SAFE 101 Chapter 3

OBJECTIVES Define safety culture? Benefits of a Safety Culture. Managements Role in a Safety Culture. How to Change or Build a Safety Culture. Exploring Safety Myths.

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What is a Safety Culture?

Benefits of a Safety Culture Top-down action by management Bottom up individual awareness Shared responsibility for safety Adequate and realist training Auditing performance in workplace Investment in safer equipment, material & processes Communication in safety committee or otherwise

Management’s Role Earn worker’s trust Focus on safety as a goal Consistently act in favor of safety Involve employees in developing programs

REWARD & INCENTIVES Is it important/necessary to have reward and incentive programs?

Changing Your Safety Culture to Prevent Injuries & Illnesses

95% or more accidents and injuries are related to human factors.

Primary Causes of Accidents: Half of injuries are caused by a loss of focus. Half of injuries are caused by the mindset “it won’t happen to me.”

Conventional Approach PPE SOPs OSHA Training Audits & Inspection Observation

Conventional Approach Can take 5 – 10 years to produce significant change

Can produce significant change in 1 – 2 years Culture Change Can produce significant change in 1 – 2 years

Culture Change Approximately 50% reduction in recordables in 1 year Approximately 80-90% reduction in recordables in 5 years

Save up to twice your annual w/c payment over 5 years. Culture Change Save up to twice your annual w/c payment over 5 years.

The Mind Wear your PPE “It won’t happen to me”

“Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes and mind.” William James

You have to recognize that people are still most important. Treat Employees Well You have to recognize that people are still most important. Herb Kelleher, CEO Southwest Airlines

Focus on People In order for a company to be profitable, it first has to be a safe company.

Myth #1: Crisis is a powerful impetus for change.

Reality: Only a small percent of people can make a healthy, sustainable, life style change. May, 2005: Fast Company

Myth #2: Change is motivated by fear.

Reality: Compelling, positive visions of the future are much stronger inspirations for change. May, 2005: Fast Company

Myth #3: The facts will set us free. May, 2005: Fast Company

Reality: When a fact doesn’t fit our personal reality, we reject it. Change is best inspired by emotional appeals rather than factual statements.

Myth #4: Small, gradual changes are always easier to make and maintain Myth #4: Small, gradual changes are always easier to make and maintain. May, 2005: Fast Company

Reality: Radical sweeping changes are often easier than gradual changes because they quickly yield benefits.

We can’t change because our brains become ‘hardwired early in life.’ Myth #5: We can’t change because our brains become ‘hardwired early in life.’ May, 2005: Fast Company

Reality: Our brains have extraordinary ‘plasticity’. We can continue learning complex things throughout our lives.

Crisis Using a single level approach: Using a multi- level approach: a smaller number can make a healthy, sustainable change Using a multi- level approach: a significantly higher number can make a healthy sustainable change

Multi-Level Approach Evaluate Train and involve everyone Reinforce System & structure On-going support

Safety vs. Production http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pv_UfsY3Tg&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLFFD97EB611C1ACD1

Goals of Policy 1. A primary goal of a workplace safety policy is to establish the expectation that it is the responsibility of all personnel to create and maintain a safe work environment.

Goals of Policy 2. The organization’s safety policy should also address the organization’s obligations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act to maintain a safe workplace.

Goals of Policy 3. The organization’s workplace safety policy should require employees to use universal precautions when applying first-aid or providing personal care to clients or each other. Exposure at the workplace to diseases that are transmitted by body-fluids, such as Hepatitis and AIDS, is regulated by OSHA.

CASE STUDY 1: SH&E Policy Research three (3) safety and health policy statements of similar companies (same industry) and copy the company’s safety and health policy. Compare and explain any similarities/differences in the safety and health policy statements. Include all references APA style. DUE Friday: February 7, 2014