Measuring and Improving Safety Culture

Measuring and Improving Safety Culture Published in: The ESH Handbook for the Public Sector - 1996/7 Dr Dominic Cooper AFBPsS MASSE MIIRSM FIOSH FRSH B-Safe Management Solutions Inc, 6648 East State Road 44, Franklin, IN 46131, USA. Abstract Perceptions and beliefs, behaviour and management systems are the elements which combine to form an organisation's ' Safety Culture '. Dr Dominic Cooper considers their significance to achieving the goal of good Safety management. Introduction Because good Safety management is good business management, the challenge of Improving an organisation's Safety Culture is a top priority in many companies. Since the prevailing ' Safety Culture ' determines the way Safety issues are addressed in an organisation, one of the first requirements must be to know what it is. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) described it as 'The way we do things around here'. It may be more fruitful, however, to view it as 'the product of the reciprocal relationship between employees' perceptions and beliefs, their ongoing Safety behaviour and the available Safety management systems' (see figure 1).

Measuring and Improving Safety Culture Published in: The ESH Handbook for the Public Sector - 1996/7 ... These diagnostic surveys are extremely useful management tools, that provide an ideal aid for focusing safety improvement efforts, prior to implementation, as well as in determining the impact of safety awareness campaigns, safety training ...

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