#Employee engagement

Involving personnel in occupational health and industrial safety issues: leadership walk-arounds, behavioral audits, observation and suggestion systems, developing open dialogue on site. This section features the experience of companies moving from a paradigm of control and punishment to partnership, instilling conscious attitudes towards safety and active risk identification in workers.

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Expert blog
September 5, 2026

🛡️ Safety: “Safety: Acting Together” (UC RUSAL) — sharing my experience

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Expert blog
August 31, 2026

🛡️ Safety: When Business Becomes a Game of Fire

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Expert blog
August 10, 2026

Guardians of Corporate DNA: Why Internal Safety Trainers Are More Effective Than External Experts

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Expert blog
Anna Bessonova
Head of Contractor Safety
Uraalkali
August 6, 2026

A Leader Who Isn't Afraid to Take Off the Tie and Step Into the Worker's Shoes!

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Case
Oleg Khrabrovskiy
Director of Production Safety
KAO Azot
Nikolay Denisov
Director of Business System Development
KAO Azot
March 18, 2026

Production Safety and Operational Excellence

Integration of production safety and operational excellence at a chemical plant through the abandonment of quantitative KPIs for behavioral audits, the implementation of a risk-based approach, and the involvement of top management in regular floor walk-throughs. The practice includes tracking off-the-job injuries in the total LTIFR and implementing frontline personnel initiatives through the corporate "Idea Factory."

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Case
Mikhail Zhiganov
Director of Safety Culture Development Department
Nornickel
Alexey Avramenko
Head of Practice, Safety Culture Development Department
Norilsk Nickel
March 18, 2026

Leadership: Do You Really Need It?

Transformation of safety culture at a large industrial enterprise through the transition from directive control to engaging leadership. Implementation of developmental feedback tools, behavioral safety audits, and Just Culture principles for proactive management of minor injuries and near misses.

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Case
Anastasiya Lukovenko
Deputy Head of HSE Division
STNG
December 21, 2025

HSE as the Spark of Digital Transformation: How We Launched AI in the Company

Phased implementation of AI tools in the HSE processes of a large industrial company. The initiative began with creating simple chatbots for risk assessment and PPE without programmers, which engaged management and led to deploying an in-house local LLM within a closed security perimeter.

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Case
Elena Kompasenko
Head of HSE Division
Zarubezhneft
December 18, 2025

Efficiency Through Care: How Employee Health Boosts Business Results

A comprehensive wellness program covering the physical and psychological health of employees. Includes on-site check-ups, cardioscreening for employees 40+, multilevel telemedicine, psychological support, and corporate sports development.

Employee engagement Well-being Communications
Case
Vyacheslav Kozlov
Department Director
TVEL
December 18, 2025

Safety Leadership as Part of the Overall Production Culture

Transforming the role of managers in safety through leadership visits, quality integration, and developing a safety leaders movement. The practice includes transitioning from behavioral audits to open dialogue, training line managers, and supporting employee initiatives.

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Case
Stepan Dikiy
Head of HSE Systems Development Department
Sibkor (SUEK)
December 18, 2025

Balance of Three Cultures: Production, Corporate, and Safety Culture

Step-by-step involvement of the production unit in safety processes through simplifying control and training tools. Reducing behavioral audit training time, transferring responsibility for contractors to production workers, and implementing digital solutions for recording hazardous situations.

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Case
Aleksandr Pivikov
Independent expert
Nikolay Denisov
Director of Business System Development
KAO Azot
December 18, 2025

The Art of Achieving Balance

Integrating safety metrics (including off-the-job injuries) into top management KPIs and transforming Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) audits without strict targets. Implementing the "Safe Workspace" system and abandoning punitive approaches during walkarounds.

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Case
Evgeniy Parygin
Chief Safety Culture Officer
SNIIP, State Corporation "Rosatom"
December 18, 2025

Culture of Change. The Role of Neurobiology and Physiological Characteristics of Personnel in Ensuring Safe Thinking and Behavior

Applying knowledge of neurobiology and biochemistry to manage the psychophysiological state of personnel and reduce workplace stress. The practice includes creating a favorable environment to produce pleasure hormones and using physiological techniques (breath-holding, physical activity) to stop acute stress reactions.

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