricultural Pesticide Use Regulations [English] [Spanish]
• Agricultural Worker Transport [English] [Spanish]
• Air Bag Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Aircraft Maintenance Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Ammonia Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Amusement Park Hazards [English] [Spanish]
• Animal Handling Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Animal Processing Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Arc Welding Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Architectural Landscaping [English] [Spanish]
• Are You Prepared For An Emergency? [English] [Spanish]
• Asbestos in Construction [English] [Spanish]
• Asphalt [English] [Spanish]
• Asphalt and Pitch Roofing [English] [Spanish]
• Asphalt Worker Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Auto Body Fender Repair [English] [Spanish]
• Auto Body Painting [English] [Spanish]
• Auto Body Work [English] [Spanish]
• Auto Transmission Repair Work [English] [Spanish]
• Automobile Repair Services [English] [Spanish]
• Avoiding Allergic Reactions to Latex [English] [Spanish]
• Back Injuries - Get Your Workers Back in Control [English] [Spanish]
• Bakery Operation Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Baling and Compacting Work [English] [Spanish]
• Band Saw Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Battery Handling Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Be An Extra-Safe Driver [English] [Spanish]
• Bike Messenger Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Bloodborne Pathogens [English] [Spanish]
• Boiler Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Butcher Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Cal/OSHA Inspections [English] [Spanish]
• Cal/OSHA Recordkeeping and Reporting [English] [Spanish]
• Carbon Monoxide [English] [Spanish]
• Carpet Layer Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Cart Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Caught or Crushed Injuries [English] [Spanish]
• Cemetery Worker Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Chainsaw Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Chemical Storage Is A Matter Of Safety And Common Sense [English] [Spanish]
• Childcare Worker Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Chocking and Blocking Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Cleaning Pesticide Soiled Clothing [English] [Spanish]
• Cleanroom Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Close Calls - Take a Close Look at Close Calls [English] [Spanish]
• Cold Storage Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Cold Stress [English] [Spanish]
• Cold Water Treatment Of Thermal Burns [English] [Spanish]
• Commercial Movers [English] [Spanish]  * 
• Common Sense Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Compressed Gas Cylinder (CGC) Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Concrete Construction Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Construction Site Hygiene [English] [Spanish]
• Conveying A Safety Message [English] [Spanish]
• Crane Safety - Safety Precautions for Working Near Overhead Power Lines [English] [Spanish]
• Cross Contamination [English] [Spanish]
• Cruise Control Driving [English] [Spanish]
• Cryptococcus Gattii Yeast or Fungus [English] [Spanish]
• Cuts, Lacerations, and Punctures [English] [Spanish]
• Dairy Worker Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Demolition Safety Planning [English] [Spanish]
• Dermatitis [English] [Spanish]
• Detention Facility Worker [English] [Spanish]
• Die Setting Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Diesel Exhaust [English] [Spanish]
• Disposable Respirators [English] [Spanish]
• Dont Get Caught in the Crush [English] [Spanish]
• Dont Take Back Problems Sitting Down [English] [Spanish]
• Drive Safely [English] [Spanish]
• Driverless Tractor Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Driving Distracted? [English] [Spanish]
• Driving Vehicles and Moving Equipment Safely [English] [Spanish]
• Dry Cleaner Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Drywall Installation [English] [Spanish]
• Drywalling Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Dust Explosions [English] [Spanish]
• Earthquake Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Egg and Poultry Workers Safety [English] [Spanish]  * 
• Electric Equipment Guarding and Workspaces [English] [Spanish]
• Electric Pallet Jacks [English] [Spanish]
• Electric Power Line Installation and Repair [English] [Spanish]
• Electric Tools - Grounds for Concern [English] [Spanish]
• Emergency Eyewash Stations [English] [Spanish]
• Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Emergency Planning [English] [Spanish]
• Emergency Showers [English] [Spanish]
• Emergency Wash Stations [English] [Spanish]
• Emphasis on Confined Space [English] [Spanish]
• Employee Safety Responsibilities [English] [Spanish]
• Engulfment [English] [Spanish]
• Entering and Exiting Vehicles Safely [English] [Spanish]
• Ergonomic Breaks, Rest Periods, and Stretches [English] [Spanish]
• Ergonomics [English] [Spanish]
• Establishing A Hazard Communication Program [English] [Spanish]
• Excavations [English] [Spanish]
• Eye Protection - Seeing is Believing [English] [Spanish]
• Fall Protection [English] [Spanish]
• Falls [English] [Spanish]
• Farm ATV Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Farm Worker Crime Prevention [English] [Spanish]
• Farming Dust [English] [Spanish]
• Fatigue [English] [Spanish]  * 
• Fine Dining Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Fire Extinguishers [English] [Spanish]
• Fire Safety - In Case of Fire [English] [Spanish]
• First Aid [English] [Spanish]
• First Aid for Burns [English] [Spanish]
