#Human factor
Error governance and diluting the human factor over operations. Installing barriers offsetting cognitive illusions or lethargy. Features ergonomic error-proofing (Poka-yoke) wiping away the desire to cut corners.
Employee Image: Who We Are in the Eyes of Others
The effectiveness of the Industrial Safety and Occupational Health and Safety department's work and the success of implementing changes directly depend on how the function is perceived by the company's employees themselves. The article examines the image of occupational health and safety specialists as a specific tool of influence that determines the level of trust of the workforce. The author shows what makes up such a perception and what stages are included in the regular evaluation and transf...
Debunking Industrial Safety Myths
False beliefs and familiar myths often cause unsafe behavior in production, leading to serious consequences for life and health. The article shows how to recognize these mindsets and replace them with correct beliefs to develop a safety culture. Using common misconceptions as examples — from using a helmet chinstrap to distributing responsibility for occupational health and safety — the reader will be able to take a fresh look at the situation in their workplace.
HSE Specialist: How to Become In-Demand and Keep Moving Forward
The article examines the professional development paths of an HSE specialist under conditions of constant change, high workload, and changing legislative requirements. The author explains how to build and promote a personal brand based on real knowledge and reputation, as well as how to organize continuous and targeted learning. Building an individual trajectory through assessment, creating a development plan, and taking systematic actions helps the specialist remain in demand in the labor marke...
Nine Rules for Life and Work: Cardinal Safety Rules and Their Implementation Mechanism
The article describes an updated approach to compliance with Cardinal Safety Rules and the implementation of a point system for assessing violations. The author explains how workers are assigned 1 to 10 points depending on the severity of consequences and the intentionality of actions. The material shows how collegial commissions individually review each case, taking working conditions into account to ensure transparency of the decisions made.
Safety Conversations
Traditional regulations and instructions on industrial safety are losing the competition for employees' attention to modern social networks and video platforms. The article examines how to revise HSE communication formats using short videos, memorable checklists, and engaging employees themselves as safety ambassadors. The author explains how to strike a balance between useful and entertaining content to make information easily accessible and increase colleagues' trust.
Forget Impossible: Fix
The article examines the problem of reduced control in production, where the habit of working with minor deviations and clutter gradually leads to accidents. The material presents a step-by-step approach to enhancing safety: from daily five-minute workplace inspections and isolating faults into "quarantine" to drawing up checklists and key rules. These simple, regular actions help identify weak spots and fix accumulated shortcomings in a timely manner.
The "Carrot and Stick" Approach to Managing Drivers
An effective road safety system at an enterprise requires comprehensive work with drivers of contractor organizations who often start work without knowledge of local rules. The article examines how, instead of relying exclusively on penalties, adaptation courses, defensive driving training, and regular meetings for dialogue with drivers can be used. Such an approach helps drivers realize their key role in ensuring safety and allows reducing the number of violations at the facility.
Helping Employees Develop Safe Behavior Through Working with Their Own Mistakes
Implementation of the SafeStart behavioral safety program at the Takeda pharmaceutical plant. The program aims to reduce injuries by helping workers recognize their own states (rushing, fatigue, frustration, complacency) and prevent critical errors.
Avoid Getting Blown Up by the Mental Mines of Cognitive Biases
The article proposes using Checklist No. 2 with questions about cognitive biases to prevent unplanned losses and minimize decision-making errors. The author analyzes typical mental "mines" that cause people and managers to underestimate or ignore risks. The material shows the insidiousness of these misconceptions through examples and invites readers to discuss the most dangerous thinking traps.
"Don't Fall into the 'Pitfall'!" Methodology
The article presents a methodology for assessing the relative probability of committing dangerous acts and erroneous decisions, "Don't Fall into the 'Pitfall!'", developed to block personnel errors and violations. The author identifies four types of risk factors — from situational-personal to organizational — and offers a checklist for employee self-checking. The publication contains a step-by-step algorithm and recommendations for completing mini-trainings to prevent unplanned losses due to the...
Safety Contact!
The "Safety Contact" practice helps engage meeting participants in discussing safety issues from the very first minutes through a short story about an event with negative consequences and recommendations for its prevention. At the beginning of the meeting, the organizer or participants share a relevant topic lasting no more than five minutes, concluding it with a discussion of risk reduction measures. Holding such contacts regularly at meetings allows people to reflect on occupational health and...
Safe Movement or #SafeStep
About half of all accidents are associated with slips and trips in everyday life, on the street, and at work. To solve this problem, SIBUR developed an educational video on industrial safety requirements during movement as part of the #StepWithoutDanger program. Watching the video helps employees understand how to ensure safety and order in the workplace, care for those around them, and how to act in the event of unsafe behavior.