NOVENEX Toolbox Talk — Housekeeping — Slips, Trips and Standards
Housekeeping & Environment · ±5 minutes · novenex.tech/toolbox-talks
Walk any site after an incident-free year and you will find clean floors, marked walkways and cable discipline. Housekeeping is not cosmetic — it is the visible edge of a site's standards, and the first thing auditors and clients read.
The everyday killers
- •Spills wiped NOW, not after tea — and signed with a wet-floor board while drying.
- •Leads and hoses overhead or along walls; never across walkways.
- •Offcuts, strapping and pallet debris to the bin as generated — 'clean as you go' beats 'clean-up Friday'.
- •Walkways and emergency exits sacred: nothing stored in them, ever, not even for an hour.
Ownership
- •Every area has an owner; every shift ends with a five-minute square-away.
- •Materials stacked stable and to height limits; heavy low, light high.
- •If it has no home, it has no place on site — create storage or remove it.
Discussion — ask the crew
- What is the worst housekeeping spot in our area right now — and who owns it?
- Where do leads cross walkways today, and what is the fix?
Attendance record
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Equip this talk
Requisition the wet floor signs and related equipment from the Supply Register.