The mention of safety training and additional safety procedures may lead to sighs from employees. “It’s boring.” “It’s another step.”

How do you turn this negativity around? How do you get employees feeling passionate and engaged in safety?

Try these 5 tips to engage employees in safety:

1. Recognition. Emotion often drives behavior. Appeal to their emotions by offering praise and reward to specific employees who excel during the training and go the extra effort to help ensure all safety standards are put in place and followed.

2. Make it fun. Turn a portion of the training into a competition or game. Play a game, such as Wheel of Fortune or Trivial Pursuit, using safety terms or procedures at your training event. Brand a prize with your company logo, such as giving a company-branded lunch tote with restaurant gift card or mug with coffee shop gift card.

3. Begin a safety tip of the week lunch. As new safety procedures are put in place, have a safety recap meeting each week with a safety tip and lunch. Again, emotion often drives behavior, and most people love a free lunch.

4. Set team safety goals. Set safety goals for each department that they can work on together. Reward the team with a branded item, such as a company jacket, when they hit specific goals. It’s great way to help spread brand awareness while tying in employee teamwork and safety.

5. Brand your safety program. Develop a safety slogan and logo for your company to help keep the message of safety in front of employees at all times. Ear plugs, safety glasses and breakroom coffee mugs could all be imprinted with the safety slogan and logo.