Safety vision

The organization has a clearly articulated safety vision, values and procedures, shared among the stakeholders. 

Rumar K. (1999). Transport safety visions, targets and strategies beyond 2000. First European Transport Safety lecture, Brussels, European Transport Safety Council. 

This next major section covers such topics as current safety management issues, driver and employee safety training and methods of training, and how to secure an acceptable return on your safety program investment — extremely important when tr3ung to get upper management to buy in to your safety vision. 

Your first priority as the safety manager is to establish and commimicate yom- safety vision (see Goals of Your Safety Program minor tab for more information). A well-worded vision statement gives you and all employees a clearly defined direction with regard to where you want to take your safety program. 

The first task literally means writing your safety vision down on paper. 

Adequately trained with regard to yom safety vision and overall program ... 

So now that we ve discussed the importance of developing safety goals and having an overall safety vision, what should yours look like ... 

The need for a safety vision An effective safety professional needs to be a visionary. Because his or her role crosses many different organizational functions and departments, he or she is in a unique position to gain a much wider perspective of the overall (safety) needs of the organization. Thus, it is the responsibility of the safety professional to develop safety programs and processes that fulfill many different needs, whether they be regulatory or company-driven. ... 

As part of the process, you might brainstorm with your staff or top management what you would like to accomplish for the future. Discuss and write down the values that you share in pursuing your safety vision. 

Your safety vision will evolve throughout your prograun development process — so it s okay to revise it. The important point is that a motor carrier without a guiding vision will struggle. 

As stated before, if yom safety vision is the architect s final conception (guidance), your written safety policies serve as the detailed blueprints needed to construct it. Be sure to include all parties at the company as part of the policies. 

Corporate safety philosophy People need to understand, accept, and adopt your safety vision. Getting your employees and drivers to believe in, even own, your overall safety philosophy should be any safety director s first priority. In order for them to truly be dedicated and give 110% to you re vision, they must first buy into it. ... 

Communicate and reinforce your safety vision and values to every department on a weekly basis. 

Share your safety vision Everyone should be in the same boat when establishing goals and objectives for their safety culture. 

Safety professionals use and promote the term culture or paradigm shift (an example that serves as a pattern or model) [10] as the way to promote longterm reductions of injuries. For example, one safety vision for the safety culture may be, Safety should be integrated in the culture of every workplace. On the surface, this sounds like a great vision statement, but what does it mean You should ask the question What is a safety culture and how do we define it In general, a safety culture can be viewed in several ways ... 

Develop the organization s safety vision, key policies, goals, measures, and strategic and operational plans to provide guidance and serve as a check. These are used to ask yourself if the decision you are about to make supports or detracts from your intended safety improvement process. 

Leadership, management, and staff involvement Is imperative for a strong safety culture. The safety vision and mission must be clearly articulated... 

Leadership, man ement, and staff involvement Safety vision, mission Demonstrated leadership and maru ement commitment Actions to support safety... 

The system approach, or integral approach, has a central position in both visions. In the Snstainable Safety vision this was detailed in, for instance, the functionality principle and the homogeneity principle. The system approach has as its starting point that the road user, road and vehicle are part of one systan and that design, requirements and legislation of these components should be aligned and attuned. 

Of course, there are also differences between the visions. Vision Zero comprises an explicit ethical component in stating that road casualties should not be a by-product of road traffic, but should be avoided at any cost. On the other hand, the Netherlands uses the concept of avoidable crashes as its starting point. This is construed as we know the causes of a crash, we know what to do about them, the costs of the interventions are lower than the benefits that are expected, and they fit within the Sustainable Safety vision. This approach attaches an important weight to cost-effectiveness when prioritizing interventions. 

Road safety visions and targets appear to be strongly influenced by either European Union proposals or road safety leader countries in Eiuope. The vast... 

Challenges and inspires people around the safety vision... 

Step I Gain leadership alignment on patient safety as a strategic priority. Step 2 Develop a patient safety vision. 

A clear patient safety vision helps leaders ... 

After aligning on safety as a strategic objective, developing a patient safety vision, and analyzing the current state, leaders develop a high-level safety improvement plan—or they put in motion a mechanism by which a plan will be developed by a team from within the senior leadership group. The intervention plan identifies areas where the current state diverges materially... 

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