Building a Positive Safety CulturePSMSBy Steve AllenExecutive Director of Pipeline Safety, EWN
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In the next 45 minutes…
We will better understand Safety Culture.
We will focus on Key Elements & Characteristics.
We will kickstart the Journey.
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Safety Culture: Definition
It is the GLUE that brings it all together.
The collective set of attitudes, values, norms, beliefs and practices operator’s employees and contractor personnel share with respect to risk and safety.
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Let’s talk Key Elements
LeadershipCommunication
Education ImprovementReinforcement
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Positive Safety Culture - Leadership
Bottomline? Walk the walk.
Your organization must TRULY believe in safety as a core value. Leadership has to be visibly engaged and involved and it MUST communicate that regularly and consistently.
Adequate resources, processes and procedures should all focus on safety.
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Positive Safety Culture - Leadership
Speak with your wallet.
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Positive Safety Culture - Leadership
Set the tone from the top.
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Positive Safety Culture - Leadership
Declare your victories (loudly).
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Positive Safety Culture: Communication
Management must follow-up and communicate disposition. Don’t become complacent!
Communication is KEY. The ‘big red button’ has to be a real thing and employees must have a stop work authority.
‘See something, say something, do something’ has to be something that is promoted throughout the organization.
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Positive Safety Culture: Communication
Communication should be 2-way.
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Positive Safety Culture: Communication
Set clear expectations.
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Positive Safety Culture: Communication
Encourage employees to speak up.
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Positive Safety Culture: Education
Educating employees on safety related matters is imperative, everyone should understand the ‘why’ and the ‘how’.
Your organization should live in a ‘lessons learned’ environment and embrace it.
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Positive Safety Culture: Education
Have consistent safety moments.
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Positive Safety Culture: Education
Add lessons learned into your organization’s vocabulary.
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Positive Safety Culture: Education
Educate your team that safety is factored into all decision-making.
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Positive Safety Culture: Education
Foster threat identification & consideration.
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Positive Safety Culture: Education
Don’t play the blame game.
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Positive Safety Culture: Reinforcement
Focus on the ‘what’ that went wrong, instead of the ‘who’ at fault.
Positive safety culture should be valued. Continuous improvement should be embraced with lessons learned being shared consistently.
Recognize your teams for positive safety related actions.
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Positive Safety Culture: Reinforcement
Positive behavior should be awarded & applauded.
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Positive Safety Culture: Reinforcement
Compensation drives behavior.
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Positive Safety Culture: Reinforcement
Deliberate, consistent actions.
Positive Safety Culture: Improvement
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Identify GoalsClearly setting objectives and desired outcomes is vital.
If it isn’t measured, it isn’t managed.
Positive Safety Culture: Improvement
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Determine KPIsIf you are not tracking key performance indicators (KPIs)…
how do you know how you are doing?
Positive Safety Culture: Improvement
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Analyze the DataPour through your data. Your data deserves it,
if you are just tracking to track and not doing
anything with it…
what is the point?!
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Make AdjustmentsBe an amoeba, be fluid, make changes and test them.
Use the data to make educated decisions.
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Wash, Rinse, Repeat.It’s simple, you have heard it again and again…
Plan, Do, Check, Act - PDCA
Positive Safety Culture: Improvement
Preparing for take-off.
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Understanding the DuPont™ Bradley Curve™
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Starting the Journey
Leaving today and stepping back into your environment with the tools to gain leadership’s buy-in is step one.
Let’s run through the perks from making positive safety culture a reality within your organization.
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Risk mitigation & reduction.
Starting the Journey
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Improved efficiency & effectiveness.
Starting the Journey
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Awesome employees do awesome work.
Starting the Journey
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Improve your public perception.
Starting the Journey
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Regulators will love you.
Starting the Journey
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Good news… 3 more slides.
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You can have a positive safety culture without an effective Pipeline Safety Management System.
You cannot have an effective Pipeline Safety Management System without a positive safety culture.
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Steve Allen Executive Director of Pipeline Safety, EWN
ENERGY worldnet, Inc. (EWN)[email protected]
Cell: 317.523.7437
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-allen-ab323416/
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Thank you for your time today.- EWN Team -