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    Safety culture refers to how an organization collectively thinks and feels about health and safety and how those attitudes translate into behaviors. A positive safety culture means workers feel safety is important and leadership provides clear direction, while a negative culture means safety is not a priority. Indicators of safety culture include accident records, staff turnover, sickness rates, absenteeism, and staff complaints. Improving safety culture involves providing appropriate training, effective communication, worker involvement in decision-making, and visible leadership commitment from management. As a safety professional, dealing with negative peer pressure and influential individuals in a group requires addressing their impact.

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    Safety culture refers to how an organization collectively thinks and feels about health and safety and how those attitudes translate into behaviors. A positive safety culture means workers feel safety is important and leadership provides clear direction, while a negative culture means safety is not a priority. Indicators of safety culture include accident records, staff turnover, sickness rates, absenteeism, and staff complaints. Improving safety culture involves providing appropriate training, effective communication, worker involvement in decision-making, and visible leadership commitment from management. As a safety professional, dealing with negative peer pressure and influential individuals in a group requires addressing their impact.

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    Safety culture refers to how an organization collectively thinks and feels about health and safety and how those attitudes translate into behaviors. A positive safety culture means workers feel safety is important and leadership provides clear direction, while a negative culture means safety is not a priority. Indicators of safety culture include accident records, staff turnover, sickness rates, absenteeism, and staff complaints. Improving safety culture involves providing appropriate training, effective communication, worker involvement in decision-making, and visible leadership commitment from management. As a safety professional, dealing with negative peer pressure and influential individuals in a group requires addressing their impact.

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    SAFETY Kenyon Int.

    West
    Africa Co. Ltd.

    CULTURE
    Kenyon Int. West Africa Co. Ltd.

    WHAT IS SAFETY CULTURE ?

    Safety culture is the way all the people within an organization think and feel about health
    and safety and how it translates into behaviour. All staff working for the organization
    determine it collectively.

    There is no organization without safety culture. It will either be positive or negative.


    Kenyon Int. West Africa Co. Ltd.

    RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SAFETY


    CULTURE AND PERFORMANCE

    Positive culture Negative Safety culture


    Workers know that health and safety is Workers think and feel that health and safety
    important. is not important.
    Strong policy and clear leadership. Lack of clear direction and leadership.
    Managers and workers think about the Managers and workers do not think about the
    safety implications of their decisions. safety implications of their decisions.
    Majority of people work safely Majority of people work unsafely because they
    because they want to. do not know better.
    Kenyon Int. West Africa Co. Ltd.

    INDICATORS OF SAFETY CULTURE

    Accident Record Staff Turnover

    Compliance with
    Sickness Rates
    safety rules

    Absenteeism Staff complaints


    Kenyon Int. West Africa Co. Ltd.

    IMPROVING SAFETY CULTURE

    Staff have the appropriate training, knowledge, experience and other skills
    necessary to do their jobs safely.

    Effective communication is transmitted, received and understood.

    Workers are actively involved in decision making process, which is best


    achieved through worker consultation and cooperation.

    Clear commitment has been made by management with visible leadership.


    Kenyon Int. West Africa Co. Ltd.

    When people are put together in a group they interact. Some individuals will have
    more influence than others. A person wishing to become a member of the group
    will have to comply with the group norms therefore overcoming their personal
    apprehensions.
    As a safety professional, how do you deal with the negative impact of peer group
    pressure and the Influential persons in the group?

    LET US DISCUSS...
    Kenyon Int. West Africa Co. Ltd.

    Thank you for


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