SIX BUILDING BLOCKS

OF A STRONG SAFETY CULTURE

AND HOW TO MEASURE YOUR PROGRESS

Many companies want to have a strong safety culture, but don’t

know where to start.
Safety culture is not a policy, it’s not a program, it’s not a procedure
– it’s a way of thinking and acting, and it’s a long-term commitment.

“STRONG SAFETY CULTURES HAVE

THE SINGLE GREATEST IMPACT ON
ACCIDENT REDUCTION OF ANY PROCESS.” OSHA VPP

Q: How do you build

a safety culture A: There are 6 building
blocks

Commitment Behavior Awareness

Adaptability Information Consistency

- Get buy in from all levels

- Explain why involvement is crucial to success
- Give people time to practice safe work habits Commitment
- Integrate safety into operating procedures
- No blame – fix problems
- Remove fear of discipline Behavior
- Communicate expectations to employees
- Train your employees to increase involvement
- Make safety visible Awareness
- Be willing to find and fix problems
- Celebrate finding a problem
- Have systems to address the change Adaptability
- Create boards with reports
- Display stats on your objectives
- Include non-safety employees Information
- Play your messages like a broken record
- Include safety in all your messages
- Make a plan for the long-term Consistency
Q: How do you measure
safety culture? A: using some indicators you
may be already tracking

84% of safety professionals already track some

of the following indicators

- # of spot checks
- # of behavioral vs non-behavioral incidents
- # of unsafe observations and hazards
- How quickly incidents are reported and closed out
- # of findings from an audit
- Percentage of inspections overdue
- Training completion rate

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