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Safety Challenges in the Resources and Construction Industries

Safety Challenges in the Resources and Construction Industries. Mike Gear National Health & Safety Manager BGC Contracting. What are the challenges out there?. What is the number one priority at work?. Safety first? Safety is our number one priority?

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Safety Challenges in the Resources and Construction Industries

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  1. Safety Challenges in the Resources and Construction Industries Mike Gear National Health & Safety Manager BGC Contracting

  2. What are the challenges out there?

  3. What is the number one priority at work? • Safety first? • Safety is our number one priority? • Safety is part of normal business, integrated into everything we do • Client satisfaction – Delivering quality projects, Safely, on time and on budget.

  4. What are the challenges out there? • Working at height? • Manual handling? • Isolation breaches? • Mobile Machinery interaction? • Fatigue? • Training and Competency • Maybe not!!

  5. “Shake Hands With Danger!”

  6. Where have we come from? • How much have we improved over the last 30-40 years? • Is the workplace safer? • Are we still killing people?

  7. Safety Officers / Advisors Systems PPE Values, Attitudes Behaviors & Culture Safety Evolution ~15 Years Ago 5+ Years Ago Safety Officers / Advisors Last 5 Years 30+ Years Ago

  8. Values? • Values influence our attitudes, and attitudes influence our behaviour. • It follows that if our values are aligned, we will exhibit the right attitudes and behaviour, and deliver client satisfaction – quality,safely, on time, on budget.

  9. Impact Photos

  10. Impact Photos

  11. How do we get there? • It’s about building a culture • “The Company way” • Leadership • Positive workplace – talking good!! • Beliefs • What it is not • Pressure talk - Talking bad!! • Concentrating solely on compliance to systems and legislation • Lag indicators

  12. It’s not just about safety?

  13. Summary • Paradigm shift in how we “talk safety” • Don’t have to talk safety?? • Design training on; • Values • Behaviours • Attitudes • Culture • Leadership • Decision making • Situational decisions based on personal values • What motivates

  14. Thankyou

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