Transforming your Safety Culture

How to Make Everyone Responsible for their Own Safety

Fatalities

Lost Time Accidents

Exposure Behaviours

First Aid

Medical Treatment

Near Hits

Culture

ACCIDENT ICEBERG

Columbia Forest Products – Nipigon, OntarioOverall Percentiles by Scale

1921

59

44

32

12

18

55

39 39

43

27

48

57

PJ LMX MC POS OrgFactor

TW WGR TeamFactor

OVS UC AO SafetyFactor

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Lower Quartile (25th Percentile)

Median (50th Percentile)

Upper Quartile (75th Percentile)

Organizational FactorPJLMXMCPOS

Procedural JusticeLeader-Member ExchangeManagement CredibilityPerceived Organizational Support

Team FactorTWWGR

TeamworkWork Group Relations

Safety-Specific FactorOVSUCAO

Organization's Value for SafetyUpward Communication about SafetyApproaching Others about Safety

Other ScalesSEIR

Social EfficacyInjury Reporting

Supervisor Triad

Management Triad Team

Triad

ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE ASSESSMENT EXAMPLE

ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE RESULTS BY LEVEL STRENGTHS AND IMPROVEMENT AREAS *

Strengths : >4.0 Improvement Areas: <3.5* Immediate ActionRequired: <3.0

PJ LMX MC POS TW WGR OVS UC AO IR

Senior Management

Middle Management

Support Staff

Hourly

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PJ LMX MC POS OF TW WGR TF OVS UC AO SF SE IP

2002

2004

Chemical Co. — Organisational Culture Results 2002 v. 2004

“What the leader creates”

“What the leader does”

“How the leader leads”“Who the leader is”

LEADERSHIP MODEL EXAMPLE

What Influences Behavior?

FND – 12

The Power of Focusing on Leadership, Culture and Engagement (*)

25%

45%

Employee Engagement Alone (BBS)

Employee Engagement plus Leadership Development

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(*) Based on BST’s clients’ experience