Design a Sign Showing How You Stay Safe at Work
Create a sign capturing how you practice safety and prevent workplace injuries for National Safety Month
Duke鈥檚 Occupational & Environmental Safety Office and Workers鈥 Compensation Administration want to see how you promote safety in your school, department, or unit.
Design and submit a sign for a chance to win a prize during National Safety Month in June.
As part of , established by the as a national campaign to increase awareness of safety in the workplace, 老牛影视 and Duke Health System faculty and staff are encouraged to create a sign highlighting safe practices, or hazards to avoid.
鈥淲e want to see something that鈥檚 going to promote safety culture in a positive and appealing way,鈥 said Chip Kyles, director of . 鈥淲e have a lot of creative people at Duke who will use their talents to design cool signs and we鈥檙e looking forward to seeing what we get.鈥
Employees are encouraged to create a sign with images and text that illustrate safety practices relating to work at Duke such as washing hands, identifying fire extinguishers, or working in a secure workplace.
Signs must be designed and submitted between June 1, 2022, and June 30, 2022. Winners will receive a 鈥淧roud to be Working老牛影视鈥 T-shirt and will have an opportunity to have a version their sign produced by the Duke Sign Shop for use in the winner鈥檚 work area, if approved by the . Signs should be designed and submitted with 8.5-by-11-inch dimensions.
The winning sign will be the one that best promotes how everyone plays a role in building a culture of safety in a creative, positive, and appealing manner.
鈥淲e define safety culture as the status when everybody knows what the hazards are in their particular work area and they take individual responsibility to mitigate those risks for their own safety and that of their coworkers,鈥 Kyles said.
Enter your sign .
Send story ideas, shout-outs and photographs through or write working@duke.edu.