Tuesday, 15 March 2016

Health and Safety Culture of an Organization

Commitment and Leadership from Management – When this is visibly demonstrated outside the boardroom as behavior inside the boardroom is not witnessed by most of the workers.

Policies and Procedures – The Existence and quality of these and the way they might encourage good safety related behavior

Levels of Supervision – The presence and competence of supervision and the way that poor safety related behavior is dealt with.

Peer Group Pressure – Non-existence or not allowing to drive unsafe behaviors.

Consultation and Work involvement – The extent to which the workers are involved in the management of health & Safety issues and decision – making process.

Communication – Its effectiveness in conveying health and safety messages and information to work force including feedback arrangements to enable understanding by the receiver.

Resources – The availability of necessary equipment including personal protective equipment and allocation of time to provide training in health and safety.

Training – Identifying health and safety training needs and opportunities and how well they are met so as to develop and maintain competency.

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