#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.
Making the Boring Interesting: Secrets of Engaging HSE Content
Industrial safety and occupational health and safety rules are often not well received by employees due to dry legalese, an abundance of documents, and endless prohibitions. This article examines how to change the approach to communications using visualization, short videos, infographics, and user-generated content (UGC). Employee engagement and presenting complex instructions in an understandable format help turn compliance with industrial safety and occupational health and safety rules into a...
A Safety Memo or an Injury? You Decide
Most violations of occupational health and safety rules occur not out of malicious intent, but due to ordinary forgetfulness and haste of employees. A one-page occupational health and safety memo helps quickly recall necessary information and reduce the number of errors in the workplace. In the article, the author talks about the benefits of this working tool and shares the experience of its implementation at planning meetings and safety minutes.
How Can Social Rules of Conduct Create a Trusting Safety Atmosphere?
Development and implementation of 9 basic rules of conduct for HSE function specialists to form a trusting atmosphere and change the service's image. The practice includes joint development of rules by employees, immersive training, broadcasting expectations to production departments, and regular effectiveness evaluation through surveys and ratings.
HSE Specialist Internships in Production: A Path from Control to Trust
The article examines the practice of internships for occupational health, safety, and industrial safety specialists directly in production workshops, where for several days they work shoulder to shoulder with the team. Such immersion helps to see real production processes and problems from the inside, thanks to which the implemented measures cease to be formal. The practice allows breaking down stereotypes about the OHS&IS service, building an open dialogue with workers, and laying the foundatio...
Without a Checklist, You've Already Failed the Audit
In the article, an occupational health and safety specialist talks about the practical benefits of a documentation checklist in conditions of a huge volume of regulatory requirements and the risk of fines. The tool includes more than 130 items in key areas and helps to quickly identify gaps, save time, and build a clear control system. Using such a navigator reduces the likelihood of errors and gives confidence that documents are in order during unannounced inspections.
Partners
A story from the practice of an occupational health and safety specialist describes the investigation of an unusual accident involving two electricians in a compressor shop. Due to the accidental activation of a switch by a jacket hung on it, one of the workers injured a finger on the rotating impeller of an electric motor. Using a real-life example, the material shows how haste and inattention during investigative actions led to a repeated similar injury to his partner.
Director's Day as an HSE Specialist: How a Leader Changed Safety Culture in 8 Hours a Week
Weekly personal participation of the top executive as an HSE specialist on the production site. The practice includes direct communication with workers, prompt resolution of household and production issues, implementation of QR codes for hazard reporting, and gamification through the "Safe Shop" competition.
Engagement Board for Effective Communication
Implementation of the "Engagement Board" tool to transform incident analysis into a lively dialogue with workers. The practice involves short 15-minute meetings in front of a magnetic whiteboard on the shop floor, where the line manager discusses incidents with the team through the lens of workspace, personal, and group factors, concluding with a collective choice of corrective action.
Seryoga "The Pistol"
The story tells of Sergey, a slinger who was forced to change his profession as an installer due to an occupational injury to his right hand. During the construction of a military facility on the Franz Josef Land archipelago, he set off to accompany a new driver who did not know the road to the construction site. Sergey's attempt to indicate a right turn with a gesture using a crooked finger led to an erroneous maneuver and the vehicle driving off into a ravine.
Finding an Individual Approach: Communication as a Pillar of Safety Culture
The article discusses how an occupational health and safety (HSE) specialist can find individual keys to communication with colleagues at various levels to solve work tasks. The author shares personal experience of taking nuances into account—from temperament and hobbies to the context of communication—and explains why it is important to maintain professional distance within the team. Building a strong and authoritative position as an HSE manager helps achieve set goals and company plans faster.
Internship. Part 4. Preparing the Report. Or: How to Learn to Be Objective and Persuasive
The article describes the final stage of the internship for future managers, who are to deliver a report on the state of occupational health and safety to management and colleagues. The material outlines an approach to report preparation that helps objectively evaluate a department's performance based on qualitative and quantitative indicators, risks, and positive practices. The experience of public defense before a wide audience helps trainees overcome public speaking anxiety, learn to express...
From Novice to Leader: A Successful Internship Story
Implementation of a mandatory five-stage internship for new managers at the workplace of the Head of the HSE Department. The program includes theoretical training, practical walkarounds to identify violation precursors, leadership walkarounds with top management, and public defense of results.