#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.
Not a Day Without a Safety Briefing
The article examines a microlearning approach in the field of occupational health and safety, based on scientific research on memory and implemented at an enterprise through electronic pre-shift briefings. Each shift begins with a ten-minute five-question test on work instructions, featuring hints when errors occur and generating statistics for managers. Such an approach allows for the continuous updating of safety rule knowledge in small portions, increasing employee training efficiency and saf...
Supporting the Implementation of Safety Culture Development Tools and HSE Management Systems at the Enterprise
Creation of an institute of internal risk managers physically located on the production shop floors for continuous support of safety culture tools. Risk managers coordinate risk hunting, conduct contractor audits, support leadership visits and shift briefings, and build an information cascading system.
How to Conduct a Difficult Dialogue During Training?
Methodology for managing difficult dialogues and audience resistance during face-to-face HSE training. Includes a classification of difficult participant types ("talker", "aggressor", "expert", etc.) and practical tools for trainers to remove barriers, engage unmotivated workers, and prevent conflicts.
HSE Training at Metalloinvest: How Do We Do It?
Transformation of corporate HSE training, shifting from formal lectures to practical skills development and a risk-oriented approach. Training is conducted by internal trainers from production personnel directly in the workplace using a three-level model: working with beliefs, identifying hidden threats, and mastering new safety tools.
HSE. Step 2. Engagement
The article describes the experience of the occupational health and safety service in engaging employees and their children in safety issues through creative contests and projects. The joint creation of thematic posters, videos, and mockups helps relieve tension in communication, build partnership relations within the team, and increase self-control in production. The material shows how participation in creative initiatives facilitates the resolution of problematic issues and motivates employees...
Risk-Oriented Approach to Administrative Control in HSE
Transformation of the traditional three-level administrative control system into a risk-oriented model. A monthly safety culture assessment of production units was implemented using 10 indicators, a unified checklist, facility rating, and workplace microlearning. Low-rated facilities undergo enhanced control, while high-rated ones are inspected only via documentation.
Algorithm for Forming Safe Actions Through Awareness
The article examines the concept of conscious safety as the ability to assess risks and take responsibility for one's daily choices. The author explains why dangerous actions become a habit and lead to the majority of accidents, and also offers a step-by-step competency development cycle to convert dangerous habits into automatic safe actions.
Teaming up with a Contractor. Myth or Reality?
A comprehensive contractor safety management system at a nuclear power plant. It includes integrating safety requirements into procurement documentation, mandatory expert review of HSE documents before signing a contract, a monitoring and self-assessment system based on uniform criteria, and practical training for contractors on workplace risk assessment.
Implementing the Vision Zero Concept: Zero Harm
The article examines the experience of implementing the international concept "Zero Injuries" (Vision Zero) at JSC "Zarubezhneft" and LLC "JC "RUSVIETPETRO"" to enhance safety culture and prevent occupational injuries. The material describes the practical application of the seven "golden rules" of occupational health and safety and a special safety observation methodology using stop cards. Readers will learn how employee involvement and risk control help identify unsafe actions in a timely manne...
Leadership in Risk Management
Implementation of the "Leadership in Risk Management" project at a cement plant in Uzbekistan, considering local mentality and language barriers. Transitioning from a reactive model to a proactive risk-oriented approach through small group training, practical "risk hunting," digitalization of reporting (Telegram bot and mobile app), and gamification (internal currency "tops").
Replacing "You" with "Us": A New Approach to Contractor Management
The article describes EVRAZ's approach to developing a safety culture and effective interaction with employees of contractor organizations. The author shares experience in conducting joint linear walk-throughs, as well as using a digital "heat map" for risk assessment and a mobile permit-to-work system. Using these tools helps synchronize team work, reduce clearance time, and ensure the safe execution of tasks.
"Risk Hunting" Marathon – A Way to Teach and Listen
The "Risk Hunting" online marathon uses gamification to engage personnel, students, and family members in risk assessment and safety culture. Participants are divided into target tracks with adapted tasks based on real incidents and micro-injuries.