Safety Culture

Conscious or not, every company and every worksite has a safety culture.

It is an old but wise saying that Safety Starts at the Top. What is your company’s standard? What attitudes and outlooks do your supervisors convey? How intuitive and habitual is your workforce’s safety and health performance?

Transforming, developing and maintaining a powerful safety culture is a never-ending effort that yields bottom-line results.

The LHSFNA Occupational Safety and Health Division staff can help. Call for a consultation.

Safety Culture Resources

 

CPWR Safety Culture and Climate Page

• Foundations for Safety Leadership (FSL)
• Safety Climate Worksheets and S-CAT Rating Tool
• Safety Culture Workshop Report and Presentations
• Understanding Safety Culture and Safety Climate in Construction PDF
• Additional Research Reports and Products

 

Institute for Work & Health (Toronto)

• Organizational Performance Metric Questionnaire
• Organizational Performance Metric Follow-up Questions

 

Health and Safety Executive (UK)

• Safety Climate Tool
• HSE Leadership Check Tool

 

WorkCover Queensland (Australia)

Safety Climate and Safety Culture page

 

Other

Safety Trained Supervisor Program [Board of Certified Safety Professionals]

Design for Construction Safety website

A Roadmap to a Just Culture: Enhancing the Safety Environment [Global Aviation Information Network]

 

Close Call Reporting

• Roadworkers Safety – Silence is Consent [Video]
• Near Miss Reporting Systems [National Safety Council case study]
• Measures of Effect: Near Miss Reporting on Construction Site Injuries
• Aviation Safety Reporting System
• Near Miss Reporting in Nuclear Plants
• Close Call Reporting Systems for Firefighters
• National Near Miss Network for Firefighters
• Close Call Reporting System for Railroads

 

Safety Culture

Recruiting and Retaining Women in Construction in Canada (June, 2020)
Pushing Back Against the Idea of “Freak Accidents” (November, 2019)
How to Build Trust with Workers That Safety Matters (October, 2019)
Improving Safety on Your Site Requires Empowering Workers (September, 2019)
A Focus Four for Health Hazards in Construction (July, 2019)
Even Mild Head Injuries Can Affect Your Mental Health (June, 2019)
The Top 10 LHSFNA Articles of 2018 (January, 2019)
Safety & Health Conversations: Talking Prevention through Design with Mike McCullion (August, 2018)
The Union Advantage: Safety & Health (August, 2018)
Cocaine, Meth and Marijuana Use Highest in a Decade (July, 2018)
Improving Safety to Improve Your Business (July, 2018)
Preparing Your Employees for an Active Shooter Situation (June, 2018)
Fundamentals of Workplace First Aid (June, 2018)
Limiting Risk from Combustible Dust on the Job (June, 2018)
Protect Your Hearing, Protect Your Heart (May, 2018)
How Labor Shortages Can Put Worker Safety at Risk (May, 2018)
Safety and Health Conversations: An Interview with Dr. Christine Branche – Part Two (May, 2018)
Spring Brings Additional Hazards, But the LHSFNA Is Ready to Help (May, 2018)
Report Today’s Close Call, Prevent Tomorrow’s Accident (April, 2018)
Safety and Health Conversations: An Interview with Dr. Christine Branche (April, 2018)

Safety Culture

Behavior-Based Safety vs. Safety Culture (January, 2013)
Giving Effective Toolbox Talks (January, 2014)
Number of Worker Deaths in Construction Continues to Rise (February, 2018)
Did OSHA Really Ban Incentive Programs? (September, 2016)
Book Review: Doubt is Their Product (June, 2008)
The Union Advantage: Safety & Health (August, 2018)
New Posters from the LHSFNA! (July, 2010)
Don’t Rely on Backup Alarms to Stop Backovers (March, 2018)
A Focus Four for Health Hazards in Construction (July, 2019)
What’s Next for Construction Safety and Health? (February, 2017)
ANSI Sets Standards for Construction (Fall, 2004)
Many Safety Problems Rooted in Structure of Construction Industry (December, 2012)
Preparing Your Employees for an Active Shooter Situation (June, 2018)
New Safety Posters from LHSFNA (June, 2010)
Electrocutions Remain a Leading Cause of Death Among Laborers (December, 2017)
Report Today’s Close Call, Prevent Tomorrow’s Accident (April, 2018)
Bringing Safety & Health to the Bidding Process (November, 2016)
Pushing Back Against the Idea of “Freak Accidents” (November, 2019)
Recruiting and Retaining Women in Construction in Canada (June, 2020)
Making Dollars and Sense of the Business Case for Safety (January, 2016)