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What
Does MnSAFE Really Mean?
My first project upon being hired as
the State Safety Coordinator was to review all of the MnSAFE management plans and
provide a summary of accomplishments and challenges agencies are facing meeting
their goals. So I rolled up my sleeves
and scoured the plans searching for common themes. Three pots of coffee and 20 agency reports
in, I realized that MnSAFE wasn’t so much a name, a goal, or a number. Those things were only the parts and pieces
that made up something bigger and larger than taking a number in the red and
turning it to a number in the green.
I noticed in my review of the plans
that MnSAFE goals have evolved from compliance related goals and shifted into a
WAY of doing business, and even more
importantly, a WAY of doing
life. MnSAFE goals are being written to
ensure that employees go home safely to their families and are also teaching
families how to be safe in their homes. Since
the MnSAFE initiative began, nearly 1,500 additional MN State Employees have
gone home without injury. All of those
goals of education, awareness, and process updates are truly changing lives for
the better.
Doing business the MnSAFE Way is
certainly not easy. Achieving goals
takes the time and effort of many. And after
reading through agencies accomplishments and future goals, I can see hurdles still
remain. But, as a team, we continue to move
in the right direction. In fact, most
agencies are on track to deliver the Governor’s goal or have made significant
progress in meeting their goal. So
please stay tuned, as I plan to feed you food for thought and tips to share
based on information I’ve gleamed from the MnSAFE Annual Management Plans.
This is Sandra Bauer reporting on and
for the MnSAFE Way. -“Where Safety Meets
Employees In Both Work & Play”
Sandra A. Bauer
State Safety Coordinator
P: 651-201-3011
E: Sandra.Bauer@state.mn.us
Yammer: "Team Safety" at https://www.yammer.com/state.mn.us/#/home
 What are you doing to actively ensure a safe workplace?
Learn your role in eliminating workplace injuries at mn.gov/mnsafe.
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