This presentation was first made by Phil La Duke at the National Safety Council's Texas Conference and Expo in March 2009.

1. Hardwiring Safety:
Seven Tools For Changing
Culture

2. Introduction
Housekeeping
Introductions

3. Values of A Safety Culture
All injuries are preventable
Compliance is not enough
Prevention is more effective than correction
Safety is everybody’s job
Safety is a strategic business element
Safety is owned by operations

4. Tool #1: Safety Inspections
Performed by first line supervisors and
hourly safety champions (or Union
stewards)
Done weekly
Data is put into a database

5. Tool #2: Job Safety Analysis

6. Tool #2: Job Safety Analysis

7. Hazard Investigation Teams
Composed of 7-10 Operations personnel
and Health and Safety professionals
Ensures that culture change initiatives are
on tracks and effective
Interprets the data found in the weekly
inspections and looks for read-across
opportunities
Reviews Supervisor Incident Investigations

8. Sample Scorecard

9. Safety Scoreboards
Balanced Scorecard Approach
Monthly Strategy Sessions
Leading Indicators
Analyze and Understand Safety Trends
and Take Appropriate Action

10. Hazard Tracking Database
Provides feedback and data necessary to
make decisions
Allows for data-driven decision making
Creates forced accountability for hazard
correction

11. Safety Strategy Teams
Comprised of Operations Leadership
Reviews Hazard and Injury Trends
Reviews Leading Indicators
Reviews the appropriateness of policy
Provides direction to the organization
Owns Safety

12. Leading Indicators

13. Trend Analysis: Injuries

14. Trend Analysis: Hazards Found

15. Trend Analysis: Hazards & Injuries

16. Trend Analysis: Injuries

17. Incident Investigation
Conducted by first line supervisors
Concentrates on multiple contributors
Drives all contributors to the root cause
Identifies areas for read-across

18. Safety Workshops
Use Quality and Continuous Improvement
tools to identify and correct lingering
hazards
A Problem-Solving Approach to Safety
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19. Thank You!