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Film or video

It is a good opportunity for the senior managers to reach mass audiences, enables consistent
messages based on the real time.

Toolbox talks

Short briefings carried out by the supervisor prior to shift starts, this is done to create awareness
to the workers on the matters related to safety issues which happened in the earlier time or in
the previous shifts, the proposed precautions to overcome such issues again are discussed.

Digital Media

Dissemination of information using social media which can be viewed using mobile phones,
tablets, iPad, computers or other devices. It may be in the form of written, visual, graphic, audio
or video.

Intranet

Network available to the staff only in the office behind a firewall. This will allow to access to key
business tools including SAP, official emails, policies, and procedures etc.

Cooperation and Consultation with workforce

To establish a positive safety culture worker cooperation and consultation is an important
concern for the top management. Consultation can be achieved by direct consultation with the
worker discuss with them on the issues related health and safety, resolving their issues, this can
be achieved in a small organisation, or on the other hand through safety representative by
establishing a safety committee with top management officials as representatives to discuss on
the issues related to health and safety.
Have a dedicated health and safety committee. They are effective if your organisation has
several representatives for different groups, larger numbers of employees, both union-
appointed representatives and employee-elected representatives, or representatives responsible
for more than one site.

Health and Safety Regulations 1996 (Consultation with Employees) has a legal obligation to
permit representative time off with pay
during working hours as is necessary to
perform functions; time off for trainings,
(time agreed between both employer and
employee).

To improve ownership towards improving
the positive safety culture involves

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