Safety culture development at an industrial enterprise (on the example of «Atommash» Branch of «AEM-Technologies» JSC in Volgodonsk)

Abstract

The article chooses Atommash Branch of AEM-Technologies JSC in Volgodonsk as the object of study, which is a supplier of integrated solutions including engineering, design, manufacturing, supply, installation and service of power equipment for nuclear power facilities, thermal power plants, as well as for enterprises of the gas and petrochemical industries. The subject area chosen is safety culture (SC), which the enterprise implements in order to fulfil the strategy of ROSATOM to achieve technological leadership and sovereignty on a global scale. The purpose of the study is to identify the main characteristics of this phenomenon based on the analysis of existing theories and practices of safety culture management and to correlate them with the specifics of the process of implementing the safety culture at the Atommash the branch of JSC AEM-Technologies in Volgodonsk. The theoretical analysis of scientific literature on the research problem, graphical method, statistical data analysis, retrospective analysis and study of local acts of the research object in terms of safety culture provision are the main methods used in writing the paper. The main result of the research is the conclusion that safety culture of the branch as well as its organisational culture, refers to collective values and beliefs. Formation and maintenance of high level of safety culture is achieved by prioritising safety over economic and production goals, ensuring that each employee understands the impact of their activities on safety and the consequences that may result from non-compliance or poor performance of safety culture requirements;#, ensuring that each manager and employee understands the inadmissibility of concealing errors in their activities, the need to identify and eliminate the causes of their occurrence, the need for continuous self-improvement, изучения и внедрения передового опыта.