The National Drilling Association's (NDA) safety committee has introduced a series of Tailgate Safety Tips (TSTs) to provide training on specific jobsite hazards and provide safety instruction required by many government organizations such as OSHA and MSHA. Jobsite foremen or superintendents can hand out the TSTs and review them with operators. Many topics are specifically designed for use in the drilling industry while others deal with more general safety topics.
Although the TSTs are not a substitute for formal training, they can be used to illustrate that a company is actively promoting safety in the workplace and can help document a company's good faith effort for a safety program in the event of an OSHA or MSHA inspection. The TSTs also provide a record of training in case of an injury or lawsuit. NDA provides a Tailgate Safety Meeting Report sign-off sheet to assist in collecting such documentation.