#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.
"Well-being" Program: Reducing Fatigue, Restoring Social Connections
A comprehensive employee well-being program aimed at reducing stress and fatigue through work with the body, emotions, and social connections. Includes low-budget initiatives: sports challenges, relaxation rooms, art therapy, birdsong audio albums, and horizontal recognition practices.
24/7 Philosophy: Safety as a Habit
The article focuses on a 24/7 safety culture encompassing both the production environment and the employees' everyday domestic lives. The author describes the company's reactive and preventive measures and explains the connection between safe habits at home and behavior at work. According to the data presented in the article, during the first nine months of 2025, the domestic injury rate decreased by 22% compared to 2023.
If You're Going to Compete, Make It an Intellectual HSE Tournament!
The final of the third "Brain Ring" Cup on industrial safety took place in Saint Petersburg, bringing together 60 teams from company branches, universities, and organizations of PJSC Gazprom. The tournament is aimed at improving the culture of industrial safety and fostering a positive attitude towards occupational health and safety. The competitive format of the game helps participants gain a deeper understanding of the importance of occupational health and safety and is effective in engaging p...
A Recipe for a Healthy Corporate Culture. How to Avoid Newcomer Rejection?
The article offers a perspective on building corporate culture through an analogy with preparing brine, where the onboarding of new employees and the involvement of experienced colleagues play an important role. The material examines practical steps to prevent the rejection of newcomers — from assigning a mentor to joint projects with old-timers. The author also explains how to gradually implement changes and maintain a balance between flexibility and the strength of team traditions.
A Recipe for a Healthy Corporate Culture: How Not to Spoil the "Old-Timers"?
In the first part of the article, the author examines the recipe for a healthy corporate culture and the features of organic adaptation of new employees into an established team. Using the metaphor of a pickle jar, the material explains the role of three key ingredients: a strong corporate culture, a healthy atmosphere without micromanagement, and well-thought-out adaptation over time. The article shows how the right combination of these elements helps newcomers absorb the company's rules and tr...
Goals and Objectives of BSA. Efficiency Evaluation Metrics
The overwhelming majority of workplace incidents occur as a result of unsafe actions by personnel; however, traditional inspections primarily reveal technical deficiencies. The article explains the goals and objectives of the behavioral safety audit (BSA), which helps prevent unsafe worker actions and form a culture of safe labor. The material also describes metrics for evaluating the effectiveness of the BSA and changes that made it possible to reduce the time required to complete the audit for...
Little Guests at a Big Plant: Employees' Children See the Factory and Mine from the Inside
Medvezhy Ruchey LLC organized an annual tour of the Norilsk Concentrator and the Zapolyarny Mine for 35 children of employees. Young guests learned about ore beneficiation technologies, tried on personal protective equipment, saw a blacksmith at work, and got acquainted with modern geological equipment. The tour allows children to see a real picture of their parents' work, touch the world of technology, and form an understanding of engineering and worker professions.
Safety Starts in the Mind: How the Brain Accepts (and Ignores) Risks
Our brain tends to ignore workplace hazards due to risk habituation and cognitive traps like survivorship bias. This article examines the reasons why employees start working on autopilot and proposes methods for reshaping threat perception. Workplace mindfulness practices help activate attentiveness and make the brain a reliable ally in occupational health and safety.
No Hard Hat in the Head: How Attentiveness Became the Most Essential PPE
According to the All-Russian Research Institute of Labor, more than 43% of workplace accidents occur due to workers' inattentiveness despite machinery being fully operational and personal protective equipment (PPE) being worn. The article examines attention as an invisible element of the safety system and presents the signs of its loss in the workplace. The author proposes practical steps for occupational health and safety departments to develop and maintain employee attentiveness at the organiz...
Safety Ambassadors: From Denial to Awareness
Creating an institute of safety ambassadors (volunteers) from among line employees to overcome the barrier of mistrust between production and the HSE service. The program includes five areas of work (communication, training, methodology, fire safety, prevention) and a motivation system, which allows involving workers in independent risk identification and promoting a safety culture.
Shaping Behavioral Culture Through Digital Projects
Implementation of digital assistants and AI-based systems to monitor driver alertness, ensure safety compliance in electrical installations, and prevent unauthorized riding on conveyors. Integration of aerogas control data to automatically detect discrepancies and record methane concentration exceedances.
Going to Work with Mom, or a True Mission to Save Lives!
A story about how high school graduate Ksusha completed an internship in the industrial safety department under the leadership of her mother and changed her attitude toward this profession. Using a real-life example, the author shows how behind workshop inspections and rule compliance, an important mission unfolds — safeguarding the lives of factory workers every day. The article tells how practical experience helped the girl realize the value of protection against risks and decide on her choice...