EHS Management Culture

A safety culture is the accepted way in which an organization prepares for work, recognizes safety hazards, conducts risk assessments, and implements controls to mitigate any risks. It is not simply a theoretical concept. Today, you already have a safety culture unique to your facility. The question is, did you create it and do you proactively influence its development every day? Or was it randomly shaped by benign neglect or injuries and accidents?

Creating a strong safety culture requires leaders to demonstrate every day that safety is the organization's most important value. A focused, positive focus on safety will engage employees and ensure their support for a strong safety culture.

The climate that influences safety culture can be measured and quantified through leadership assessments and employee perception surveys. Proactively improving safety culture requires you to use tools to understand employee thoughts and attitudes and take action before unsafe behaviors or unsafe process design lead to injuries, damage to equipment and facilities, and business disruption.