#Safety culture
Development of a proactive safety culture in production: mindful leadership, motivation programs, contractor engagement, and addressing the human factor. Transitioning from reactive oversight to integrated risk management practices.
From Strategy to Result
Development and implementation of an HSE management strategy aimed at eliminating critical business risks. The strategy is cascaded to the enterprise level through maintenance, development, and verification blocks, with mandatory links to budgeting and proactive performance indicators.
Question: Are You Developing Your HSE Management System? The Story of an Internal Development Team
The article describes four years of experience in creating and developing an in-house occupational health and safety and industrial safety team at a Siberian enterprise. Formed exclusively of company employees, the department implemented over 20 projects, ranging from a risk management system and digital solutions to the debureaucratization of processes. The publication shows how initial collaboration with consulting helped build in-house expertise for the independent development of the system w...
How to Implement Innovations with Minimal Resistance to Change?
The article is devoted to the company's experience in implementing innovations, automating processes, and digitizing documents without resistance from employees. Using the field of occupational health and safety as an example, the author explains how creating a cross-functional working group of middle managers and opinion leaders helped build unified standards and make the transition to new formats comfortable for the team.
Occupational Risk Management: Using a Gamified Approach in Employee Training
Changes in legislation in the field of occupational health and safety required companies to promptly train employees in identifying hazards and risks in the workplace. The article explains how the use of gamification and board games helps to overcome a formal approach by personnel and increase engagement in the learning process. Using the business game "Safety Marker" as an example, the authors show a practical way to practice handling hazardous situations and model safe employee behavior in pro...
Is Your Risk Management System Actually Working?
The article is devoted to key aspects of establishing and developing an occupational health and safety and industrial safety risk management system based on the PDCA (Deming) cycle. The author examines the elements of each stage of the methodology — from worker involvement and risk assessment to assigning responsibility for TOP risk measures to business leaders. The material also explains the organization of the annual hazard review cycle, its linkage with budgeting, and process monitoring throu...
How Stress Destroys HSE Culture (and What to Do About It)
Studies show that 58% of workplace incidents occur due to employee burnout, leading to loss of concentration and errors. The article examines the experience of creating a psychologically comfortable office environment to reduce stress in the team. The text explains why comprehensive care for employees serves as the foundation for strengthening safety culture and business development.
How to Calculate the Effectiveness of HSEMS Processes?
The article is devoted to the methodology of digitizing labor inputs for evaluating process efficiency in the occupational health and safety management system. The author demonstrates an approach to a step-by-step comparison of processes "before" and "after" transformation using a formula for calculating time and resource costs. The described algorithm helps measure the impact of changes on the overall performance indicators of the company and evaluate the return on investment of implementing au...
AI at the Service of HSE
The article discusses the experience of implementing the "MegaColleague" chatbot powered by the ChatGPT generative neural network in a company, which helps employees receive answers to questions 24/7, including topics of occupational health and safety and safety culture. Automating responses allowed freeing occupational health and safety specialists from processing more than 25 thousand requests per year and directing their resources toward solving more complex tasks. The author shares their per...
“If You’re Friends with Sports, You Don’t Need Alcohol!”: How Zarubezhneft-dobycha Kharyaga Successfully Implements Anti-Alcohol Policy
The article describes the implementation of the anti-alcohol and anti-drug Policy at the facilities of ZARUBEZHNEFT-dobycha Kharyaga to ensure safe working conditions. The company, together with contractor organizations, conducts a comprehensive set of proactive measures, including systematic alcohol testing of personnel, explanatory talks, and sports competitions. The material demonstrates how the involvement of contractor management and preventive work made it possible to reduce the number of...
Elements of the ZARUBEZHNEFT-dobycha Kharyaga Production System: Tools for Developing and Maintaining a Culture of Safe Production
The article examines the experience of ZARUBEZHNEFT-dobycha Kharyaga in developing and maintaining a safe production culture using elements of the production system. The material shows how practical tools — from standard operating procedures and the 5S system to crew ratings and motivation programs — help minimize occupational risks and increase labor productivity. The described approach demonstrates ways to engage personnel and contracting organizations in the process of continuous improvement...
Tools for Motivating Employees Towards Safe Work
Implementation of a comprehensive personnel motivation system for safe work, including the "Best Employee" and "Best Department" nominations, the "Safety Idea" rationalization proposal program, and the "Insight: Public Control" mobile app for recording risks. Using incognito mode at the start to overcome resistance, followed by a transition to material and non-material rewards for active participants.
Risk Management Through Eliminating Root Causes of Hazardous Situations
A systemic approach to risk management through root cause analysis of hazardous situations and non-conformities (Five Whys method, barrier analysis). The practice includes collecting data from various sources (audits, BSA, video recording, hotline), identifying recurring basic causes, and transforming training programs based on real cases.