#Communications
Effective communication in HSE: risk visualization, remote notification tools, training via mobile messengers, and building transparent incident reporting. This section compiles the experience of enterprises moving from paper reports to a unified information field, where every employee is engaged in dialogue and promptly receives vital statistics.
Developing Visual Handouts to Communicate Corporate Values
JSC Rosgeo has created a brochure on corporate standards in the field of occupational health and safety, environmental protection, and industrial safety, which is handed out to employees, visitors, and contractors during the introductory briefing. The article describes the contents of the handout, as well as a digital notice with a QR code for access to video briefings and expanded information. The implementation of such a format helps increase personnel awareness of company requirements and con...
Developing an HSE Brand within the Company
Today, safety is becoming one of the main values of companies alongside care for people and efficiency, so the development of the occupational health and safety brand acquires special relevance. The article examines the occupational health and safety brand as a holistic perception of safety culture by employees and external stakeholders, going beyond the scope of a standard set of rules and instructions. A strong occupational health and safety brand helps build trust, increase employee engagemen...
The Psychology of Safety Briefings
The article examines the psychological aspects of conducting occupational health and safety briefings and explains why they are often perceived as a formality. The author explains how a competent presentation of information and a clear explanation of cause-and-effect relationships between employee actions and risks help make the briefing effective. The article analyzes the impact of content quality and the specialist's personal involvement on shaping safe behavior in both young and experienced e...
Developing a Safety Culture with Limited Resources
Implementation of basic safety culture tools under limited resources at geographically distributed oil and gas production facilities. Practices include visualizing rules, installing mirrors for PPE checks, marking hard hats of first-aid ready employees, and launching a hotline and Hazard Observation Card (HOC) system with financial motivation for proactivity.
Delivering the Main Message is Key
The practice of conducting "safety contacts" is intended to engage employees in discussing safety issues at work and at home, as well as to build a culture of safe behavior. The article analyzes typical errors in applying this tool, including replacing it with a briefing, conducting it on a schedule, or assigning this task to the occupational health and safety department. The text explains how to properly convey the key message and select topics in order to form a habit among the team of looking...
Safety Leadership
A safety culture transformation project through the development of management leadership skills. It includes working with deep-seated employee beliefs, implementing a "leader's personal commitment" model, and building effective feedback, which radically changed employees' attitudes toward safety.
Professional Community of HSE Specialists: From Idea to Implementation
Creating a corporate professional community of HSE specialists from scratch. The practice includes organizing in-person thematic meetings, cross-functional visits to production sites, and hosting specialized forums by the specialists themselves to share experience and best practices.
Implementing Risk Management: "+100 to Karma"
Implementing a risk-oriented approach at production sites through dialogue with personnel and the work of dedicated risk management specialists. Practices include training workers to identify "familiar" hazards, prompt risk elimination by mechanical services without altering equipment design, and using a digital portal to record reports.
The Aura of Communication: Conflict Behavior Strategies
Implementation of a systematic approach to training managers and workers in effective communication and conflict resolution skills. The practice includes standardizing the manager's work and developing the "safety aura" concept to transition from a pathological to a stable-systematic level of safety culture.
On the Same Wavelength! How Irkutsk Oil Company Built a Communication System and Engaged Everyone in Safety Issues
A multilevel HSE communication system covering top management, line personnel, and contractors. It includes regular interaction platforms (committees, forums, stop hours, safety days) for open dialogue, incident analysis, and feedback collection, significantly reducing injury rates and improving safety culture.
How to Achieve Success: Image and Development of an HSE Specialist
Methodology for building a professional image and developing the personal brand of an HSE specialist. Includes self-presentation techniques, soft and meta-skills development, and strategies to prevent professional burnout.
From Chaos to Calm: How to Organize a Manager's Work in HSE
Implementation of an HSE manager work standard focusing on line walkdowns. The tool aims to transition from reactive control to a systemic search for improvements through employee dialogue and constructive feedback.