Proactive occupational safety and health management: Promoting good health and good business

Haslam, Colin; O’Hara, Jane; Kazi, Aadil; Twumasi, Ricardo; Haslam, Roger

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2015.06.010

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“…Now, workers have the ability to implement their own check-and-balance system to determine if a response is needed and their decision is supported. Treating the FLRA as a check-and-balance system allowed workers to improve their own risk assessment knowledge, skills and motivation, a common barrier to hazard identification (Haslam et al, 2016). In theory, as FLRAs are increasingly used to predetermine possible incidents and response strategies are developed and referenced, the occurrence of lagging indicators should decrease, as has been the case at Solvay in recent years.…”

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“…In response, understanding individual attitudes toward risk has been linked to predicting health and safety behavior (Dohmen et al, 2011). Although an obvious need exists to identify more comprehensive methods to assess and mitigate potential hazards, some argue that risk management is not given adequate attention in occupational health and safety (Haslam et al, 2016). Additionally, research suggests that a current lack of knowledge, skills and motivation are primary barriers to worker participation in mitigating workplace risks (Dohmen et al, 2011; Golub, 1997; Haslam et al, 2016; Suijs, 1999).…”

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“…Although an obvious need exists to identify more comprehensive methods to assess and mitigate potential hazards, some argue that risk management is not given adequate attention in occupational health and safety (Haslam et al, 2016). Additionally, research suggests that a current lack of knowledge, skills and motivation are primary barriers to worker participation in mitigating workplace risks (Dohmen et al, 2011; Golub, 1997; Haslam et al, 2016; Suijs, 1999). Therefore, enhancing knowledge and awareness around risk-based decisions, including individuals’ abilities to understand, measure and assign levels of risk to determine an appropriate response, is increasingly important in hazardous environments to predict and prevent incidents.…”

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A case study exploring field-level risk assessments as a leading safety indicator

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Health and safety indicators help mine sites predict the likelihood of an event, advance initiatives to control risks, and track progress. Although useful to encourage individuals within the mining companies to work together to identify such indicators, executing risk assessments comes with challenges. Specifically, varying or inaccurate perceptions of risk, in addition to trust and buy-in of a risk management system, contribute to inconsistent levels of participation in risk programs. This paper focuses on one trona mine’s experience in the development and implementation of a field-level risk assessment program to help its organization understand and manage risk to an acceptable level. Through a transformational process of ongoing leadership development, support and communication, Solvay Green River fostered a culture grounded in risk assessment, safety interactions and hazard correction. The application of consistent risk assessment tools was critical to create a participatory workforce that not only talks about safety but actively identifies factors that contribute to hazards and potential incidents. In this paper, reflecting on the mine’s previous process of risk-assessment implementation provides examples of likely barriers that sites may encounter when trying to document and manage risks, as well as a variety of mini case examples that showcase how the organization worked through these barriers to facilitate the identification of leading indicators to ultimately reduce incidents.

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“…Haslam, O'Hara, Kazi, Twumasi y Haslam (2016), consideraron el modelo de Continuous Improvement Cycle desarrollado por Budworth y Khan (2003) junto con las actitudes, las condiciones de organización y los sistemas para clasificar a las organizaciones de acuerdo con los siguientes aspectos: 1) las actitudes hacia la SST; 2) las prioridades de gestión de la SST; 3) compromiso de la dirección; 4) participación de los interesados; 5) la formación y la comunicación; 6) la mejora de la SST; 7) formalización de gestión de la SST.…”

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Evaluación de la madurez de la gestión de la seguridad y salud en el trabajo: revisión de literatura

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Pedraza-Nájar

Arroyo

2017

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Este artículo tiene como finalidad presentar los resultados de una revisión de literatura cuyo propósito fue identificar variables y dimensiones para la medición de la madurez de la gestión de la seguridad y salud en el trabajo. La revisión de la literatura realizada sobre 38 artículos publicados entre 2001-2017 en ScienceDirect, EBSCO, Eric y Redalyc y 6 documentos detectados a través de búsqueda iterativa, permitió identificar 10 dimensiones agrupadas en 3 variables que pueden contribuir en la medición de la madurez de esta gestión, a saber: contexto interno, contexto externo y el enfoque de la seguridad y salud en el trabajo (concebido como estrategia central).

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“…Laws, standards and programs related to OHS aim to make the workplace better for workers and the general public. Having a good occupational health and safety standards at workplace ensures good business, high morale and employee peace of mind (1) . Safety and health at workplace identify and addresses various types of hazards, such as chemical, physical, biological, psychological, and accidental (2) .…”

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Occupational Health and Safety Assessment of the Industries in Bhutan: A Three Years’ Trend Analysis

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2018

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Introduction: Workplace plays an important role in the lives of not only workers but also their dependents and families. Therefore, it is very important to consider safety and health in every workplace. However, the health and safety standards in Bhutan is still at a premature stage.Objective: The objective of this study is to assess the overall occupational health and safety situation in the country to better understand the level of occupational safety and health standards in the country.Methods: All the enterprises in Bhutan, who had constituted a health and safety committee in 2016 to 2017 were considered. Structured questioners were used for assessing and evaluating the health and safety standards at the workplace. Results:The study found that the health and safety standards have improved however, improved marginally with the higher percentage of improvement falling in the fair practice of health and safety at their workplace. Conclusion:The Department of Labour plays a pivotal role in taking leadership and educating employers, employees, the general public on workplace safety and health. Therefore, it is important for the Department to rigorously enforce the safety and health standards in the companies. Further, the management of the companies also needs to ensure commitment and leadership for implementation of workplace safety and health.

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Proactive occupational safety and health management: Promoting good health and good business

Cited by 45 publications

References 23 publications

A case study exploring field-level risk assessments as a leading safety indicator

A case study exploring field-level risk assessments as a leading safety indicator

Evaluación de la madurez de la gestión de la seguridad y salud en el trabajo: revisión de literatura

Occupational Health and Safety Assessment of the Industries in Bhutan: A Three Years’ Trend Analysis

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