Refocus on Your Safety Culture
The world has now returned to work with an economic downturn looming. There is now a mix of trepidation, excitement, relief and nervousness about the future.
As employees step onto the shop-floor, dust down their machines, tools and process lines, not all of them are thinking about safety.
For a few years the term “workplace culture” has become very trendy. More than just a buzzword, workplace culture refers to the way things are done at your workplace. Rather than referring to your company’s specific safety policy and programme, it is a genuine value driven by the mindsets, attitudes, and behaviours of workers, supervisors, managers, and owners toward safety in the workplace. A positive safety culture in the workplace is absolutely a vital part of a successful and effective health and safety programme.
You may find the idea of building, tweaking or even changing your safety culture quite daunting because the “way it is” at your workplace has fallen into a pattern of complacency. The effects of complacency can be catastrophic: accidents, injuries, illnesses, even loss of life could result. Don’t allow this to happen in your workplace.
- Communication: Safety messages are communicated organisation-wide. As well, all employees receive training on safe operating processes, policies, and procedures. There is a safety board that is updated regularly, and there are frequent messages and updates from top management that are circulated company-wide.
- Training: Training is provided to employees on a regular basis and is monitored for effectiveness. If skill gaps are identified, they are rectified through training and coaching.
- Top-Down Support: Safety is supported and practiced at all levels. Buy-in comes naturally because safety is ingrained in all of the company’s operations and processes.
- Reporting Culture: Hazard reports are welcome, rather than discouraged. When employees feel comfortable reporting hazards, they’ll be more apt to do so. The reporting culture is further strengthened when the employer takes action to control or remedy reported hazards immediately.
- Involve workers: Buy-in and participation increase tremendously when workers have input into workplace safety processes, policies, and programme elements,
For over 20 years we have delivered training across many diverse industries. Our primary workshop focuses on the 5 points above.
We received a message from one of our client’s based in Oxford, UK and Chicago, US:
Group HSE – Crown Technologies Ltd
They’re thinking about their families.
They’re thinking about how uncertain everything feels right now.
They’re wondering how to do a good job.
For a few years the term “workplace culture” has become very trendy. More than just a buzzword, workplace culture refers to the way things are done at your workplace. Rather than referring to your company’s specific safety policy and programme, it is a genuine value driven by the mindsets, attitudes, and behaviours of workers, supervisors, managers, and owners toward safety in the workplace. A positive safety culture in the workplace is absolutely a vital part of a successful and effective health and safety programme.
You may find the idea of building, tweaking or even changing your safety culture quite daunting because the “way it is” at your workplace has fallen into a pattern of complacency. The effects of complacency can be catastrophic: accidents, injuries, illnesses, even loss of life could result. Don’t allow this to happen in your workplace.
- Communication: Safety messages are communicated organisation-wide. As well, all employees receive training on safe operating processes, policies, and procedures. There is a safety board that is updated regularly, and there are frequent messages and updates from top management that are circulated company-wide.
- Training: Training is provided to employees on a regular basis and is monitored for effectiveness. If skill gaps are identified, they are rectified through training and coaching.
- Top-Down Support: Safety is supported and practiced at all levels. Buy-in comes naturally because safety is ingrained in all of the company’s operations and processes.
- Reporting Culture: Hazard reports are welcome, rather than discouraged. When employees feel comfortable reporting hazards, they’ll be more apt to do so. The reporting culture is further strengthened when the employer takes action to control or remedy reported hazards immediately.
- Involve workers: Buy-in and participation increase tremendously when workers have input into workplace safety processes, policies, and programme elements,
For over 20 years we have delivered training across many diverse industries. Our primary workshop focuses on the 5 points above.
We received a message from one of our client’s based in Oxford, UK and Chicago, US:
Group HSE – Crown Technologies Ltd
