Safety Culture Management Research Articles

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

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.

Formation and management of safety culture in the railway industry: best practices and strategies

This article examines the current issue of safety culture in the railway industry, in particular, the formation and development of a safety culture on the railways of Ukraine. In the article emphasizes the uniqueness of the European model of railway safety culture. The purpose of the study is to comprehensively study the principles, methods and effectiveness of the formation and management of the safety culture in the railway industry. Recommended strategies include leadership commitment, staff engagement, training, communications, security audits, and technology use. A comparative analysis between the EU and Ukraine's railway system points to structural and regulatory differences, emphasizing the need for Ukraine to adapt European practices in the field of safety. The article also offers a structured approach to incident analysis and implementation of security practices, as well as the application of the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle for systemic security management. These approaches aim to improve safety practices and ensure efficient transportation systems.

Assessment of the efficiency of occupational safety culture management in fuel and energy companies

The results of development, testing and implementation of the process of occupational safety culture management in a fuel and energy company including the assessment of current state, assessment of deviation, formation of control action and its implementation are presented. Using the methods of mathematical analysis, the components of occupational safety culture and criteria for their evaluation were developed. As a control action, a procedure for conducting behavioural safety audit was elaborated and implemented. Proceeding from the results of analysing average ratings of safety culture components among the employees prior to and after the introduction of behavioural safety audit, it was concluded that there was a statistically significant increase in the average values of 12 out of 16 ratings of safety culture components. Analysis of the results of 1,011 audits showed the absence of an “alarm area” at the enterprise. Introduction of the developed process management model promotes an increase in the efficiency of attaining a high level of occupational safety culture in fuel and energy companies.

Behavioral Economics of Safety Culture Management in Companies

Behavioral Economics of Safety Culture Management in Companies

The concept of a safety culture management system in a company

The aim of the article is to present the concept of safety culture management systems in an enterprise and to indicate the directions of their improvement. In the course of two-stage empirical research, elements of the management system that highly determine the development of occupational safety culture were identified and described. This applies in particular to: technical and managerial competences of the management staff, modernity of IT technology, work organization techniques, cooperation, values professed in the company. These factors were found to be important criteria for assessing the effectiveness of systems for managing work safety culture. The concept of work safety culture and proposals of the authors of management systems related to work safety culture were characterized. The article concludes with general recommendations and methodological guidelines for enterprises interested in the effectiveness of occupational safety culture management systems in the context of company performance.

Analisis Faktor yang Berhubungan dengan Budaya Keselamatan Pasien pada Perawat di Ruang Rawat Inap RSUD Arifin Achmad Provinsi Riau

Safety patient culture was one of the important things in operating the safety patient in hospital, so that the unexpected incident can be minimized. the data Arifin Achmad Riau Province showed that the number exceeds the limit figure KTD specified tolerance ie ≥ 1.5% like numbers plebitif 5.81%, and the incidence of patient falls are as much as five events in 2015. This research is aimed to know the factors which are related to the safety patient culture on nursing staff in hospitalization service room of Arifin Achmad Hospital, Riau Province. The population is all of the nursing staffs in Arifin Achmad Hospital, Riau Province with the sample is 131 nurses. This research uses cross sectional non probability sampling technique. The method in collecting the data is questionnaire and the method in analyzing the data are frequency distribution, chi square distribution and logistic regression test. The result of the research is obtained there is a relation between attitude (p value 0.001), team work (p value 0,017), fatigue (0,013) with the safety culture, while the stress work does not related to the safety patient culture (p value 0,139). The result obtained that attitude is the most related factor with the safety patient culture. The writer suggests to the management of the hospital to be able to enhance the safety culture management support, improve peedback safety culture and communication between leaders and nurses, workforce analysis, structuring nurse station

Analysing and Assessing the State of Safety Culture at the Mining Industry Facilities in the Irkutsk Region

Safety at work is an important factor in the successful operation of an enterprise. In practice, it is quite difficult to achieve safety at work, but there exist all necessary conditions for this. The article considers the role of the systematic management of an enterprise, which helps to ensure safety at all stages of the production life cycle. In the paper, we discuss the system of organizational culture that supports the management system, the concept of safety culture and how it can be implemented. Also in this study, we discuss the history of systematic safety management drawing on the experience of mining enterprises in the Irkutsk Region. The article contains practical research and calculated data on the evaluation of safety culture at such enterprises as Angasolsky Crushed Stone Plant, Pereval Quarry, and the stone-cutting production of Baikalquartzsamotsvety OJSC. The article concludes with a discussion of how to achieve high safety culture at these enterprises taking into account the regulatory environment that can encourage the development of the systematic safety culture management without this being a burden for organizations.

