What does a safety huddle look like?

A safety huddle is a short meeting led by a huddle leader, usually held at the start of each shift, focusing on preventing injuries. They are informal and allow staff to discuss, practice skills, brainstorm solutions, or review recent workplace incidents. Anyone impacted by the huddle’s topic should be involved, including care, facility, housekeeping, and kitchen staff.

What does a huddle leader do?

• Ensures that everyone has a chance to speak and participate
• Encourages dialogue and problem-solving
• Keeps the conversation on the topic
• Confirms that participants have met the learning goals

On this webpage, you will find a collection of topics that you can use for your own safety huddles. Each topic includes:

• Instructions for how to run the huddle
• Learning goals for what participants should be able to do after the huddle
• Guiding questions to facilitate discussion
• Notes for the huddle leader, which highlight the topic’s key content and learning opportunities

How to use safety huddles

Safety huddles are intended for use by huddle leaders. A huddle leader could be a manager, supervisor, licensed practical nurse, or anyone who knows about and is trained in a specific safety topic.

• Some huddles require handouts, resources or videos. These are linked within each huddle.
• An attendance sheet is included in each huddle so participants can sign-in to keep an up-to-date training record.