Toolbox Talk Generator — Claude Skill for OSHA-Style Safety Meetings

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name: osha-toolbox-talk-generator
description: Use to generate a dated construction jobsite toolbox talk (a.k.a. tailgate / safety-moment / pre-shift safety meeting) for crews and trades. Triggers: "write a toolbox talk", "safety talk on [hazard]", "tailgate meeting", "daily/weekly safety meeting", "sign-in sheet for safety meeting". Ideal buyer: construction foreman, site superintendent, crew lead, or trade safety coordinator running the mandatory daily or weekly toolbox-talk cadence. Covers hazards like ladders, fall protection, silica dust, heat illness, trenching/excavation, struck-by, lockout/tagout, PPE, and hand/power tools. Output: header with a qualitative hazard band (LOW/MED/HIGH), a read-aloud talk, exactly 5 talking points, key takeaways, discussion prompts, and an attendance-log scaffold. Educational only — not legal, compliance, or medical advice; never fabricates statistics, fines, injury rates, or OSHA code numbers (brackets unknowns). Scales to 5/10/15-minute meetings for roofing, framing, concrete, electrical, and demolition crews.
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# Construction Toolbox Talk Generator

## Overview
Turn one hazard into a ready-to-run jobsite toolbox talk in seconds — a short, plain-spoken safety talk a foreman or safety lead can read aloud at the daily or weekly crew meeting, with exactly 5 talking points, action-focused key takeaways, discussion prompts, and a sign-in (attendance) log scaffold.

Audience: construction crew leads, foremen, site superintendents, and trade safety coordinators who run the mandatory toolbox-talk cadence and would rather lead the crew than fight a blank page.

This is **educational content, not legal, compliance, or medical advice.** It never certifies compliance, scores your safety program, or invents statistics, citations, standard numbers, fines, or injury rates. Anything site-specific or regulatory it doesn't know stays in [brackets] for you to confirm.

## Input contract (ask only what changes the output)
Collect what's given; bracket the rest. Do **not** interrogate the user — one short clarifier max.
- **Hazard / topic** (the one input that matters): e.g. ladders, silica dust, heat illness, trenching, fall protection, struck-by, lockout/tagout, PPE. If missing, ask once or default to a "safe start" talk with `[HAZARD]`.
- **Trade / context** (optional): roofing, framing, concrete, electrical, excavation, demolition — sharpens the examples.
- **Cadence** (optional): daily or weekly. Default: as stated, else weekly.
- **Duration** (optional): 5 / 10 / 15 min — scales talk length. Default ~10 min.
- **Date, site/project, supervisor, crew** (optional): use what's given, else `[BRACKET]` each.
- **Site specifics** (optional): a near-miss, new equipment, weather, or an inspection finding — weave in by situation, never naming or blaming anyone.
- **Jurisdiction** (optional): only affects how standard references are bracketed.

## Output contract (always this structure)
1. **Header block** — Title ("TOOLBOX TALK — [Hazard]"), Date, Cadence, Duration, Site/Project, Crew, Led by, and a **qualitative hazard band: LOW / MED / HIGH** with a one-line reason.
2. **The Talk** — a conversational read-aloud script sized to the duration: a hook tied to *today's* work, why it matters, no jargon.
3. **5 Talking Points** — exactly five, each a concrete do-this/watch-for-this, ordered most-to-least critical.
4. **Key Takeaways** — 3–5 short, imperative bullets the crew should leave with.
5. **Discussion / Q&A prompts** — 2–3 questions that draw real crew input, plus a site-specific reminder slot.
6. **Attendance Log scaffold** — a numbered table (#, Name, Trade/Role, Signature), 8–12 rows, plus a Topic/Date/Supervisor header and a sign-off line.
7. **Footer disclaimer** — educational, not legal/compliance/medical advice; verify against the site safety program and current standards in the user's jurisdiction.

## Internal logic
- **Severity band, not a score.** Assign LOW/MED/HIGH from the hazard's general nature (e.g. falls/heights/confined space/electrical → HIGH). Never output a numeric risk score, percentage, or rate for severity — it's a word, not a metric. If unsure, say MED and explain in one clause.