Systematic evaluation of patient safety culture assessment in nursing home

Objective To focus on the patient′s safety culture management and related research of nursing home in China. Methods China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), China Biology Medicine disc (CBM), China Scientific Journal Database by VIP (VIP), Wanfang, PubMed, EBSCO and SpringerLink databases were searched by computer to find out all the literature about patient safety culture evaluation in nursing home. Two investigators independently screened, scrambled and cross-checked data according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results Finally 11 articles complied with the inclusion criteria, and conducted a descriptive study of patient safety culture assessments. Conclusions The evaluation of patient safety culture is conducive to the development of patient safety culture in nursing home. The study of patient safety culture in China′s nursing home is still in its infancy and needs to be further deepened. Key words: Nursing home; Patient safety culture; Evaluation; Systematic review

Enhanced Proactive Planning Approach: A Crucial to an Improved Workers’ Safety in Western Nigeria Small Scale Industry

Abstract This study evaluated managements’ proactive planning approach (PPA) to enhance safety among workers in South-western Nigeria small scale industry (SSI). The main objective was to rate the managements’ efforts at eliminating risk among their employees. By worker participatory and psychological survey approach, three tools were used; workplace observation (visual), management safety culture (questionnaire) and managers interviews (oral). The survey included 200 workers, 120 supervisors and 80 managers, in 82 SSI. Four steps to a safety proactive action plans (PAP), (looking for clues, prioritization of identified potential hazard, making improvements to eliminate the risk and follow up), were rated by employees on a scale from 0 to 5. Paired t-test was used to appraise the significant difference between the managers’ mean scores rated by the supervisors and other workers. 77.1% of workers and 64.2% supervisors rated their managers as either “not done at all” or “poorly done”. Workers’ scores for managers PPA had statistically significantly lower ratings (mean = 1.09, SEM = 0.22) compared to that of the supervisors rating (mean = 1.55, SEM = 0.32), with t (14) = −1.185, p = 0.784. There is a closed poor performance perception gaps, of managers’ PPA, of the two groups of employees. It can be concluded that safety is not emphasized, by managers of SSI, as overriding priority and this may have contributed to high reported injuries among their workforce. Courses to enhance managements’ understanding for inclusion of safety among the leading priorities becomes necessary. This will reduce work-related risks and promotes occupational safety and health among the group of workers.

Psychosocial, Health Promotion and Safety Culture management – Are Health and Safety Practitioners involved?

Health and Safety Practitioners (HSPs), as frontline professionals advocating for the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) conditions at work, have a pivotal role in an organisation. Over the last number of years, the nature of work has changed; the assessment and management of psychosocial risk factors and health promotion are now additional core challenges in OHS. This study aims to investigate the HSPs’ main tasks and their involvement in activities regarding the management of Psychosocial risk factors, Safety Culture and Health Promotion (HP) within their organisations. Data from 879 HSPs was collected through a web-survey of members of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) in Ireland and the UK. The questionnaire was adapted from Hale et al. (2005) and Jones (2005) concerning the OHS structure in the HSP’s organisation, his/her main areas of activity and a list of the most common tasks performed by European HSPs. Chi-square analysis was used to assess the association between HSPs organisational and job characteristics and their involvement in the management of Psychosocial risk factors, Safety Culture and Health Promotion. Logistic regression was used to ascertain organisational predictors of the HSPs’ involvement in these tasks. There was no variation in the proportion of HSPs performing tasks related to Psychosocial risk factors by company size, job title nor sector of activity. Safety Culture (86.8%) and Health Promotion-related tasks (64.2%) were a greater part of the HSPs job than psychosocial activities (30.8%). Those in the “Agriculture, forestry/fishing, mining/quarrying” sector were most involved in these activities (HP 84.4%; Safety Culture 90.6%). HSPs with “Manager, Director, Head, Lead, Coordinator” roles were more likely to perform Health Promotion and Safety Culture-related activities independent of industrial sector or company size. HSPs do not seem to take an active role in Psychosocial risk factors’ assessment and management in most workplace settings. The results highlight the challenge in ensuring a holistic and multidisciplinary approach for prevention of Psychosocial risk factors for integrated OHS management.

