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. 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. What is the number one priority at work?

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

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?

8. Safety Evolution Safety Officers / Advisors PPE Values, Attitudes Behaviors & Culture Systems ~15 Years Ago5+ Years Ago 30+ Years Ago Last 5 Years Safety Officers / Advisors

9. 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.

10. Impact Photos

12. 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

13. It’s not just about safety?

14. 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

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