What Was Actually Implemented

The second recommendation, to develop a safety supervisory process, was implemented but not to completion. One of the company vice presidents 

The fourth recommendation, to stop rewarding the wrong stuff, was partially implemented. Survey scores became an important part of the performance evaluation of plant managers. Changes in survey results from year to year were considered to be a strong indication of the manager s effect on the site culture and on its future safety performance. Incident rates continued to be used but with appropriate statistical constraints. 

The fifth recommendation, to repeat the survey, was implemented. In fact, in spite of mergers, acquisitions, and spin-offs of various entities, many of the plants that were in the original system continued to use the survey in 2001 and 2002. One of the major spun-off divisions later reinstalled the survey and the use of its results in its management objectives. 

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