Safety sans Frontières: An International Safety Culture Model

The management of safety culture in international and culturally diverse organizations is a concern for many high-risk industries. Yet, research has primarily developed models of safety culture within Western countries, and there is a need to extend investigations of safety culture to global environments. We examined (i) whether safety culture can be reliably measured within a single industry operating across different cultural environments, and (ii) if there is an association between safety culture and national culture. The psychometric properties of a safety culture model developed for the air traffic management (ATM) industry were examined in 17 European countries from four culturally distinct regions of Europe (North, East, South, West). Participants were ATM operational staff (n = 5,176) and management staff (n = 1,230). Through employing multigroup confirmatory factor analysis, good psychometric properties of the model were established. This demonstrates, for the first time, that when safety culture models are tailored to a specific industry, they can operate consistently across national boundaries and occupational groups. Additionally, safety culture scores at both regional and national levels were associated with country-level data on Hofstede's five national culture dimensions (collectivism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity, and long-term orientation). MANOVAs indicated safety culture to be most positive in Northern Europe, less so in Western and Eastern Europe, and least positive in Southern Europe. This indicates that national cultural traits may influence the development of organizational safety culture, with significant implications for safety culture theory and practice.

Towards more integrated safety management tools for airlines

This article describes a new methodology allowing a combined exploration of experience feedback databases. Based on a small set of data provided by an airline, the study demonstrates the feasibility and the benefit for safety management of this new approach, which highlights links between human-factor components revealed by crew reports and operational deviations detected through digital flight data. Such a new understanding of the insight of the operations could have a major impact on safety management and should contribute to the proactive safety management culture that many airlines try to promote.

Development of a methodology for understanding and enhancing safety culture in Air Traffic Management

There is increasing interest in applying the concept of safety culture in Air Traffic Management (ATM). Using a mixed methods approach, this paper describes the development of a safety culture management toolkit that uses questionnaires and safety culture feedback workshops. The development process involved four phases. Phase 1 involved a review of the safety culture literature from 2001 to 2005 to identify relevant safety culture themes. Phase 2 involved conducting interviews with personnel (n=52) from four geographically disparate European Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) to validate and identify themes relevant to ATM. Follow-up focus groups (n=3) consolidated the themes, and developed a preliminary set of questionnaire items; Phase 3 involved piloting a safety culture survey instrument with ATM staff (n=537) in four countries. Construct validity of the questionnaire was tested using both Exploratory and Confirmatory factor analysis (EFA, CFA). Substantial refinement of the item set was required to establish a consistent model, and a second sample (n=883) was surveyed to replicate the model. Phase 4 involved conducting feedback workshops with ANSP personnel in study locations (n=7) in order to further validate the themes identified in the questionnaire. These were used to develop qualitative insights (e.g. specific safety problems and solutions) relating to the results of the questionnaire at each ANSP. The study aimed to develop a bespoke quantitative measurement instrument (and qualitative feedback tool) with construct and discriminant validity, and the ability to consistently measure safety culture in ANSPs throughout Europe, and facilitate safety improvements in air traffic management. This aim was partially achieved, and although the safety culture toolkit was perceived as useful for exploring and highlighting safety issues at a local ANSP level, further work is required. This will involve developing the tool to ensure it operates consistently in different national and cultural setting, and designing metrics for testing the criterion validity of the safety culture toolkit.

Re-Strategising for Effective Health and Safety Standards in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Poor health and safety record impact on the image/reputation and operational capabilities of businesses, especially those within the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector. Given the role of SMEs in the economy, this paper attempts to highlight the issue of poor health and safety performance of the SME sector and suggest a strategy for improving the level of performance. To this end, survey questionnaires were distributed to assess the overall awareness of people about health and safety issues, motivations and constraints, vis-a-viz supply chain improvement initiatives. Based on the findings (responses from questionnaires) and existing literature, the unique characteristics of the supply chain network makes it a suitable medium through which health and safety improvement in small and mediumsized enterprises can be realised. Additionally, the findings show that good health and safety management culture enhances image, lowers costs, and improves the overall competitiveness of organisations. To complement the efforts/desires of health and safety regulators, there is need to leverage on the relationships that exist in supply chains, shown in this exercise to have a major influence on the activities of organisations.

A Fragmented Patient Safety Concept: The Structure and Culture of Safety Management in Healthcare

Safety in healthcare organizations is often an ownerless process with responsibility falling under a myriad of departments that individually are coordinating initiatives to improve aspects of safety. In contrast, other high-hazard industries seek to institutionalize safety management as a key characteristic of organizational culture. Healthcare seeks to model its approach to patient safety on other high-hazard industry models, but without an understanding of the impact of creating a uniform approach to safety management, healthcare organizations will not implement a similar organization-wide safety culture.