Developing an Effective Safety Culture
This document discusses developing an effective safety culture with three key aspects - safety management systems, leadership, and culture. It emphasizes that achieving safety excellence requires a focus on culture, leadership, and systems working together. Leadership is defined as a process of social influence to accomplish a common task and safety leadership is about making expectations clear, supporting safety efforts, and insisting on a safe culture. A successful safety culture sees safety as everyone's responsibility, not just the safety manager's. The ability to develop the team is critical to achieving a strong, generative safety culture.
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2. SAFETY MANAGEMENT
PROCESS
• Tell me about the culture here.
- A culture is a way of life of a group of people: the behaviors, beliefs,
values, and symbols that they accept (generally without thinking
about them) and that are passed along by communication and
imitation from one generation to the next.
• How do you define safety management?
• What is your role in the safety management process?
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8. SAFETY
LEADERSHIP
Leadership is:
“A process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and
support of others in the accomplishment of a common task”
Purpose
Direction
Motivation
“You do not lead by hitting people over the head….
That’s assault, not leadership.”
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
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9. SAFETY
LEADERSHIP
What is Safety Leadership?
• Making organizational safety expectations clear
• Securing resources to support safety
• Being present when key safety issues are decided
• Supporting others’ safety efforts
• Creating and insisting on a safe company culture
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10. SAFETY
LEADERSHIP
How Important is Safety Leadership?
• A key ingredient in an organization’s safety success
• Determines the extent to which safety rules and procedures are followed
• Creates and maintains the safety culture
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11. SAFETY
CULTURE
“The product of individual and group values, attitudes,
perceptions, competencies, and patterns of behavior that
determine the commitment to, and the style and proficiency
of, an organization’s health and safety management.”
Leadership Quiz: “I worry more about having the
right safety values than about having safety rules.”
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13. POLL
QUESTION #2
Who is responsible for safety at your business?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Safety Manager
Human Resources
Plant/General Manager
Safety Committee
Operations/Manufacturing
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14. SAFETY
CULTURE
Unsuccessful vs. Successful
Safety Cultures
• Unsuccessful - Safety is the responsibility of the designated safety person!
• Successful - Safety is everyone’s responsibility!
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15. SAFETY MANAGEMENT
PROCESS
Effective safety systems and good leadership will lead to a
safety culture. Our ability to develop our team is critical to
having a safety culture.
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16. 16
SAFETY CULTURE MATURITY
ASSESSMENT
book on safety
an outstanding
in the industry and
management involved in
The more we can involve
department can now
giving us support and
the tools and authority
They've gladly accepted
responsibilities.
the same team now.
many employees could
problem-identification,
generation and
Category
Stage 1
Pathological
Stage 2
Reactive
Stage 3
Calculative
Stage 4
Proactive
Stage 5
Generative Stage #
Management
Vision Values &
Commitment
Accidents will happen no
matter what we do. It's just
a cost of doing business so
why worry about them?
Maybe safety can help
us if it doesn't cost too
much. My lips say I'm
committed, but my
heart and actions don't
quite show it.
Other companies in our
industry have good
safety records. If they
can do it, so can we.
Why did we wait all these
years to improve safety?
Look at the successes
we've had so far. Let's do
more in the future to
improve our already good
safety record.
We've rewritten the
commitment. We've got
reputation to maintain
among our people.
Organization for
Safety
Why do we need any more
than one person responsible
for safety? Isn't that what
the safety director is for?
You can't do much about
safety anyway.
Maybe we should start
a safety committee
around here. Tell some
of the employees to
start one, but just let us
(management) know
what they're doing.
We think the safety
committees would be
more effective if
someone from
management was
directly involved. That
might show we're
committed to safety.
Boy, what a difference it
makes when the top
person heads a safety
committee! Notice how
everyone becomes
interested then? Line
management really has to
direct the implementation
of a safety program.
Getting all of top safety
was a great idea! the
better. Our safety
concentrate fully on
advice.
Operations
Accountability &
Responsibility
Why should we (operations)
be responsible for safety?
Isn't that what we hired the
safety person for? We
wouldn't have so many
accidents if employees
would just do their jobs
safely.
Maybe the safety
person doesn't have
total responsibility for
safety. After all,
operations is closer to
the employees. We
can't always blame the
employees considering
some of the things we
ask them to do.
