Safety Culture Series – Audits and Surveys Improve Your Safety System Management
In today’s world, if you are not keeping score, you are probably not playing to win.
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In today’s world, if you are not keeping score, you are probably not playing to win.
Assuring safety in construction is difficult. It starts with “Safety in Design” and an understanding by corporate leadership of the business case for safety, of risk, and of hierarchy of controls, and a deep commitment to the goal of zero incidents. These concepts are covered in more detail in other Executive Insights.
This Executive Insight builds on previously published Executive Insights in the Safety Culture Series and targets “complacency” as a key component that must be addressed to ensure buy-in from employees and the avoidance of at-risk behaviors.
Injuries and safety incidents negatively impact all aspects of a project.
In the world of today’s global businesses, what gets measured, gets done.
This Executive Insight describes why employees may be tempted to avoid reporting injuries and suggests ways a carefully designed safety culture can make this occurrence more unlikely.
This Executive Insight discusses the role of a strong safety culture in improving profitability in construction.
This Executive Insight describes how leadership involvement in office and site visits can support and sustain an outstanding safety culture.
This Executive Insight discusses the importance of a well-conducted Job Safety Analysis as part of a safety management system to help create and maintain a zero-injury safety culture.
This Executive Insight describes how a recognition and reward program can be used as an effective tool to create and sustain an outstanding safety culture.
This Executive Insight explores the why, how, and when of subcontractor involvement in the safety culture, taking into consideration various types of subcontractors and their available resources.
Safety consultant Dan Petersen, in his 2004 article for Professional Safety magazine, states, “Leadership is infinitely more important than policy.
This Executive Insight discusses the importance of well-written Safe Work Practices as part of a Safety Management System to help create and maintain a zero-injury safety culture.
Workplace safety training is a process that educates employees about potential hazards in their work environment and how to deal with them.
This Executive Insight discusses the importance of incident/accident/near miss reporting, investigations, and feedback in the Safety Management System (SMS).
This Executive Insight discusses the importance of incident/accident/near miss reporting, investigations, and feedback in the Safety Management System (SMS).
In a safety culture and, more specifically, a safety climate, the behavior of leadership is critically important. Leaders play a key role in establishing and promoting such a climate.
This Executive Insight explores the importance of including worker participation and involvement in defining the elements of the safety management system (SMS) and making necessary adjustments.
Safety is underpinned by both good safety management systems and the creation of a positive safety culture.