World-class safety elements

It is not the elements of one s safety program that will get one to world-class safety, it is when you impact the culture so that every individual, without exception, makes safety their daily priority. 

Safety programs are a compilation of subprocesses or elements that all require leadership if they are to be effective. Subteams, with subteam leaders, are an approach that meshes nicely with this team approach to safety management. Each subteam leadership position you create opens up another opportunity to grow and develop future leaders. Here is a short list of some subteams that would help to get a company moving toward world-class safety. 

Safety promotion-. To help engage everyone in thinking safety, most safety programs utilize games and/or rewards to help raise safety awareness. In Chapter 8 on promoting safety, overviews of proactive safety improvement initiatives will be covered in some detail. For now, it is important to recognize both the need for this element of a world-class safety program and someone to lead the effort. 

Much has been written about companies that have failed at lean implementations because they have only applied some of the lean tools and neglected to address the people or cultural side of lean implementation. Successful lean implementation requires changing the culture of the business. It is not the elements of one s safety program that will get one to world-class safety, it is when you impact the culture so that every individual, without exception makes safety their daily priority. (9)... 

Some companies have their own investigation methods. We will briefly glance at a few elements from world-class organizations such as Rohm and Haas and E. I. duPont de Nemours and Co. Both are well-recognized leaders in chemical plant safety. 

The most important element of any effort to engage and empower the workforce, and drive a company s culture toward world-class lean or safety, is communications. Effective communications are critical because it is through communications that you can gain trust. And only when you gain trust will the culture shift toward the intended direction. The definition of empowerment that I most often use is the downward flow of information. Therefore, what information can be provided to guide a so-so safety program, with minimal employee involvement, into one that other plants will want to benchmark Some of the topics listed below were already mentioned elsewhere in the book, but to fully understand the depth of safety communications available, I will restate your options. 

Attributes Audits Black belts Characteristics Continuous improvanent Deepwater Horizon Elements Enabling Elements Ethics Feedback Focus areas Kaizen Key performance indicators (KPIs) Leadership Lean Processes Resources Safety case Self-assessments Six Sigma Strategy Total quality management (TQM) World Class. 

Excellent process safety performance is being realized and is supported by advanced, rigorous, robust integrated and sustainable systems. Mi t be considered World Class performance operation. Systems Healthy to Healthy and Sushunable (Sushunable s tems must be able to demonstrate a continuous improvement element or elements - the act/adjust portion of the Plan, Do, Check, Act/At ust cycle (i.e., audits, metrics for performMice/effectiveness verification, gap identification, etc.)). 

World-class organizations have developed individual safety programming elements and most subscribe to... 

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