Hello, everyone.
This is Enta.
It's that time of year for the safety meeting, isn't it...
It's safe, but it's quite a hassle to get there.
Since we subcontractors, in particular, attend safety meetings held by each general contractor, we end up going from one safety meeting to the next day after day.
There's no time of year when I hate safety more than right now! lol
The supervising employee at the general contractor must really hate it.
You're probably thinking, "It must be tough for them, what with everything going on at the site."
I totally get how you feel~
Back in the day, I used to make sure I didn't have to go to safety meetings whenever I could, lol (I can say that now, though).
That said, safety meetings are important in their own right.
With the prime contractor and subcontractors working together as oneLet's put safety first!That's what today is all about.
If it's an interesting safety meeting, I'd actually be willing to go.
One company invited a rakugo performer to present a safety-themed rakugo story.
At one company, they have a gymnastics instructor, a cleaning specialist, and so on—they’ve come up with ways to keep everyone from getting bored.
However, there are also companies that have remained unchanged over the years.
Some vendors even ask, “Are you still doing that?”
To begin with, they charge a pretty hefty fee for the safety cooperation association, don't they?
Which general contractors collect a percentage of the construction cost?
As the contract amount increases, the price falls into the 100,000 range.
When that goes on for a few months, I even start to wonder, "Is this a pay cut?" lol
And then you end up wondering, “So what’s the deal with that safety meeting, anyway?”
This means there are many contractors who think this way.
There are some positive aspects to that safety meeting, too.
It’s when a young stranger (an employee of the general contractor) tells me, “I read your blog!”
It really makes me happy when people tell me, “I always look to you for help when I’m stuck on the job!”
That's the kind of moment when you're glad you wrote it, lol.
But why do we have a safety meeting every year? Well,
| National Safety Week(National Safety Week) is a seven-day period held annually from July 1 to July 7, during which the importance of workplace accident prevention activities is reaffirmed and proactive efforts toward safety are undertaken. It is sponsored by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the Central Association for the Prevention of Industrial Accidents. The first Safety Week was a regional event held on a grand scale from June 15 to 21, 1919, in Tokyo City and the surrounding towns and villages by pioneers such as Toshifumi Gamo, Yoshikichi Uchida, Kiyoshi Ikeda, and Gentaro Tanahashi. In 1928, the first National Safety Week was held uniformly across the country under the auspices of the Social Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of the Interior. From July 1 to 7, 1947, the Ministry of Labor organized the event. In 1950, the system was revised to designate the period from June 1 to June 30 as a preparatory period and July 1 to 7 as the main period, a structure that remains in place today. Furthermore, in May 1960, a Cabinet decision designated July 1 as “National Safety Day.”
Although a slogan has been adopted every year since the first event, no slogans were used for the 18th through 33rd events due to criticism of the wartime “Industrial Service to the Nation” movement. The slogan is, “Working Together to Raise Awareness: Let’s Achieve Zero Accidents」 |
That's the point.
The idea is to hold a safety meeting during the preparation period to raise safety awareness!
Let’s continue to work safely until the end of the fiscal year, and let’s be especially mindful of heatstroke prevention from now on!
Stay safe today, too!
There’s always someone waiting for you to come home!
See you later.
