CULTURE OF SAFETY:
Safety ofpeople in a community depends on several factors such as; training, and the systems, protocols and technology in place to prevent incidents from becoming disasters. This concept should be deeply important as a community wide culture of safety. In order to improve the culture of safety in a community, major disasters in the past should be analysed in the contestxt of safety.
Thus, culture of safety is defined as "the individual and group values, attitudes and patterns and behaviour determine the commitment to, style and efficiency of a community's health and safety program"
It was found that tolerance of inadequate systems was thew most common cause of failures; as well as acceptance of deviance, production pressure and complacency. Experrs in the field of safety
propound that "it is not possible to be safe without a supporting culture and that "improvement in safety performance is only possible by improving or establishing a culture of safety". Culture of safety
can be brought about by introducing:
- Safety Culture Improvement tool and
- Safety culture metrics.
Safety culture metrics focusses on quality of safety activities rather than the quantity and compares current activities to those of an earlier time frame
Culture of safety cannot be measured with any level of precision but can be assessed.
Metrics have been developed to enable leaders to track the things they do on a day-to-day basis and identify areas with weakest performance. Experts recommend that basic safety training should be imparted to workers and employees and establish a culture of safety at the workplace and thus minimize
the occurrence of accidents. The fundamental objective of having a culture of safety not only enhances working environment but also increases the overall productivity. It should be the the aim of every
industrialist to use safe industrial equipment and products along with providing a safe working environment to his employees.
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