The document discusses building a strong safety culture in an organization. It emphasizes assessing risks, training employees, conducting outreach to raise awareness, and reinforcing safe behaviors. A positive safety culture is ingrained at all levels of an organization and reflected in its actions, practices and norms.

1. Chris&na
M.
Aguilera,
MPH,
CHMM

2. Steps
to
Safety
The
product
of
individual
and
group
values,
a7tudes,
percep8ons,
competencies
and
pa:erns
of
behavior
….
Reflects
the
a*tudes,
beliefs,
percep4ons
and
values
shared
related
to
safety.
affect
behavioral
norms

3. Steps
to
Safety
• How
is
work
performed
independent
of
policies
and
wri:en
documents.

4. Steps
to
Safety
• Make
safety
the
campus
norm
• Self
enforcing
community
Safety
Climate
Safety
Goal

5. Culture
Values
A7tudes
Percep8ons
Competencies
Behaviors

6. Steps
to
Safety
• Engrained
and
takes
8me
to
alter
• Not
just
mission
statements
• Ac8ons,
prac8ces,
norms
and
perspec8ves
of
the
people
of
an
organiza8on
from
the
top
to
the
bo:om.

7. Steps
to
Safety
• Safety
recognized
as
part
of
the
work
process
that
supports
the
ins8tu8onal
product
of
learning,
research,
and
community
involvement.

9. Steps
to
Safety
• Organiza&onal
Culture
– Management
commitment
– Community
Norms
• Training
and
outreach
– Understand
hazards/risks
and
controls
– Impetus
• Reinforcement

10. Steps
to
Safety
• Percep8ons
of
Risk
• Priori8es
–
aligned
with
safety
goals
• Policies
– how
safety
is
integrated?

11. Steps
to
Safety
• Individuals
need
to
believe:
– There
is
a
risk
• They
are
vulnerable
to
injury/exposure/illness
– Recommended
controls
work
and
are
reasonable
–
They
are
supported
in
their
safety
ac8ons
• By
their
peers
(norm)
• By
their
supervisor
• Group
level
dynamics
play
a
role
– They
are
valued

12. Steps
to
Safety
• Building
ins8tu8onal
commitment
– Produc8on
priority
separate
from
safety
priority
– Lack
of
informa8on
–
accountability
– Lack
of
funding
to
correct
unsafe
condi8ons
• Lack
of
hazard
iden8fica8on
and
risk
assessment
– Lack
of
a
lessons
learned
process
• Limited
training
mechanisms
• Lack
of
ac8on
to
correct
unsafe
behaviors
• Lack
of
employee
involvement
or
buy-­‐in
– Some8mes
a
poor
pre-­‐established
culture

14. Steps
to
Safety
• No
one
approach
is
completely
successful
• Business
uses:
– Enforcement
– Training
– Incen8ve
(e.g.,
lack
of
injury,
reduced
insurance
rate)

15. Steps
to
Safety
• Seat
Belts,
– Engineering
controls
(audible
alarm)
– Ad
campaign
– Enforcement
– All
affected
norms
• Speeding,
• Drunk
Driving

17. Steps
to
Safety
Assess Train Outreach Reinforce

18. Steps
to
Safety
Assess Trust Train Outreach Reinforce

19. Steps
to
Safety
• Job
hazard
analysis
and…
• Process
reviews
– Staff/Faculty
use
guides
and
check
lists
provided
by
EHS.
• Control
Banding
– Establish
standardized
controls
appropriate
to
the
risk
level
– Helps
ins8tu8onal
safety
commi:ees
assess
risks
and
assign
controls
when
reviewing
proposed
work
– Helps
staff/researchers
understand
hazards
and
associated
risks
and
quickly
iden8fy
controls

20. Steps
to
Safety
Teaches
how
to:
• Iden8fy
hazards
• Understand
the
risk
and
• Provides
examples
and
tools
for
elimina8ng
the
hazard
or
controlling
the
risk

21. Steps
to
Safety
• Raise
safety
awareness
• Points
campus
community
to
resources
• Iden8fies
the
expecta8ons
for
safety
and
shows
the
ins8tu8onal
commitment
Clear
messages

22. Steps
to
Safety
• Affect
percep8ons
and
beliefs
• Learns
from
marke8ng
industry
“selling
safety”
– Campaigns
– Understanding
the
audience
and
what
mo8vates
them
(different
for
different
ages,
cultures,
etc.)
– Telling
stories
–
make
it
real
to
them
• Creditable
threat
• Audience
iden8fies
with
message
– Effec8ve
messages
and
communica8on
tools
(for
target
group)
• Social
media
• Interac8ve
training

23. Steps
to
Safety
• Re-­‐evaluate
risk
– Audits/inspec8ons
– Change
-­‐
process
change
assessment
• Success
–
difficult
to
quan8fy
– Un-­‐interrupted
funding
– Reduc8on
of
lost
days
– Lack
of
compliance
findings
(benchmark)
– Strong
reputa8on
–
safe
campus
–
No
bad
press
• Reinforce
• Provide
posi8ve
feedback

24. Steps
to
Safety
• Safety
Awards
or
other
incen8ves
• Keep
safety
at
the
forefront
(more
marke8ng)
– Safety
review
integrated
into
processes
– Part
of
messages
to
patrons,
prospec8ve
students,
• Performance
evalua8ons/service
credit
–
safety
• Re-­‐evaluate
policies
• Take
ac8on

25. Steps
to
Safety
• Clear
• Approachable
&
trusted
• Responsive
• Ra8onale
• Resource
• Effec8ve
• Strong
rela8onships
CARES

27. Steps
to
Safety
• Value
employees
and
students
• Provide
clear
messages
• Ensure
students
and
staff
– Understand
how
to
iden8fy
hazards,
true
risks
and
proper
controls
– Engaged
– Situa8onal
awareness
– Provided
with
resources
– “Sold”
on
safety

28. Steps
to
Safety
• Define
safety
responsibili8es
• Clear
roles,
procedures
and
policies
– What,
who,
how
(when,
where)
and
why
• Accountability,
benchmarking
• Repor8ng
(incidents,
near
misses,
injuries,
symptoms,
condi8ons,
odors,
etc.)
– Follow
up
&
follow
through

29. Steps
to
Safety
• Safety
Commi:ee(s)
• Proac8ve
vs.
reac8ve

30. Steps
to
Safety
• Is
part
of
the
work,
research,
and
learning
processes
–
not
seen
as
imposi8on
or
hindrance
•
Helps
ensure
safe
produc8ve
and
uninterrupted
working
and
learning
environment

31. Thank
you
for
your
8me!