Promoting a positive health and safety culture

1. 4 Chapter Promoting a positive health and safety culture

2. Promoting a positive health and safety culture After reading this chapter you should be able to: 1. describe the concept of health and safety culture and its significance in the management of health and safety in an organization 2. identify indicators which could be used to assess the effectiveness of an organization’s health and safety culture and recognize factors that could cause its deterioration 3. identify the factors which influence safety related behaviour at work 4. identify methods which could be used to improve the health and safety culture of an organization 5. outline the internal and external influences on an organization’s health and safety standards.

3. Figure 1ILO defines health and safety culture A culture in which the right to a safe and healthy working environment is respected at all levels, where government, employers and workers actively participate in securing a safe and healthy working environment through a system of defined rights, responsibilities and duties, and where the principle of prevention is accorded the highest priority.

4. Incident Rate

5. Figure 4.1Safety as an investment “Safety is, without doubt, the most crucial investment we can make. And the question is not what it costs us, but what it saves.” (Robert E. McKee Chairman and Managing Director or Conoco (UK) Ltd)

6. Figure 4.2 Heinrich’s accidents/incidents ratios

7. Figure 4.3Well designed work station for sitting or standing

8. Figure 4.5Setting Goals and motivating people

9. Figure 4 .6aVisual perception –are the lines the same length?

10. Figure 4.7Types of human failure

11. Figure 8Health and Safety training needs and opportunities

12. Figure 4.9Internal Influences on safety culture

13. Figure 4.10External Influences on safety culture