... systems have become more visible. Top executives set the tone for safety culture. Their personal commitment and attitude toward safety excellence becomes interwoven in the fabric of organizational norms and expectations. Through value-driven safety, transactional, and transformational leadership determine...

... accidents. While changing these long- entrenched mindsets is not easy, business results will be sustainable once a methods-based safety culture is implemented. A world-class organization builds and maintains safety excellence by incorporating a methods- based safety culture throughout all levels...

...-to-practice agenda to learn about and begin to address the topic of safety climate in construction. As a first step, we reviewed the academic and trade literature to gain a better understanding of the status of safety climate/safety culture (SC) in construction (Hecker and Goldenhar, 2012), and found a lack...

...Session No. 525 Responding to Safety Interventions in a Positive Way: Changing Safety Cultures John W. Drebinger Jr., C.Ht. Certified Speaking Professional Owner: John Drebinger Presentations Galt, California How to Read This Paper This paper is written in two different styles. The first portion...

... by teams. Each of these elements must be in place to support the culture and ensure that those high-risk activities (precursors) are identified in the workplace and are treated appropriately when the situations are encountered. The maturity of the safety culture is measured for each of those precursors...

... effectively with other employees, and their understanding of risk maybe impaired. Communicating safety risks clearly can ensure that the employees are engaged with senior management in safety activities, cooperation, and support, and to also maintain a positive safety culture. Communicating the specific...

...Session No. 663 Case Study: Driving Safety Culture with a Proven Near Miss/Safety Concern Program Kelly Bernish, CSP Rachel Bunn Safety, Security & Risk Management, City of Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO Introduction Improving Safety Performance and reducing employee injuries, measured by both...

...Session No. 642 The Front Lines of Safety Culture Management: Dynamic Learning for Supervisors C. Christopher Patton, CSP UT-Battelle, LLC Managing Contractor at DOE s Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN Introduction Much of the effort to build and maintain a robust safety management system...

... of projects and the timeframe has created a huge demand for migrant labour. The labour and circumstances under which they are being hired and brought to these countries contributes to safety culture in the GCC today. Exhibit 1. The map of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. (GCC n.d.) Occupational...

...Session No. 745 Safety, Health and Environment (SH&E) Training that Builds Safety Culture Peter Gregory, MPH, CSP, STS NY Metro Area Safety Manager AECOM Clifton, New Jersey Camelia Pacurar Corporate SH&E Advisor, Middle East AECOM Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Marc Wetter, CSP, CHST, STS EIC CC...

.... Don't pretend and try to change someone. Leave that arrogance behind. Instead, be a servant. psychiatrist health & medicine supervisor human error focus group close call safety culture housekeeping closet bob hose step ladder incident exhortation blame game 6-foot ladder...

... in response to management's "lack of regard for safety". system approach subsystem make money consciousness safety culture alcoa organizational environment safety system operational environment operational safety organizational value safety integrate safety organizational function disney...

... Session No. 741 UCOR: Creating a Strong Safety Culture Libby Gilley, STS UCOR Oak Ridge, Tennessee Introduction Maintaining a safety-trained and qualified workforce is essential to success in today s business environment. Creating and sustaining a strong safety culture is the foundation for worker...

... a strategy - Delta's communication tactics to ensure the success of its safety culture initiatives. Learning Objectives: Understand the building blocks of a safety journey communication strategy that goes beyond announcements and into accountability building. Distinguish the hallmarks of a quality...

... hsse into the business safety sustainability audit compliance safety hazard adequate safety training safety policy social responsibility safety culture transmission supervisor professional safety audit safety professional effective safety culture disciplinary action Session No. S54...

... engagement. vice president engagement safety performance presentation harm workplace health & medicine information transformation leadership task force member safety culture business leader indicator safety people manager communication team member journey knowledge management...

... How did a heavy equipment manufacturing facility transform its safety culture, resulting in an 89% reduction in Recordable Injury Frequency in four years? This isn't a riddle and luck isn't the answer. It was the product of a proven process, by which the perception, skill and experience...

... and are treated appropriately when the situations are encountered. The maturity of the safety culture is measured for each of those precursors based on the organization's knowledge of their potential risks, competency of the training for their workforce, resources dedicated to managing their exposures, auditing...

... which leads to better than average loss results – it is that subjective thing we call "safety culture." Organizations with a good safety culture tend to also have functioning safety programs and organizations with a poor safety culture tend to not have functioning safety programs, however the type...

... Introduction The title of this presentation might sound like heresy to many safety professionals. The title was purposefully selected to be provocative, and begin to change the way many safety professionals address the subject of "safety culture." One can open almost any issue of well-known...