Guides and Handbooks
Safety Culture: Techniques for Building Positive Organizational Change
“Safety Culture: Techniques for Building Positive Organizational Change” is a guide for how to construct and improve a positive safety culture in your organization.
Tips for Using This Handbook
“Safety Culture” is broken into three concepts that contribute to a positive safety culture:
1. Foundational elements are important to building a positive safety culture:
- The Chapter 1 assessment helps identify policies, procedures and measures already in place. Using this data, leadership can identify those areas that could use more attention.
- Chapter 2 focuses on creating an organizationwide visible commitment to safety, opening lines of communication and bolstering safety programs. These foundational elements make it easier for other initiatives to find a solid footing.
2. Pillars of safety reflect the Minnesota AWAIR (an accident and injury reduction) program and provide ideas to help reduce injury, often with employee collaboration. Even if the foundational elements are not fully in place, the ideas and programs in these chapters can help reduce incidents and injuries.
3. Safety culture tools can be used by safety committees, those in charge of safety and managers to boost awareness, bolster commitment and encourage communication about safety.
The handbook also includes:
- Pre-assessment questionnaire
- References to additional resources
- Practical tools any safety committee or supervisor can use
Benefits of a Positive Safety Culture
Positive safety culture benefits employers and employees. A thriving positive safety culture can:
- Reduce employee work-related injuries and illness
- Improve productivity
- Raise employee morale
- Lower operational costs
- Boost organization’s reputation
- Reduce employee absenteeism
Work Wisely Program
MCIT’s Work Wisely program helps members build and support a positive safety culture:
- Encourage each employee to become a safety advocate
- Boost the safety mindset of employees
- Improve safety behaviors
When all people of an organization embrace and value safety, the frequency and severity of workplace injuries and illnesses decrease. MCIT encourages members to Work Wisely!
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