#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.
Mentorship Experience: An Inside Look
The author shares personal experience of mentoring in the field of occupational health and safety and explains why the transfer of practical knowledge from an expert to a novice specialist becomes a strategic necessity for building a safety culture. The article examines the personal benefits of mentoring for both sides: the expert gains the opportunity to structure their own experience and hone management skills, while the mentee receives proven action algorithms and support for confident career...
Defensive Driving: A Reliable Barrier to Reducing Traffic Accidents
The article reveals the essence of defensive driving — a set of actions aimed at preventing dangerous situations and reducing road accident rates. The material considers practical safety elements, including forecasting the road situation, visual scanning, maintaining distance, and taking weather conditions into account. The description of these principles explains how driver attentiveness reduces traffic accident risks and helps companies develop a corporate safety culture.
Focus on What Matters: Safety Months
The article describes the practice of holding thematic safety months at OTEKO, introduced in 2023. The material outlines a concentrated management cycle from goal setting and conducting walkthroughs to analytics in an automated safety management system (ASUB). The publication shows how this practice enables systematic risk management, develops managerial leadership, and fosters a culture of mutual responsibility.
First Aid Kit: Statutory Minimum or Maximum for Saving Lives?
A standard first-aid kit under Ministry of Health Order No. 262n copes with minor injuries and meets legal requirements, but may be ineffective in critical situations. The article examines a two-level approach to safety using OTEKO as an example, where the standard regulatory set is supplemented with specialized medical supplies and practical employee training. It shows how the combination of quality equipment and practical skills enables colleagues to provide emergency assistance on-site before...
Rapid Hazard Identification Board: Why JSC Kola MMC Rewards Proactivity, Not Just Zero Errors
The article tells about the implementation of the "Quick Hazard Identification" (BIO) system at JSC Kola MMC, which transitioned from traditional punishment for errors to encouraging employees' active participation in occupational health and safety. The material shows how motivation for reporting risks and suggestions for improvement made it possible to promptly eliminate identified hazards and change the role of safety specialists. The company's experience demonstrates how encouraging initiativ...
Safety Barometer
The article is dedicated to the experience of Bystrinsky GOK in implementing a monthly occupational health and safety rating of departments, which allows for an objective evaluation of their preventive work. The material details the calculation methodology and specific evaluation criteria combining proactive and reactive indicators in a 70 to 30 ratio. The presented approaches will help adapt a balanced evaluation system and motivation mechanisms to the practices of one's own enterprise.
Emergency Drills as a Tool for Building a Safety Culture in an Organization
Implementation of six unconventional emergency drill formats (changing locations, role-playing with victims, quests, joint exercises with rescuers, unexpected timing, and combining with master classes). The practice aims to develop conscious personnel actions in abnormal situations and move away from a formal approach to evacuation.
Mentorship of Contractors as an Ecosystem of Trust and Safety Culture
Implementation of a contractor mentorship system where each contractor is assigned an active line manager. The mentor builds a partnership dialogue, jointly manages risks, and controls safety through regular meetings and digital dashboards.
"Safety Contact": A Targeted Strike on Risks
The article discusses the operational “Safety Contact” — a concise tool for the rapid analysis of specific production incidents and risks. The material details the format structure, which includes analyzing the causes of the incident and formulating practical recommendations for employees. Such a tool helps to promptly inform the team, prevent repeated errors, and increase overall safety.
Saving Lives Through Dismissal
In the article, the head of technosphere safety analyzes the causes of industrial accidents and workplace injuries arising from systematic rule violations and a chain of negligent actions. The author explains why dismissing employees who are unwilling to follow a safety culture becomes a way to save their lives by freeing them from risk factors and to protect surrounding colleagues.
Behavioral Safety Audit (BSA)
The article is devoted to behavioral safety audit (BSA) — a method based on observing workers' actions, assessing working conditions, and subsequently discussing the results. The material examines in detail the audit objectives, the procedure for conducting it, the regulations for compiling reports without punishing employees, and the recommended frequency of inspections. The publication explains how processing audit data helps identify "areas of concern", prevent injuries, and enhance the cultu...
How to Scale an HSE System Across Different Countries: A Practical Story About Culture, Standards, and People
International scaling of an occupational health and safety management system comes down not just to transferring corporate regulations, but to taking into account the hidden nuances of local legislation and workers' cultural habits. Using the examples of Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, East Asia, the CIS, and Europe, the article examines the specifics of rule perception, as well as the roles of management and state inspections across different macro-regions. The material shows how to ada...