Download - 2012 FEPA Presentation: Don Thorn
SAFETY CULTURE
Ownership, Responsibility, and Expectations
SAFETY CULTURE
What is Safety Culture??
◦Culture (noun) 1) the behaviors and beliefs of a particular social, ethnic, or age group; 2) development or improvement of the mind by education or training.
◦Safety (noun) 1) freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss. 2) the quality of averting or not causing injury, danger, or loss.
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SAFETY CULTURE
The results of developing and training the behaviors and beliefs of individuals within the pipeline industry resulting in the averting of incidents, injuries, and losses.
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SAFETY CULTURE
What’s YOUR’S?
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SAFETY CULTURE
ALL Accidents are preventable – starting with the challenge of one action or task, one hour, one day at a time
Safety is not the number one priority, Safety must be a VALUE…
BECAUSE ---
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SAFETY CULTURE
It is the right thing to do!!
We can prevent all accidents- caused by people and their behaviors
Which person among us wants to be the person who is injured??
Injuries affect our families
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OWNERSHIP
Individual Lives are changed FOREVER !!
Family relationships are effected – not in a positive manner
Economic ($$$) cost to injured employee & company
Client relationships injured – current & future
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OWNERSHIP
Starts with Management – We are in charge and responsible
Improved safety training and education of workforce and actions
Bring about safe work practicesCoach behavior and decision making of all
work force
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RESPONSIBILITY
Doing the right thing, leading with proper, safe behaviors, being examples, planning safe action --results in all WE do becoming the right action for our fellow workers.
Putting people in unsafe situations IS NOT acceptable behavior –
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RESPONSIBILITY
NOT ACCEPTABLE RESULTS
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Purpose:Provide methods of observing the
worksite for unsafe Behaviors/Conditions & Correcting through Coaching
OBSERVATION & CORRECTION THROUGH COACHING
Casual - In regular visit with crews
Special - On occasion of unusual task about to be performed
Formal – Joint observation of two or more people with intent to detail behavior
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Different Observation Techniques
Getting the Attention of the Employee
Identify the Reason for the Behavior• Training• Resources• Belief
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Correction Through Coaching
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Make it Personal for Employee
Get Employee to Agree
Make a Contract between You & Employee!
Communicating Expectations & Getting Agreement