SAFETY CULTURE

Ownership, Responsibility, and Expectations

SAFETY CULTURE

What is Safety Culture??

◦Culture (noun) 1) the behaviors and beliefs of a particular social, ethnic, or age group; 2) development or improvement of the mind by education or training.

◦Safety (noun) 1) freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss. 2) the quality of averting or not causing injury, danger, or loss.

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SAFETY CULTURE

The results of developing and training the behaviors and beliefs of individuals within the pipeline industry resulting in the averting of incidents, injuries, and losses.

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SAFETY CULTURE

What’s YOUR’S?

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SAFETY CULTURE

ALL Accidents are preventable – starting with the challenge of one action or task, one hour, one day at a time

Safety is not the number one priority, Safety must be a VALUE…

BECAUSE ---

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SAFETY CULTURE

It is the right thing to do!!

We can prevent all accidents- caused by people and their behaviors

Which person among us wants to be the person who is injured??

Injuries affect our families

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OWNERSHIP

Individual Lives are changed FOREVER !!

Family relationships are effected – not in a positive manner

Economic ($$$) cost to injured employee & company

Client relationships injured – current & future

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OWNERSHIP

Starts with Management – We are in charge and responsible

Improved safety training and education of workforce and actions

Bring about safe work practicesCoach behavior and decision making of all

work force

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RESPONSIBILITY

Doing the right thing, leading with proper, safe behaviors, being examples, planning safe action --results in all WE do becoming the right action for our fellow workers.

Putting people in unsafe situations IS NOT acceptable behavior –

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RESPONSIBILITY

NOT ACCEPTABLE RESULTS

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Purpose:Provide methods of observing the

worksite for unsafe Behaviors/Conditions & Correcting through Coaching

OBSERVATION & CORRECTION THROUGH COACHING

Casual - In regular visit with crews

Special - On occasion of unusual task about to be performed

Formal – Joint observation of two or more people with intent to detail behavior

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Different Observation Techniques

Getting the Attention of the Employee

Identify the Reason for the Behavior• Training• Resources• Belief

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Correction Through Coaching

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Make it Personal for Employee

Get Employee to Agree

Make a Contract between You & Employee!

Communicating Expectations & Getting Agreement