How to Implement a Safety Bingo Program

Safety incentive programs work. Typically initiated through the safety committee or safety director in a workplace, incentive programs help reduce accidents and injuries by putting some of the responsibility on the workers. Workers are encouraged to not only strive to follow required safety procedures, but to also encourage those around them to do the same. Bingo Safety is an easy safety incentive program to implement and continue.

Things You'll Need

• Program coordinator or committee
• Bingo sheets
• Bingo ink markers
• Bingo scratch off tickets, optional
• Bingo cage with numbered balls
• Bingo numbers card deck, optional
• Rule posters
• Bulletin boards or wall display areas
• Prizes

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Instructions

• 1

  Appoint a Safety Bingo program coordinator. Have the safety director, human resource manager or a safety committee develop and operate the program.

• 2

  Purchase a Bingo kit or make your own. Consider whether to make a deck of cards with numbers or safety-related words printed on them, or purchase a deck of cards and a Bingo cage. Decide if you want to download free printable cards from the Internet, design and print your own or purchase scratch-off cards.

• 3

  Develop rules for the Safety Bingo game. Write and post rules in all departments on safety bulletin boards and near time clocks. Keep a copy of the rules in the personnel or safety office.

• 4

  Post a listing of prizes near the Safety Bingo rules. Choose prizes that are worthwhile to employees and keep prizes available and constantly replenished.

• 5

  Give each worker a Safety Bingo card to mark. Keep ink Bingo daubers handy for all workers. You may wish to use scratch-off cards; you can purchase them from a safety incentive company.

• 6

  Draw one or more numbers on the day the Safety Bingo game is implemented. Keep track of the numbers drawn on each day to compare with attendance sheets, injury sheets and in case a worker misplaces his Safety Bingo card.