• Fishing Industry Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Flagger Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Flagger Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Flat Roofing Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Floor Buffer Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Floor Openings [English] [Spanish]
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing [English] [Spanish]
• Food Handling [English] [Spanish]
• Foot Safety - Its a Shoe in for Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Foundation Construction [English] [Spanish]
• Foundry Worker Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Funeral Home Worker Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Garage Door Installers [English] [Spanish]
• Garment Worker Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Gas Cylinder Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Getting High On Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Give Jacks, Lifts, and Hoists the High Safety Priority They Deserve [English] [Spanish]
• Grain Handling Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Grinders [English] [Spanish]
• Grocery Store Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters [English] [Spanish]
• Guard Against Machine Injuries [English] [Spanish]
• Guarding Elevated Locations [English] [Spanish]
• Hand Protection - Handle with Care [English] [Spanish]
• Handle Glass Safely [English] [Spanish]
• Handle Tools for Your Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Handling Patients Safely [English] [Spanish]
• Handling Powder Actuated Tools (PATs) Safely [English] [Spanish]
• Handyman Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Hard Hats [English] [Spanish]
• Harvest Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Hazardous Material Disposal [English] [Spanish]
• Hazardous Material Warning Labels [English] [Spanish]
• Hearing Protection Devices [English] [Spanish]
• Hoisting Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Home Healthcare Hazards and Solutions [English] [Spanish]
• Home Healthcare Workers [English] [Spanish]
• Hospital Workers [English] [Spanish]
• Hot Work Procedures [English] [Spanish]
• Hotel Worker Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Housekeeping on Construction Sites [English] [Spanish]
• How to Choose a Ladder [English] [Spanish]
• How to Use an Eyewash [English] [Spanish]
• Importance of Safety Training [English] [Spanish]
• Injury and Illness Prevention Program [English] [Spanish]
• Insect and Spider Bites [English] [Spanish]
• Irrigation Pipe Work Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Janitorial Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Keep Up With Ladder Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Kennel Worker Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Kitchen Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Know The Ground Rules for Electrical Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Laboratory Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Ladder Safety 2 [English] [Spanish]
• Ladders - Make Ladder Safety a High Priority [English] [Spanish]
• Landscaper Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Landscaping Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Laser Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Lathes [English] [Spanish]
• Laundry Workers [English] [Spanish]
• Lawyer Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Lead In Construction [English] [Spanish]
• Live Animal Handling for Butchering [English] [Spanish]
• Loading Dock Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Lockout...Tagout - Remember to Lockout and Tagout [English] [Spanish]
• Lockout/Blockout [English] [Spanish]
• Log Cutting Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Logging Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Lyme Disease [English] [Spanish]
• Machine Guarding [English] [Spanish]
• Machine Guarding [English] [Spanish]
• Machine Guards [English] [Spanish]
• Machine Safety Moving Right Along [English] [Spanish]
• Machine Shop Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Managing and Reducing Stress [English] [Spanish]
• Manure Pits [English] [Spanish]
• Masonry and Concrete Saws [English] [Spanish]
• Material Safety Data Sheet [English] [Spanish]
• Meat Packers [English] [Spanish]
• Mechanically Harvested Grapes [English] [Spanish]  * 
• Metal Plating Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Metal Polishing [English] [Spanish]
• Metal Worker PPE for Hands and Eyes [English] [Spanish]
• Mineral and Petroleum Extraction Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Mineral Mining [English] [Spanish]
• Mobile Crane Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Multi-employer Worksites [English] [Spanish]
• New Rules for Preventing Heat Illnesses [English] [Spanish]
• No Shortcut to Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Noise - Hear Today Gone Tomorrow [English] [Spanish]
• Occupational Vibration Exposure [English] [Spanish]
• Office Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Oil and Gas Extraction [English] [Spanish]
• Overhead Shop Crane Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Painter Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Painter Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Personal Hygiene [English] [Spanish]
• Personal Protection Against Workplace Violence [English] [Spanish]
• Personal Protective Equipment - Dressed for Protection [English] [Spanish]
• Personal Safety In Public Places [English] [Spanish]
• Pilot Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Plant Nursery Worker Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Plastic Molding Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Plumbing Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Poison Oak - Leaves of Three, Let Them Be! [English] [Spanish]
• Portable Fire Extinguishers [English] [Spanish]
