Promoting a positive Promoting a positive health and safety culturehealth and safety culture

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After reading this chapter you should be able to:1. describe the concept of health and safety culture and its significance in the management of health and safety in an organization2. identify indicators which could be used to assess the effectiveness of an organization’s health and safety culture and recognize factors that could cause its deterioration3. identify the factors which influence safety related behaviour at work4. identify methods which could be used to improve the health and safety culture of an organization5. outline the internal and external influences on an organization’s health and safety standards.

Promoting a positive Promoting a positive health and safety culturehealth and safety culture

Figure 1Figure 1 ILO defines health and safety ILO defines health and safety cultureculture

A culture in which the right to a safe and healthy working environment is respected at all levels, where government, employers and workers actively participate in securing a safe and healthy working environment through a system of defined rights, responsibilities and duties, and where the principle of prevention is accorded the highest priority.

Incident RateIncident Rate

Figure 4.1Figure 4.1 Safety as an Safety as an investmentinvestment

“Safety is, without doubt, the most crucial investment we can make. And the question is not what it costs us, but what it saves.”

(Robert E. McKee Chairman and Managing Director or Conoco (UK) Ltd)

“Safety is, without doubt, the most crucial investment we can make. And the question is not what it costs us, but what it saves.”

(Robert E. McKee Chairman and Managing Director or Conoco (UK) Ltd)

Figure 4.2 Figure 4.2 Heinrich’s accidents/incidents Heinrich’s accidents/incidents ratiosratios

Figure 4.3Figure 4.3 Well designed Well designed work station for sitting or work station for sitting or standingstanding

Figure 4.5Figure 4.5 Setting Goals and motivating Setting Goals and motivating peoplepeople

Figure 4 .6aFigure 4 .6a Visual perception –Visual perception –are the lines the same length? are the lines the same length?

Figure 4.7Figure 4.7 Types of human failureTypes of human failure

Figure 8Figure 8 Health and Safety training Health and Safety training needs and opportunitiesneeds and opportunities

Figure 4.9Figure 4.9 Internal Influences Internal Influences on safety cultureon safety culture

Figure 4.10Figure 4.10 External Influences External Influences on safety cultureon safety culture