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Why Home Safety?

Core Values

Safety is a fundamental way to demonstrate your company’s core value of integrity, commitment, quality and innovation.

Home Safety Council Research

According to The State of Home Safety in America™ – the largest and most comprehensive study of injuries at home:

Home-related injuries result in nearly 21 million medical visits and almost 20,000 deaths annually

Each year, preventable injuries are the fifth leading cause of death overall

Each year, preventable injuries specifically in the home:

– Are 2.5 times more likely to cause injury than car crashes

– Cost our nation up to $380 billion

Home Safety Research

Leading Causes of Home Injury Death:

– Falls

– Poisonings

– Fires and Burns

– Choking

– Drowning

The State of Home Safety in America™

Conducted by the University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center

Cost to Employers

•Home injuries cost employers $38 billion in a single year, or $104 million per day

New Off-the-Job Safety Research

New Home Safety Research

The Home Safety Council conducted a survey of corporate safety officers to identify the common challenges faced in running or launching off-the-job safety programs.

The results will help the Home Safety Council target corporate safety officers with the tools and resources they need to implement off-the-job safety programs.

Off-the-Job Safety Challenges

Key challenges to running or launching an off-the-job safety program include:

– Lack of program ideas for events or training (46 percent)– Lack of fresh, new materials (51 percent)– Lack of networking or best practice sharing among peers (68

percent)– Lack of budget to support an off-the-job home safety program

(73 percent)

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Desires for Online Tools

Survey results also revealed a desire for online tools that integrate both on-the-job & off-the-job safety programs

Online tools allow for a broader reach– Safety officers can give employees online materials they can share

with their families at home, engaging in a “Train the Trainer” approach

– Safety officers can also use online materials to easily reach employees in different locations

Comprehensive Safety Programs

Large companies especially are looking for programs that integrate on-the-job and off-the-job safety programs

Looking to leverage existing on-the-job safety programs and materials to extend to off-the-job safety programming

“Big corporations do a great job on wellness or on-the-job safety, but stumble on how to take those messages home”

The Home Safety Council Can Help

The Home Safety Council offers tools and resources for corporate use:

– Opportunities for online best practice sharing and networking

– Safety programming content

– Webinars

– Educational materials including checklists, safety guides and tools

“Online tools help us since we’re spread all over the country. This way we can reach employees in their homes without driving to get them to hold

classes.”

Home Safety Month

June is Home Safety Month

Annual Hands on Home Safety Campaign Goal: To get families to take a hands-on

approach to making their homes safer and protecting against the leading causes of home injury.

Reaching out to Different Audience Groups:– Employers– Safety Experts– Media– Public Policy

Home Safety for the Entire Family

Home Safety Month – Hands on Home Safety Theme Call to Action: Calling on families to take a hands-on approach to

making their homes safer for the entire family and protecting against the leading causes of home injury:

– Falls– Poisonings– Fires and Burns/Scalds– Choking/Suffocation– Drowning

How to Plan a Hands on Home Safety Campaign

Start Planning Now!

Visit the Home Safety Council’s Planners Space to start planning your campaign now –

www.homesafetycouncil.org/homesafetymonth

Idea Starters

Get everyone involved and excited about reducing injuries– Host a home safety fair

– Post information in e-newsletters, Intranet and other company and community outlets

– Host a lunch event to share home safety practices

– Distribute key materials to those in your community or place of work

Home Safety Resources

Hands on Home Safety Materials

Purchase affordably priced hard copy materials from the Home Safety Council E-Store

Special pricing is available for members of the Home Safety Council’s Expert

Network – a free resource for fire and life safety

educators

Customer Service:

(888) 245-1527 or customer.service@homesafety

council.org

Spread the Word Online Use your Web site to spread the word. Download free Web-ready graphics for use on your Web

site from: http://www.homesafetycouncil.org/websticker

Make Home Safety Front Page News

HSC is offering a free Home Safety Month media release for fire departments to customize and use locally.

Email info@homesafetycouncil.org with the headline HSM Press

Release by June 15, 2009 and we will e-mail the materials to you.

New Resource – Scald Burn Prevention Booklet

Step-by-step guide to help families protect against scald and burn dangers.

This "flip book style" resource includes instructional photographs and checklists, in English and in Spanish.

Walks caregivers through the actions they can take to prevent scald burn injuries at home.

Hands on Home Safety Materials

HSC offers many tools and resources (in English and Spanish) to help you promote home safety and disaster preparedness.

Fire Safety Materials

Visit the Home Safety Council Web site for fire safety materials you can use in June, October and year-round.

Step-by-step fire drill

Black & White printer friendly fire checklist

Corporate Resources

Home Safety Month Planners CD – only $6, plus shipping

HR Managers Guide – how-to instructions for implementing a Hands on Home Safety campaign

Ready-made home safety e-newsletter – formatted and ready to send to your employees

Copy-ready home safety articles – home safety articles for use on your intranet or in your company newsletter

Safety Huddles – quick safety reminders that can be shared in a safety meeting or included in a company newsletter

Success!

Execute your home safety program and evaluate its successes

Make plans to share success stories

Start planning for next year – Make safety a priority all through the year!

Submit a Home Safety Month Program Evaluation Form:

www.homesafetycouncil.org/hsmevaluation

Thank You!

Thank you for caring about the safety of your employees – on and off-the-job!