Tailgate Talks
Tailgate (or Toolbox) talks are short informational meetings held with employees to discuss a work-site related safety topic.
The term tailgate meetings comes from the practice of meeting around the tailgate of a pickup truck on site.
The goal of holding tailgate talks is to inform employees of specific hazards associated to a task and the safe way to do a job. Tailgate talks also serve as a reminder to employees of what they already know while establishing the supervisor’s credibility and conscientiousness about his or her responsibilities for safety.
The following is a list of tailgate talks that you can take and use on your job-site. Each Everyday Safety tailgate talk comes with a sign-in sheet which allows supervisors to document who heard the briefing.
If you have questions, or an idea for a tailgate talk, please email us at clrp [at] cornell.edu.
All Tailgate Talks
- 3 Points of Contact (pdf)
- 6 Tips for Chainsaw Safety (pdf)
- AED Safety (pdf)
- Aerial Lifts Safety (pdf)
- Aggressive Drivers (pdf)
- Backing Safety (pdf)
- Back Pain (pdf)
- Back to School (pdf)
- Be Alert to Moving Equipment (pdf)
- Bee Stings (pdf)
- Blood Safety (pdf)
- Carbon Monoxide Safety (pdf)
- Chainsaw Safety (pdf)
- Clean Truck (pdf)
- Cold Weather Driving (pdf)
- Cold Weather Precautions (pdf)
- Cold Weather Slips (pdf)
- Combustible Dust Safety (pdf)
- Common Sense (pdf)
- Compressed Air Safety (pdf)
- Confined Space Safety (pdf)
- County Vehicle Safety (pdf)
- Deadly Dozen (pdf)
- Dealing with Stress (pdf)
- Demolition Safety (pdf)
- Disposable Glove Removal (pdf)
- Driver Operator Safety (pdf)
- Driver Safety (pdf)
- Electrical Safety (pdf)
- Fire Extinguisher Safety (pdf)
Fire Safety (pdf)
- First Aid Kits (pdf)
- First Aid for Chemical Burns (pdf)
- Ground Bees (pdf)
- Hearing Protection (pdf)
- Heavy Equipment Safety (pdf)
- Hand & Arm Vibration (Pdf)
- Hand Tool Safety (pdf)
- Hazards of Solvents (pdf)
- Heat Stress Safety (pdf)
- Hygiene in the Workplace (pdf)
- Job-Site-Housekeeping (pdf)
- Ladder Safety (pdf)
- Lightning Safety (pdf)
- Lock Out Tag Out (pdf)
- Lyme Disease (pdf)
- Mower Safety (pdf)
- Oil Spills (pdf)
- Pinch Points (pdf)
- Poisonous Plant Safety (pdf)
- Portable Generator Safety (pdf)
- Rabies (pdf)
- Recognizing/Reducing Risky Behavior (pdf)
- Safety Alarm Fatigue (pdf)
- Safety Awareness (pdf)
- Shape Up Your Workplace (pdf)
- Stay Fit For Snow Fighting (pdf)
- Stretching 101 (pdf)
- The Sun and your eyes (pdf)
- Teamwork (pdf)
- Thunder and Lightning Safety (pdf)
- Tire Explosions (pdf)
- Tree Felling Safety (pdf)
- Trenching Safety (pdf)
- UV Safety (pdf)
- Voluntary Respirators (pdf)
- Wellness Habits (pdf)
- Wood and Brush Chipper Safety (pdf)
- Working Along the Roadway (pdf)
- Workstation Ergonomics (pdf)