Injury Risk Management Tools

The development of a safety behavior culture is a natural stage in the evolution of large industrial enterprises. The transition from formal compliance to conscious safety requires a systematic approach and management involvement. In his presentation, Valery Nikolsky examines in detail practical tools that help reduce injury rates and change employees' attitudes toward their own safety, using a large generating company as an example.

Addressing Conscious Violations: Rules and Audits

The speaker analyzes the problem of conscious disregard for rules, which is one of the main causes of occupational injuries. A comprehensive approach is used to change the situation:

• Golden Safety Rules. Implementation of 10 critical rules for employees and 30 for contractors. Violating these standards entails severe sanctions, up to dismissal or heavy fines. This establishes clear boundaries of acceptable behavior and zero tolerance for life-threatening actions.
• Behavioral Safety Audits (BSA). Regular preventive discussions between line managers and employees directly at the workplace. The method is based on dialogue rather than punishment: the manager highlights correct actions, discusses potential risks, and obtains a conscious commitment from the employee to work safely. This directly involves production management in HSE issues.

Managing Erroneous Actions and Loss of Concentration

A significant portion of injuries (trips, falls) occurs not due to poor infrastructure, but because of the worker's dangerous states: rushing, fatigue, frustration, or overconfidence. The presentation shows how to systematically address this category of risks:

• Conscious Safety Trainings. Training personnel to recognize their own dangerous states. Workers learn to understand when they lose concentration in order to stop in time and prevent a critical error.
• Visualization Based on Real Experience. Using scenarios of real accidents at the enterprise to create training videos. This increases personnel engagement and clearly demonstrates the consequences of losing attention in a familiar production environment.

Systematizing Work with Infrastructure Risks

To eliminate hazards associated with equipment and workplaces, dedicated working groups are created at enterprises. Identified shortcomings are evaluated using a risk matrix, entered into a unified register, and integrated into repair or investment programs. Until the risk is completely technically eliminated, immediate compensatory measures (fencing, additional control) are applied, ensuring personnel safety during the transition period.

What you will learn from this webinar:

• How to identify informal leaders who oppose the development of a safety culture, and how to minimize their influence on the team?
• How to properly structure the behavioral audit process so that it does not become a mere formality?
• What criteria to use for evaluating the quality of preventive discussions conducted by managers at workplaces?
• How to teach employees to recognize dangerous psychological and physical states to avoid injuries "out of nowhere"?
• How to organize effective control over compliance with safety requirements by contractors and apply penalties to them?