#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.

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Vyacheslav Kozlov
Department Director
TVEL
December 18, 2025

Safety Leadership as Part of the Overall Production Culture

Transforming the role of managers in safety through leadership visits, quality integration, and developing a safety leaders movement. The practice includes transitioning from behavioral audits to open dialogue, training line managers, and supporting employee initiatives.

Safety culture Safety leadership Employee engagement
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Stepan Dikiy
Head of HSE Systems Development Department
Sibkor (SUEK)
December 18, 2025

Balance of Three Cultures: Production, Corporate, and Safety Culture

Step-by-step involvement of the production unit in safety processes through simplifying control and training tools. Reducing behavioral audit training time, transferring responsibility for contractors to production workers, and implementing digital solutions for recording hazardous situations.

Safety culture Employee engagement Training
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Aleksandr Pivikov
Independent expert
Nikolay Denisov
Director of Business System Development
KAO Azot
December 18, 2025

The Art of Achieving Balance

Integrating safety metrics (including off-the-job injuries) into top management KPIs and transforming Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) audits without strict targets. Implementing the "Safe Workspace" system and abandoning punitive approaches during walkarounds.

Safety culture Safety leadership Employee engagement
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Evgeny Parygin
Chief Safety Culture Officer
SNIIP, State Corporation "Rosatom"
December 18, 2025

Culture of Change. The Role of Neurobiology and Physiological Characteristics of Personnel in Ensuring Safe Thinking and Behavior

Applying knowledge of neurobiology and biochemistry to manage the psychophysiological state of personnel and reduce workplace stress. The practice includes creating a favorable environment to produce pleasure hormones and using physiological techniques (breath-holding, physical activity) to stop acute stress reactions.

Safety culture Well-being Leadership
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Mikhail Omelchuk
Head of department
MHC "EuroChem"
Konstantin Ermolayev
Head of Safety Culture Promotion Division
Nornickel
December 18, 2025

Hidden Potential: Custom Communications with Your Audience

Analysis of millions of employee messages on social networks to identify their values and behavioral patterns. Based on the obtained metadata, the editorial policy is adjusted and custom HSE communications are built, increasing staff engagement.

Safety culture Employee engagement Communications
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Roman Portnyagin
Head of Investigation Process Development, Incident Investigation Department
Nornickel
December 18, 2025

Destructive Thinking Patterns: Who Hides the Truth During Investigations

A methodology for internal incident investigations that eliminates experts' cognitive biases. The approach is based on perceiving a person as an adapter of an imperfect system, rather than a mechanism, and avoiding evaluative words when formulating root causes.

Safety culture Incident investigation Forum 2025
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Margarita Anokhina
Director of Incident Investigation Department
Nornickel
December 18, 2025

Cardinal Safety Rules: Placebo or Effective Medicine

Implementation and optimization of Cardinal Safety Rules (CSR) in a large industrial company. Reducing the list to six key rules, strict enforcement (up to dismissal), and analyzing the impact on fatal injury statistics.

Safety culture Safety leadership Risk management
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Aleksey Nechayev
Expert
Occupational Safety Business Partner
December 18, 2025

Control Architecture: How the System of Curators and Coordinators Changes Safety Culture and Business Efficiency

Implementation of a curator and coordinator system for managing contractor safety. Transferring responsibility for contractor admission and control to technical customers and on-site managers using checklists and linking KPIs to safety performance.

Safety culture Safety leadership Safety audit
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Tatyana Melnitskaya
Professor, Doctor of Psychology, Chief Safety Culture Expert
Rosatom Technical Academy
December 17, 2025

Safety Culture in the Nuclear Industry: Practical Experience

A stress management and safety culture development system in the nuclear industry. Includes training managers in self-regulation, applying the "1 to 3" rule (one negative emotion to three positive ones), and assessing employee stress levels to improve professional reliability.

Safety culture Leadership Employee engagement
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Maksim Basenko
HSE Director
Mikhailovsky GOK
Ilya Kasyanov
Head of Safety Culture Development Division
Mikhailovsky GOK
December 17, 2025

Achievements in the Proactive Development of Safety Culture. How to Maintain the Standard?

A systemic transition from a reactive to a proactive safety culture through modified risk identification tools, IT integration, and personnel involvement. Practices include a mobile app for threat recording, KPI-linked manager evaluations, and methods for justifying safety investments to top management.

Safety culture Safety leadership Employee engagement
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Evgeny Parygin
Chief Safety Culture Officer
SNIIP, State Corporation "Rosatom"
December 17, 2025

Safety Culture: How to Ensure Gen Z Engagement in Safe Leadership and Management?

Integrating safety culture markers into management system documentation and using unconventional youth formats (rap compositions) to engage Gen Z in eco-safety and HSE issues. Using AI bots to automate routine tasks for HSE specialists, such as writing plans and initial assessment of non-conformities.

Safety culture Employee engagement Motivation
Case
Alexey Avramenko
Head of Safety Culture Development Division
Nornickel
Oksana Zalevskaya
Independent expert
HSE DAYS
December 17, 2025

Stop Inflicting Safety Culture and Start with Ourselves

Transforming the HSE function's image through specialist soft skills development, production internships, and the Safety Leadership project. Assessing worker perception using Patrick Hudson's ladder and targeted work with beliefs to increase trust levels.

Safety culture Safety leadership Employee engagement
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