1. Safety Committees.   When managed properly, safety committees can foster "ownership" of the Safety Program among employees better than just about anything else.  By including a cross-section of operational personnel, you will get different perspectives and ideas that otherwise would have gone unnoticed.  Effective committees act as a grass-roots advisory board that influences policy with comprehensive investigation, interpretation, and application of recent events.  Do yourself and your operation a favor... don't start another year without forming a working Safety Committee!
2. Incentive Programs.   Effective incentive programs reward for both individual and team behavior, and can possibly return dollars to your "bottom line" several times over in the form of Work. Comp. savings, new-hire training, insurance premium reductions, etc.
3. Regular safety education.   Twenty year-old videos are no longer the most effective form of training and education (were they ever?).  Develop a training topic for each week of the year, and touch on a different aspect of that topic every day during that week.  Training times will be shorter and much more memorable if you can boil that day's emphasis to a "take-away" statement.  Over time, your workforce will be much more informed and more able to integrate their learning in the workplace.
4. Managerial ownership.   It goes without saying... if the leaders don't get it, no one gets it.  Management, from the CEO to the front-line supervisor, must be committed (with their minds and their resources) to maintaining a safe operation. 
5. Return-to-work Programs.   If you're tired of the cost and lack of production associated with long-term claims, get creative and develop a return to work program that accommodates work restrictions.  Studies have shown that employees get back to work faster when they are accommodated during their rehabilitation, and it ends up being far less expensive for the company as well.
   

Sincerely,
Impact Logistics Corporate