• Poultry Worker Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Power Press Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Powered Industrial Trucks (Forklifts) [English] [Spanish]
• Practice Good Housekeeping [English] [Spanish]
• Prevent Injuries From Falling Objects [English] [Spanish]
• Preventing Heat-Related Illnesses [English] [Spanish]
• Preventing Silicosis [English] [Spanish]
• Preventing Strains and Sprains [English] [Spanish]
• Property Managers [English] [Spanish]
• Protect Yourself Against UV Radiation [English] [Spanish]
• Pruning Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Punctures and Cuts [English] [Spanish]
• Put Safety In Gear When Backing [English] [Spanish]
• Railway Operations Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Rebar / Impalement Protection [English] [Spanish]
• Refuse and Recycle Workers [English] [Spanish]
• Repetitive Motion Injuries - Preventing Repetitive Motion Injuries [English] [Spanish]
• Research Laboratories [English] [Spanish]
• Residential Wood Framing [English] [Spanish]
• Respiratory Protection [English] [Spanish]
• Restaurant Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Retail Tagger Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Retail Worker Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Road Work Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Roofing (Heat) Hazards [English] [Spanish]
• Roofing Fall Prevention [English] [Spanish]
• Roofing Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Row Crop Harvesting [English] [Spanish]
• Safe Chlorine Use [English] [Spanish]
• Safe Handling of Flammable Liquids [English] [Spanish]
• Safe Handling of Portable Power Drills [English] [Spanish]
• Safe Lifting Techniques [English] [Spanish]
• Safe Storage and Disposal of Oil or Solvent-Soaked Rags [English] [Spanish]
• Safeguard Firefighter Health [English] [Spanish]
• Safety and Substance Abuse Dont Mix [English] [Spanish]
• Safety Audits [English] [Spanish]
• Safety in Agriculture [English] [Spanish]
• Safety Is In Your Hands [English] [Spanish]
• Safety Rules for Power Tools [English] [Spanish]
• Saws/Grinders - Portable Abrasive Saws and Grinders [English] [Spanish]
• Scaffold Safety [English] [Spanish]
• School Worker Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Security Guard Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Sharp and Cutting Tool Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Sharpen Your Safety Awareness [English] [Spanish]
• Sheet Metal Worker Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Shelter in Place [English] [Spanish]  * 
• Shingle Roofing Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Ship Building and Repair [English] [Spanish]
• Silo Storage Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Site Safety Inspections [English] [Spanish]
• Skin Protection [English] [Spanish]
• Sleep Deprivation [English] [Spanish]
• Slips and Falls - Avoid Slip-Ups [English] [Spanish]
• Soil Compactor Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Solar Panel Installation [English] [Spanish]
• Spill Prevention and Response [English] [Spanish]
• Spray Painting Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Steel Framing [English] [Spanish]
• Structural Iron and Steel Worker Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Sun Protection - No Skin Off Your Nose [English] [Spanish]
• Suspension Trauma [English] [Spanish]
• Take Care With Compressed Air [English] [Spanish]
• Taxi Driver and Chauffeur Safety [English] [Spanish]
• The Aging Workforce [English] [Spanish]
• The Mohave Rattlesnake [English] [Spanish]
• The Silent Dangers of Confined Space [English] [Spanish]
• Tire Wear [English] [Spanish]
• Tow Truck Operations [English] [Spanish]
• Tractor Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Traffic Control Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Transporting Liquids [English] [Spanish]
• Tree Trimming Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Trenching and Shoring [English] [Spanish]
• Trenching Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Truck Tarping [English] [Spanish]
• Trucking Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Types of Injuries - How Workers Get Hurt [English] [Spanish]
• Underground Safety Alerts [English] [Spanish]
• Use Your Head, Wear Your Hard Hat [English] [Spanish]
• Vector Waste [English] [Spanish]
• Vehicle Backing [English] [Spanish]
• Vehicles for Worker Transport [English] [Spanish]
• Walking / Working Surfaces [English] [Spanish]
• Warehouse Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Warning: Welding May be Hazardous to your Health [English] [Spanish]
• Wash Your Hands - Give Yourself a Hand [English] [Spanish]
• Wastewater Treatment Workers [English] [Spanish]
• Watch Out For Snakes [English] [Spanish]
• Water Transportation [English] [Spanish]
• Wear Your Seatbelt [English] [Spanish]
• Welding [English] [Spanish]
• Welding Safely [English] [Spanish]
• West Nile Virus [English] [Spanish]
• Wildlife Safety Precautions [English] [Spanish]
• Winery Confined Spaces [English] [Spanish]
• Winter Driving [English] [Spanish]
• Wood Chipper Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Wood Dust – It’s Not Just a Nuisance [English] [Spanish]
• Wood Dust Exposure [English] [Spanish]
• Wood Milling and Manufacturing [English] [Spanish]
• Wood Truss Construction [English] [Spanish]
• Woodworking Tool Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Work Safely with Concrete and Cement [English] [Spanish]
• Working Against Violence [English] [Spanish]
• Working Safely Around Electricity [English] [Spanish]
• Working Safely Around Forklifts [English] [Spanish]
• Working Safely with Chemicals [English] [Spanish]
• Working Safely with Corrosives [English] [Spanish]
• Working Safely With Solvents [English] [Spanish]
• Workplace Distractions [English] [Spanish]
• Workplace Fires [English] [Spanish]
• X-Ray Technician Safety [English] [Spanish]
• Yarding Safety [English] [Spanish]