Key data
| Business: Construction | Size: 750 Employees + 750 contractor employees | Safety performance average accident rate country level | Purpose client driven improvement |
| Safety Culture Sate Review Presence workshop | Safety Culture Sate Review Index: 2,5 | Safety Culture Sate Review Short-term goal: 3,5 | Safety Culture Sate Review Mid-term goal: 5 |
This case study shows how the results of a Safety Culture State Review workshop can be analyzed and how appropriate measures can be defined with the workshop participants.
The results of the review are available immediately during the workshop.
The Case
The company provides construction support activities for clients belonging to the power grid business. The company currently employs more than 750 people. In addition to the company’s own employees, approximately the same number of external company employees are employed.
The company currently counts only accidents according to local legislation for own employees. The company’s accident rate is near to the average accident rate of the country. Over the past years the company achieved some improvements regarding the accident rate, but never fall below the country related average accident rate.
To fulfil legal obligations an occupational Safety Manager is employed who ensures that the company complies with the country related legal framework (risk assessments, accident recording, inspections, employee training, contact person for authorities and clients).
The company operates a quality and environmental management system acc. to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 for more than 10 years.
Due to the current companies’ accident rate and perceived as a risk factor for one of the clients, the company became a warning for future contracts. This warning received was given 2 years ago.
Since nothing significant has improved in terms of safety performance within the last 2 years, management decided to carry out a Safety Culture State Review in order to understand which parameters should be changed in order to improve the safety culture in the company.
The Safety Culture State Review was conducted as a physical workshop with 25 participants, all managers, and moderated by the internal Safety Manager. The workshop was divided into 4 sections: a) why safety culture matters to improve safety performance, b) Safety Culture State Review Survey, evaluation of the 20 subject areas by the workshop participants, c) presentation of the results, d) determination of specific measures to improve the safety culture
The four stages of Safety Culture
20 Subject Areas that significantly influencing the companies’ safety culture
Carrying out a Safety Culture State Review Survey
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