The
Mechanical Contractors Association of Chicago and United Association
Local Union 597 have released a series of Safety Stuffers based on scary
movie themes. Safety Stuffers are small flyers dispersed with weekly paychecks
to LU 597 workers employed by member contractors of MCA Chicago. Twenty-six
different stuffers are being distributed, each conveying its safety message in
the form of a scary movie ad, complete with eerie illustrations.
A
couple of examples:
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Front: Ordinary Coffee Spilled
On The Stairs Turned Them Into A Deathtrap! Those
Stairs Were … DEADLY WHEN WET. Starring Slick
DeMise. Rated P for PERILOUS.
Back:
Please, clean up spills as soon as possible.
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Front:
A Frayed, Worn-Out Fall Protection Rope … Thank Goodness She Inspected It
Before Using It! THE FATAL FLAW. She Caught It –
Before It Could Kill! Starring Maria Diligent.
Rated O for OBSERVANT.
Back:
Please, inspect all equipment
before you use it.
“The
Safety Stuffers cover a wide variety of vitally important worksite issues,”
said James Buchanan, business manager of LU 597.
“There are Safety Stuffers for appropriate lifting techniques, proper ladder
usage, personal protective equipment, lockout/tagout procedures, ergonomics,
fire safety and more. There are even Stuffers that address sexual harassment and
workplace violence.”
While
the current Safety Stuffers employ scary movie themes, a previous round of the
cautionary print pieces used playful innuendo to catch the attention of
workers.
Examples
include:
The
Safety Stuffers are sponsored by the LU 597/MCA Joint Safety Committee. Nehlsen
Communications helped MCA Chicago to develop the Safety Stuffers.
