Safety

Manufacturing Safety Tips: Ensuring a Safe Workplace at creative werks

At creative werks, safety is more than just a priority—it's a core value. We are committed to maintaining world-class safety standards and outcomes, ensuring that every individual who steps into our facility feels safe and secure. Our approach to safety is comprehensive, proactive, and built on a strong culture of continuous improvement and incident reporting.

Building a Culture of Safety

Our safety culture is driven by transparency and accountability. We encourage all team members to actively participate in maintaining a safe work environment through our robust incident reporting system. By fostering open communication and prompt reporting, we can address potential hazards before they escalate, ensuring a safer workplace for everyone.

Behavior-Based Safety Program

Our Behavior-Based Safety program is designed to reinforce safe practices and discourage unsafe behaviors. We utilize a point system that holds team members accountable for their actions. While our program includes consequences for repeated safety violations, we are careful not to penalize minor mistakes unless there is true negligence. The focus is on learning and improving, not punishing. Our goal is to cultivate a safety-first mindset, where every team member is committed to protecting themselves and their colleagues.

Proactive Safety Walks and Risk Assessments

Before any production line starts up, we conduct thorough safety walks with all stakeholders involved. These walks are not just for the safety team but involve input from any team member who may have concerns. We identify and address potential hazards before operations begin, ensuring that safety is ingrained in every step of our process.

In addition to proactive safety walks, we also conduct risk assessments in response to incidents. These assessments go beyond examining what happened—they involve a critical evaluation of the area to identify other potential safety concerns. By being both proactive and reactive, we maintain a vigilant approach to safety.

Gemba Walks: Aligning Safety Vision Across All Levels

Our weekly and quarterly Gemba walks are a key component of our safety strategy. Conducted predominantly by site leadership with the participation of the safety team, these walks ensure that everyone—from the floor to leadership—is aligned on what constitutes a safe environment. Gemba comes from the Japanese term meaning "the actual place", or the place where the value-creating work is performed and is a concept outlined in the Six Sigma Leadership Training our employees attained.

Weekly Gemba walks are focused on identifying and addressing immediate safety concerns, while quarterly walks are focused on sharing the broader vision of safety across all stakeholders. This alignment ensures that our facilities are always operating under a unified understanding of safety.

Monthly Safety Team Meetings

Our safety team meets monthly to review and discuss safety performance, incidents, and improvement opportunities. These meetings are critical for maintaining our high safety standards and ensuring that we continue to evolve and improve our safety practices.