Compliance

• Most construction contracts require weekly safety presentations for sub-contractors to be considered in compliance with the contract. This requirement helps to keep insurance premiums lower for the overall job as safety training has been proven to prevent serious accidents and avoid workman's compensation claims.
  
  

Safety training

• Choosing safety training topics that relate to the job site and not just the portion of the job being performed by a particular crew is another means of enhancing job safety. Covering toolbox topics such as lockout/tagout procedures and safety taping will help crews recognize when that practice has been put in use by another trade and they will know to avoid those areas.
  
  

Scheduling

• Toolbox meetings can help to make the crew aware of the weekly schedule for their work and for the job site. Some job sites require workers to use different entrances for major scheduled deliveries or, during steel erection projects areas of the site may be closed off to non-essential personal. Making the crew aware of schedule changes increases their efficiency.
  
  

Management

• Materials and personnel management can all be topics for toolbox meetings. Using the meetings as a way to address concerns from the crew, to manage supplies and to resolve conflict is a good way to make sure that the crew retains their ability to work as a team. Knowing they can bring concerns up that management will address weekly will also help to maintain teamwork.