Safety Culture: An Innovative Leadership Approach
- 6h 24m
- James Roughton, Nathan Crutchfield
- Elsevier Science and Technology Books, Inc.
- 2014
Current safety and risk management guidelines necessitate that organizations develop and formally manage their understanding and knowledge of the standards and protocols of risk management. The impact of communication and human performance on the identification and control of hazards and associated risk must be addressed in a structured manner. This core reference provides a complete guide to creating a comprehensive and effective safety culture.
Safety Culture is a reference for safety and risk professionals and a training text for corporate-based learners and students at university level. The book will keep safety and risk management professionals up-to-date and will provide the tools needed to develop consistent and effective organizational safety protocols.
- How to develop a foundation to improve the perception of safety, analyze the organizational culture and its impact on the safety management system, and review the importance of developing a influential network
- Provides a format for establishing goals and objectives, discusses the impact of leadership on the safety management system and the roles and responsibilities needed as well as methods to gain employee participation
- Tools to enhance the safety management system, the education and training of employees, how to assess the current safety management system, and the process of curation is introduced
About the Authors
James Roughton - MS, CSP, R-CRSP, R-CHMM, CET, CIT, Six Sigma Black Belt
Mr. Roughton is an accomplished author and manages his own web sites. He has received awards for his efforts in safety and was named Project Safe Georgia Safety Professional for 2008 and the Georgia ASSE Chapter Safety Professional of the Year (SPY) 1998–1999. Mr. Roughton is an active member of the Safety Advisory Board of the Departments of Labor/Insurance of Georgia and has been an adjunct instructor for several universities.
Mr. Roughton received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Christopher Newport College and his Master in Safety Science degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP).
Mr. Roughton has been very active in developing expertise in social media productivity and its use in communication of safety culture and safety management system concepts and information.
Nathan Crutchfield - CSP, CPCU, ARM, ARP, Crutchfield Consulting, LLC.
Nathan has a professional history that encompasses a full range of risk control program design, development, implementation, and evaluation. He has provided consulting expertise to a broad array of clients that include public entities, associations, media, newspaper, cable, and general industry. His current interest is the development of effective safety culture and safety management systems, job hazard analysis, and network analysis for safety communications.
He has a Master of Business Administration from Georgia State University and a Bachelor of Civil Engineering Technology from Southern Polytechnic State University. Nathan was awarded the National Safety Council's Distinguished Service to Safety Award in 2001. He serves on the Planning Board for the Georgia Department of Labor/Insurance Annual Safety, Health and Environmental Conference; James and Nathan coauthored, Job Hazard Analysis: A Guide for Voluntary Compliance and Beyond; Butterworth Heinemann, 2007
In this Book
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Foreword
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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The Perception of Safety
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Analyzing the Organizational Culture
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Analyzing and Using Your Network
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Setting the Direction for the Safety Culture
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Overview of Basic Safety Management Systems
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Selecting Your Process
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Leadership and the Effective Safety Culture
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Getting Your Employees Involved in the Safety Management System
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Risk Perception—Defining How to Identify Personal Responsibility
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Risk Management Principles
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Developing an Activity-Based Safety System
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Developing the Job Hazard Analysis
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Education and Training—Assessing Safety Training Needs
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Assessing Your Safety Management System
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Becoming a Curator for the Safety Management System
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Final Words—Organizing and Sharing
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Glossary
