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SAFETY ARTICLE

5 Simple steps for improving Safety

Culture in Your Organization

Knowledge

Beliefs/ Shared
perceptions Attitudes

Safety Culture

Individual
Values
behaior

Group
behavior

An organization's culture can have as big an influence on safety outcomes as the safety management
system. Safety culture has been identified as a contributing factor in major accident events. There is
evidence of a link between safety culture and safety performance.

Safety Culture is defined as the combination of beliefs, perceptions, and attitudes of employees toward
the safety of workers and the overall safety of the work environment. This includes using proper
personal equipment, following the safety laws, and just generally being conscious of safety and safe
practices always.

Even though the safety Culture within an organization is evolved slowly over a while during the life cycle
of the organization, it is possible to change or transform it to an acceptable level. Signs of poor cultural
factors can include widespread or routine procedural violations, failure to comply with the company’s
OHSMS, management decisions that appear consistently to put production or cost before safety, etc.

Follow these 5 simple steps if there is a need to improve the safety culture in your organization

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