Leap Year Safety Moment - Safety Checks Every Four Years

This is a corporate safety moment for your meetings on Leap Year, which talks about safety checks to perform every four years.

Feel free to embed this Safety Moment in a presentation, or play directly from YouTube if you wish to use it for your meeting.

Here is the video: https://youtu.be/mkqXNb1HfaA

A Leap Year Safety Moment – Safety Checks Every Four Years

A leap year may not be a safety moment in itself, but it can be a reminder to perform safety checks for less frequent tasks. Here are some ideas and tasks that can be part of a leap-year safety check.

Fire Safety Equipment Check

It's crucial to inspect and maintain fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, and carbon monoxide detectors regularly. A leap year can serve as a reminder to check the expiry dates of these devices and replace them if necessary.

Emergency Preparedness Kits

Use the leap year as a reminder to review and replenish emergency kits. Examples include checking the expiry dates on food and water supplies, replacing batteries in flashlights and radios, and updating personal documents and emergency contacts.

Car Maintenance

Specific car maintenance tasks, such as replacing timing belts or flushing the cooling system, are needed less frequent. The leap year can be an excellent reminder to check these less frequent maintenance tasks.

Digital Cleanup

Use the leap year to back up critical digital files, update software, and clean out old emails and files. Keeping your unused files backed up can help improve digital security and efficiency.

Health Check-Ups

While annual check-ups are standard, certain health screenings or tests are less frequent, depending on age, gender, and medical history. A leap year can remind you to schedule appointments for these less frequent health assessments.

Home Maintenance

Some home maintenance tasks, such as inspecting the roof and checking the foundation, need less frequent attention.

The leap year is a cue to tackle these less frequent tasks. Incorporating these tasks into a leap year can help ensure that important, albeit less frequent, tasks are done, contributing to your overall safety and well-being.

Episode Transcript

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A leap year may not be asafety moment in itself, but it can
be a reminder to perform safety checksfor less frequent tasks. Here are some
ideas and tasks that can be partof a leap year's safety check. It's
crucial to inspect and maintain fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, and carbon monoxide detectors

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regularly. A leap year can serveas a reminder to check the expiry dates
of these devices and replace them ifnecessary. Use the leap year as a
reminder to review and replenish emergency kits. Examples include checking the expiry dates on
food and water supplies, replacing batteriesand flashlights and radios, and updating personal

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documents and emergency contacts. Specific carmaintenance tasks, such as replacing timing belts
or flushing the cooling system are neededless frequent. The leap year can be
an excellent reminder to check these lessfrequent maintenance tasks. Use the leap year

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to back up critical digital files,update software, and clean out old emails
and files. Keeping your unused filesbacked up can help improve digital security and
efficiency. While annual checkups are standard, certain health screenings or tests are less
frequent depending on age, gender,and medical history. A leap year can

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remind you to schedule appointments for theseless frequent health assessments. Some home maintenance
tasks, such as inspecting the roofand checking the foundation, need less frequent
attention. The leap year is aqueue to tackle these less frequent tasks.
Incorporating these tasks into a leap yearcan help ensure that important, albeit less

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frequent tasks are done, contributing toyour overall safety and well being,