It's starting to make
sense that operations
needs to be held
responsible and
accountable to reduce
losses. Doesn't
management design,
control, and change the
systems employees
work within?
What a different it's made
since we started holding
the management
accountable! They're
using positive motivation
now and really getting to
know about safety and
their people's safety
concerns.
We've given operations
to make changes. their
safety
Everyone feels part of
Safety Review &
Improvement
Process
We know what our safety
problems are - PEOPLE! You
can't change people so why
should we spend time
looking for other problem
causes? Give us those quick
fixes for our safety
problems.
Are we really certain
that people are always
the cause of accidents?
Could there be other
causes? Let's start
looking to see if we can
come up with some
new solutions to
problems.
We're finding that the
more you dig, the more
safety issues you
uncover. Let's start
looking for problems
before they happen.
We didn't know that root
cause analysis could be so
enlightening about so
many areas of our
company. We're starting
to see big pay-backs on our
problem-solving and
improvement efforts.
We didn't know that so
become so good at
analysis, solution-
implementation.
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ASSESSMENT
are continually
standards. Our
of the team with the
communications. No
their thoughts and
training, but it's
We're developing the
we have - PEOPLE!
companies keep
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Category
Stage 1
Pathological
Stage 2
Reactive
Stage 3
Calculative
Stage 4
Proactive
Stage 5
Generative Stage #
Safe Work
Practices &
Procedures
We don't need a lot of
rules around here. We
pay people to do a job
and expect that they
know how to do it
correctly and safely.
We always say, "If it
ain't broke, don't fix it."
Maybe some of those
accidents could have been
prevented if we had a few
more rules about safety,
and maintenance. Let's
start putting some safety
rules together and tell
employees to follow them.
We know that most jobs
would benefit from
written safety rules and
procedures. We need
standardization. Let's
make sure employees
know and follow safety
procedures.
We've done JSAs. Let's
start reviewing what
we've got to make sure
it stays current and
anyone who works here
knows and uses them.
Auditing for safety rule
compliance can help us.
We know that our
safety system is in
control because
everyone follows our
safety standards. We
improving those
accident rates clearly
show that people
have adopted the
standards.
Safety
Communication
Why should we have to
"talk" about safety?
Can't everyone "see"
that we're all for
safety? If you talk
about safety too much,
people will start
thinking we have big
safety problems around
here.
What do you mean, "We
don't walk the talk" when it
comes to safety? Maybe
we need to start looking at
"what," "how often," and
"by what methods" we
communicate safety to
employees.
Our non-verbal actions
should match our written
and verbal safety
communications. Let's
make sure they do!
Everyone in the
company is now getting
the same safety
communications and
has the same level of
understanding. We
know that for a fact
because we receive
regular feedback.
Everyone feels a part
emphasis we place on
one is afraid to share
ideas.
Safety Training
Why waste a lot of time
and money on safety
training? It's never
done much good.
People should know
how to do a job safely
anyway. It's their body
that will suffer it they
don't.
Maybe our safety record
could be improved if we
gave people some basic
safety training. Let's have
the best operator training
other employees. Oh yeah
- don't take too much time
for this training stuff.
Do we always
automatically assume that
training is the answer?
Maybe that's why we've
been disappointed in the
past. Let's give training
only when it's needed and
then let's do it very well.
There is a lot more to
developing and giving
training than we
thought. We finally
learned the lessons and
it's showing in our
employees' job
performance!
We spend a lot of time
and money on
money well spent.
most important asset
Why do other
asking for our training
programs?
18. SAFETY CULTURE MATURITY
ASSESSMENT
do business
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What Does Your Score Say About Your Organization?
Score
Your Safety
System Is
Currently
Rated:
Pathological (7-13)
Who cares about
safety as long as
we are not
caught?
Reactive (14-20)
Safety is
important: we do
a lot every time
we have an
accident.
Calculative (21-27)
We have systems
in place to
manage all
hazards.
Proactive (28-34)
We try to
anticipate safety
problems before
they arise.
Generative (35)
HSE is how we
round here.
19. EXPECTATI
ONS!
What role will you play in the Safety Management System?
• Positive approach
• Active participation
• Be part of the solution
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