The meaning of the four states
The characteristics of the four states can be described for this subject area as follows:
 | dependent – After serious events, employee-related ad-hoc campaigns are developed and implemented by the HSE department, such as “Safety Standdown”, “7 Days HSE” etc. |
 | independent – Campaigns are prepared by the HSE department on the basis of what happened, the risk potential and suggestions by the employees, and are implemented in a structured manner by the supervisors together with the employees, for example “monthly HSE campaign” |
 | interdependent – All employees are repeatedly trained in specific behaviors and behavior patterns. As a result, employees learn why events occur and learn techniques to prevent events from occurring. The training program is carried out by the employees themselves (train the trainer) |
 | reactive – There is not any behavioral prevention program in place |
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