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’Twas a Few Days Before Christmas — A Safety Story
Watch Todd Jerome Jenkins’s holiday safety story, ’Twas a Few Days Before Christmas, from his collection of workplace safety videos.
By Todd Jerome Jenkins, MS, CSP · Free to watch · No account required
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Holiday safety story · 2:56
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Companion reading
Use the story to begin a seasonal work conversation
A seasonal safety story can give a crew an accessible way to begin talking about work. Follow the conversation with specific questions about today’s conditions, the arrangements that protect people and the support needed when the plan changes.
Holiday schedules can change who is available, when deliveries arrive and how a site is left between work periods. Examine the actual access routes, materials, equipment shutdown, weather conditions and emergency contacts for the work ahead. Avoid assuming that a shorter day or smaller crew automatically means a simpler job.
Choose one practical follow-up and make it visible. The crew might verify an access route, confirm a shutdown handoff or check how an after-hours concern reaches the responsible person. Use the story as an invitation to speak, then let workers’ accounts of the job shape the next action. These discussion notes accompany the recording and do not reproduce its poem.
Before the task
- Ask what will change during the holiday work period.
- Confirm the people, controls and contacts needed for that change.
- Choose an action and check that it was completed.
Fictional work example
A crew is leaving before a holiday closure while a delivery is still expected. Without a clear handoff, the remaining person may have to improvise access and unloading arrangements.
Consider: What belongs in the closure handoff?
Compare your reasoning
Confirm who will receive the delivery, whether the required people and controls will be available, and what happens if those conditions cannot be met.
Sources and further reading
Original companion notes and fictional examples · Updated . These notes support study; apply the actual workplace procedures and requirements. Government sources retain their own status and do not endorse this material.