#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.
Effective Control of Industrial Safety on Geographically Dispersed Production Sites of an Enterprise
Optimization of administrative and industrial control at geographically distributed facilities through the transition to a territorial-cluster inspection principle and the formation of mobile inspection groups. Implementation of targeted training for occupational safety representatives based on real violations to improve the effectiveness of control at workplaces.
Your Health is Your Strength: How to Stay Fit Even in the Daily Work Hustle
The article examines the problem of physical inactivity and emotional stress among employees, which creates additional expenses for businesses. The author shares the experience of creating a workplace gymnastics project with short exercise routines performed right at the workplace without high costs or special training. The material will show how to overcome organizational and psychological barriers, convince management, and engage colleagues in taking care of their health by personal example.
Safety Culture: What Is It and Why Is It More Than Just Instructions?
The article reveals the concept of safety culture as a shared system of values and behavioral models in a company, where preserving the life and health of workers is the priority. The material examines the key elements of this system, problematic issues, and tools for its implementation, as well as ways of engaging employees. The author explains how the transition from formal instructions to a working system helps reduce injuries and increase productivity.
Creating a Proactive Level of HSE Culture
The article is devoted to a methodology for the quantitative assessment of the level of occupational safety culture in a company using the method of "blind surveying" of employees and classifying system maturity across five levels. The study examines key elements and principles of shaping a safety culture, as well as the procedure for identifying problem areas and directions for system improvement. The practical application of the developed measures allows human errors to be offset by the collec...
ESG Assessment of SUE Mosgortrans in the Field of Ecology
Step-by-step implementation and restart of the hazardous energy lockout (LOTO) system at a production facility. The practice includes developing visualized LOTO cards, station zoning, practical workplace training, and integrating the procedure into the internship process.
From Risk to Safety Culture: The LOTO Implementation Journey
Phased implementation of the Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) system from scratch, including the development of regulations, creation of LOTO maps, and practical staff training on real equipment. The practice covers the visualization of lockout points, organization of local stands, and joint audits with the technical service.
What Language Should You Speak with Your Audience?
In another video note from the series, Konstantin Ermolaev, Head of the Safety Culture Promotion Department at Nornickel, examines the question of what language to speak with the audience. The author shares practical observations on building effective communications in occupational health and safety.
A Healthy Employee Means a Healthy Business: Why Work Should Go Hand in Hand with Well-being
Implementation of a system of daily regulated physical exercise sessions for office employees at the workplace. The project includes broadcasting short exercise videos on the corporate portal and screens, as well as using a bonus system to motivate personnel.
Risk Management Methods Vary: Identifying and Eliminating Hazardous Production Situations
Risk management methodology through proactive identification and elimination of hazardous production situations (HPS) before they become incidents. Includes involving personnel in threat registration, maintaining a unified register, planning corrective actions, and multi-level execution control.
"Medical Examination": Creating an Effective Corporate Health Program
Transforming standard medical examinations into a comprehensive corporate health program. Implementing a "health passport", categorizing employees by risk levels, and conducting targeted preventive measures using digital tools and gamification.
Who is Your Target Audience?
Konstantin Ermolaev, Head of the Safety Culture Promotion Department at Nornickel, presents a series of video notes dedicated to the topic of occupational health and safety. In his materials, the author shares practical observations on how to build effective communications in this area. This issue examines the topic of the target audience and raises the question of who exactly we are working for.
A Real Case of Implementing "Curatorship" and Combating System Stagnation
The article presents a practical case study of implementing the 'Curatorship' project, developed to prevent the stagnation of the production safety system and manager burnout. Using real examples, the author shows how appointing experts from the Safety Directorate as mentors helps develop managers' leadership qualities. The material reveals key mentoring mechanics that made it possible to reduce workplace injuries by 27% and increase safety culture indicators by 30%.