#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.
How to Maintain the System Amid Multiple Changes
A strategy for recovering and stabilizing the safety system amid organizational changes and staff turnover. It includes simplifying change management procedures, revising motivation systems, empowering frontline employees, and developing leadership competencies.
Synergy of Safety Culture and Production
Integration of safety and production cultures through the adaptation of behavioral safety audits (BSA) and expanding the functionality of existing digital systems. Implementation of targeted BSAs combining risk and production process assessments, as well as using data from positioning, aerogas control, and electronic medical examination systems to improve efficiency without significant additional costs.
HSE Strategy: How Not to Put Safety on Pause When the Storm Hits
Adapting the HSE strategy during an economic crisis by transitioning to short sprints (Agile), focusing on the top 5 critical risks, and cross-functional financing of safety projects using adjacent department budgets. Digitizing routine processes to free up managers' time for developing behavioral safety.
Occupational Safety in the 21st Century: Challenges and Solutions
Transition to a risk-oriented HSE management model, where occupational risk assessment becomes the foundation of all processes. Implementation of a human-centric approach, including quality staff selection considering risk propensity, onboarding, mentoring, and effective communication to build a conscious safety culture.
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Plenary Session "Leaders on the Frontline: How CEOs Ensure Enterprise Safety Through Active Dialogue with Owners and Operational Staff"
Building a transparent system for escalating information about critical technical and production risks from line personnel to business owners. The practice includes using objective metrics from automated control systems and the phased work of specialized committees up to the Board of Directors. Transitioning from emotional problem discussions to the language of numbers to justify long-term safety investments.
HSE Promotion: Why It's Needed and How It Works
Occupational health and safety promotion is systematic work aimed at informing employees about safety rules, fostering a conscious attitude toward risks, and motivating compliance with requirements. The article details the tasks, forms, and methods of informing personnel—from visual publicity to digital channels—as well as the key principles of effective promotion. The publication explains how to make safety a natural part of the production culture, reduce injuries, and preserve company resource...
Ambassadors: From Participation to Action
The article discusses the "Safety Ambassadors" project at JSC Kola MMC, aimed at developing a production culture and increasing the level of safety at the enterprise. Having completed training with experienced specialists, project participants identify workplace risks both in their own and in other departments, as well as detect threats to employees of third-party organizations. Their active work helps prevent accidents, build effective communication on occupational health and safety, and create...
"Time to Breathe": A Guide to Smoking Prevention
The article is devoted to corporate smoking prevention and explains how employees' habit causes damage to business due to lower efficiency, loss of working time, and frequent sick leaves. The author shares a step-by-step approach to supporting workers: from identifying the causes of smoking and evaluating the degree of addiction using the Fagerström test to conducting healthy lifestyle contacts. The material shows how to use corporate assistance platforms, motivation, and the personal example of...
Why Are We Still Working on Paper in Manufacturing? PPE Digitalization as a Step Towards Safety Culture
The article is devoted to the digitalization of occupational health and safety processes and the provision of personal protective equipment to employees based on the experience of Nornickel. The transition from paper records to a mobile service allows employees and managers to track the deadlines and status of PPE issuance in real time. The implementation of digital tools simplifies receiving workwear and increases process transparency, strengthening trust and a safety culture.
Non-Financial Motivation: How Recognition Strengthens Safety Culture
The article discusses a system of non-monetary motivation and employee recognition as an effective tool for developing an industrial safety culture. Encouraging initiatives and personal contributions helps transition from top-down control to conscious responsibility, open discussion of risks, and the involvement of everyone. The material examines individual and collective recognition tools, as well as the rules for their implementation to form a sustainable environment in production.
Why Eliminating Minor Non-Conformities Matters, or the "Broken Windows Theory"
The article explains the application of the "broken windows theory" in the field of occupational health and safety, according to which even minor deviations from safety rules lower the bar of what is acceptable and can trigger serious workplace injuries. The material examines how zero tolerance for minor violations, regular monitoring, and the personal example of managers help form a safety culture and prevent major accidents. The author also shows the need for a balance between strict control a...
Understanding the Human Factor as the Primary Source of Accidents and Injuries in Mining Enterprises
The article considers the human factor as the main source of accidents and injuries at mining enterprises, pointing out that a repressive policy toward workers does not increase production safety. The author shows that most violations of safety rules are caused by deficiencies in process organization on the part of management, rather than by worker discipline. Using examples of real management practices, it is demonstrated how responsible risk control and systematic production preparation make i...