Establishing an organisation or business with long-term profits and sustainable growth is the dream of all businessmen, but any successful business requires a competent and healthy workforce to assist the business owner in achieving his goals and objectives. The safe work environment, which promotes safety culture among the organisation, is a top priority for keeping the workforce safe and healthy on the one hand, and it is also one of its legal obligations to provide a safe work environment and welfare facilities for its workforce.
This implies not making safety one of the organisation’s primary values, but taking important steps to create a safe culture and constantly striving to move forward safety within the work environment.
In order to move forward with a safety culture in an organisation, there must be a continuous commitment from top management that conveys the message to each employee that the company is committed to developing a safety culture. One prevalent strategy for advancing this is through workplace signage, which uses visual communication to advance messages.
The following tips are important for a safe workplace and promote a strong safety culture.
Eliminate Potential Hazards
Keep the work environment free from recognised physical and chemical hazards and make sure it is in compliance with International Standardised Safety Guidelines, Rules, and Directions.
Utilise your signage frameworks to remind workers about workplace safety, why PPE is vital, and ways they can avoid slips, trips, and falls. Empower the workforce to distinguish and report potential issues and safety infringements, and take prompt steps to have those issues settled.
This should be done in such a manner that each employee receives the message that management is serious about safety and wants to promote a safety culture.
Training and Safety Awareness
The organisation must provide its workforce with critical safety awareness training, and it should be in easily understandable, simple language so everyone can fully understand it.
These trainings should cover all prevalent hazards in the company as well as company guidelines for the prevention of such hazards, and this can also be reminded by adding safety posters and signage at work places.
Proper Personal Protective Equipment and Safe Equipment
Make sure workers have safe tools and gear and take care of them. Using digital signs at work can help remind people to stay safe and avoid accidents. Spread the word about how to safely manage dangerous items, secure equipment, and protect workers.
This can also help to identify employees who have “at-risk behaviour” and follow the important safety equipment donning guidelines that promote safety culture.
Safety Ads And Messages
Use colour codes, posters, labels, and signs to warn of hazards. Place safety posters and use digital signage for safety information. Employers can display safety records using automated counters to remind employees to stay safe.
Digital signage is useful in emergencies and workplaces. It can instantly warn workers, share safety tips, recognise outstanding employees, and update them on new regulations.
The signage and posters will improve employee morale and promote a safety culture, as it is second nature to follow the safety guidelines.
Building a Safety Culture through Committee and Meetings
To promote a safety culture, it is imperative to recommend the establishment of a committee comprising personnel from different divisions of an organisation, ranging from high management positions to shop-floor-based staff.
It is recommended that the committee convene on a monthly basis and maintain open communication channels with employees and senior management regarding pertinent matters related to safety, such as inspections, injury and illness statistics, and other safety-related concerns, including the safety performance of different departments, which helps positively enhance safety culture.
An effective approach is to conduct periodic safety meetings at the departmental or organisational level, either on a monthly or quarterly basis, in order to gather valuable input from employees.
Receiving regular feedback from employees can be advantageous for managers as it can enable a comprehensive understanding of potential workplace hazards that may have been overlooked, provide important insights into the performance and emotional wellness of employees, and foster a sense of appreciation and value within the workforce, consequently enhancing workforce productivity, mental well-being, and safety culture.
Recognizing Excellence in Safety Culture
One way to help incorporate safety into company culture is to make learning about safety fun through the appreciation of the best safety performers. Use your workplace signage to create safety-themed trivia, quizzes, and videos of safety dos and don’ts.
Friendly competition, including prizes, and chances for company-wide recognition are great motivators. By adding a little fun, there’s a higher chance that employees will stay engaged, retain the information, and therefore help prevent accidents.
Conclusion
These are the following measures I have utilised in the organisation as a Regional Safety Manager across different parts of the world where our organisation has a footprint and found helpful to reduce accident rates, increase employee morale, create the best safety culture, etc.
However, the value of having a standardised safety management system that is auditable is a prime thing and should not be ignored.
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