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8 steps to shaping your safety culture.
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Industrial Safety & Hygiene News
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August 1, 2006
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In order to improve your workplace safety culture, follow these eight steps and you'll be on the road to positive change.
1 Know the "now" safety culture
A thorough understanding of the existing culture must be accomplished. This can be realized by canvassing a large sampling of the total workforce to measure what perceptions, practices and conditions related to safety currently exist. A cultural survey can surface what is working and what is not. The information obtained can provide direction for change.
2 Secure management/ supervision commitment
Without the commitment of leadership no change can be effected. Leadership and organizational behaviors are key ...