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DO A QUICK AUDIT OF YOUR SAFETY CULTURE
Check List
Answer 'Yes' or 'No'
10 Characteristics of a High-Reliability Culture
-- Safety terms are part of the language of your organization.
-- Workplace safety is part of everyone's job description.
-- Safe and unsafe behaviors are specified and enforced.
-- People are recognized in a visible way for promoting safety.
-- Safety is evident in the interaction among employees.
-- New employees are trained on safety and it's impact.
-- Consequences of ignoring safety practices are known to all.
-- Employees observe and report hazards and action is taken.
-- Employees 'dress for success' by using appropriate PPE.
-- Employees 'buy-in' to the idea that safety is part of the job.
If you answered 'Yes' to 8 or more
If you answered 'Yes' to 8 or more of the statements above you have the foundation of a strong safety culture. The above are characteristics that typify safe organizations. Congratulations!
Safety cultures develop and change over rather long periods of time. Strong managers leave their mark on an organization's culture. Conversely though, the absence of such persons can also influence the culture. Taking that into consideration, many organizations with strong safety cultures like yours (E.I. Dupont for one) have remained C.A. Short safety performance program customers for more than 20 years.
These organizations use a properly structured safety performance program to: continue to protect against employee accidents by focusing employees on your safety culture, promote and sustain the safety culture, and, ultimately, support the process of change and strengthen the safety environment that will lower insurance and lost-time costs.
If you answered 'No' to 3 or more
If you answered 'No' to 3 or more of the above, then maybe we should talk.
Nothing fancy. Just a brief discussion of what isn't working they way you feel it should, and what, if anything, you could do about it.
Here is one thing we know.
Too many facilities hand out rewards to employees for simply not having an accident. That is the wrong message and will not create a high-reliability safety environment. The ultimate goal is to create a program that will enhance and sustain a safety culture amongst all employees.
What kind of incentives to use as rewards for your employees is only one element in the characteristic to reward people in a tangible, visible way for the promotion of safety. Though it is a key question, it is even more critical to ask the 'how' questions when implementing a structured safety performance program.
When you think about it, there are many long-term benefits to organizations that implement structured safety performance programs that encourage their employees to practice good workplace safety.
A comprehensive Safety Program is a pie with many pieces. Eliminate any one piece and the pie is incomplete. The Safety Performance Program piece completes the safety pie.
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