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Introduction
My current focus is on reviewing why academic approaches to safety culture over the past 30 years have not been as successful as they should have been. This is being followed up with research making use of the findings, to develop approaches that do work, based on sound and robust methodologies that are linked to actual safety performance outcomes.
My other current focus is on how to control and eliminate Serious Injuries & Fatalities (SIFs), again using robust evidence -based practice.
Current institution
BSMS INc
Current position
- CEO
Additional affiliations
August 2003 - June 2006
Position
- Professor
Description
- Taught Industrial / Organizational Psychology
January 2002 - June 2006
Position
- Professor
Description
- Taught Occupational Safety Management / Safety Culture
September 1989 - March 1992
The University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology
Position
- Research Associate
Description
- Conducted research into Behavioural Safety on Construction Sites on behalf of British Health & Safety Executive
Education
September 1989 - March 1992
September 1988 - June 1989
September 1985 - June 1988
Publications
Publications (45)
Organizational Performance (HOP) and Safety Differently. Collectively termed New-View, they have created a stir amongst OSH practitioners by challenging them to view key areas of occupational safety in a different way: [1] how safety is defined; [2] the role of people in safety; and [3] how businesses focus on safety.
When subject to critical scr...
Abstract
The purpose of the safety culture construct is to reduce organisational and occupational accidents. However, researchers have struggled to develop validated ‘measures’ of safety culture, that unequivocally link cultural traits with actual safety performance.
Johnson’s (1992) [Johnson, G., (1992). Managing strategic change—strategy, cultur...
Safety culture means different things to different people which subsequently guides their improvement efforts. Providing clarity, the essence of the safety culture construct is that it reflects a proactive stance to improving occupational safety and reflects the way people think and/or behave in relation to safety. The extant evidence shows the bes...
Safety culture means different things to different people which subsequently guides their improvement efforts. Providing clarity, the essence of the safety culture construct is that it reflects a proactive stance to improving occupational safety and reflects the way people think and/or behave in relation to safety. The extant evidence shows the bes...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Objective
This review has considered the extant literature surrounding safety culture published since 1986. The focus of the review was to ascertain the utility of the safety culture construct in preventing process safety incidents and serious injuries and fatalities (SIFs). The purpose of this report is to summarise the main fi...
The creation of a genuine safety partnership between employees and management is essential to achieve excellence in safety, but is easier said than done. Creating a safety partnership means management and the workforce jointly working toward achieving common and understood safety goals, with clear and consistent communication, efficient monitoring...
Over the past 30 years or so, Behavioral Safety has become a well-established method for changing safety behavior and reducing incident rates. In 2009 Cooper meta-analytically reviewed 17 published Behavioral Safety field studies containing 24 data sets to identify the most effective design components across a wide range of settings. The study show...
The extant safety literature suggests that managerial Safety Leadership is vital to the success and maintenance of a behavioral safety process. The current paper explores the role of Managerial Safety Leadership behaviors in the success of a behavioral safety intervention in the Middle-East with 47,000 workers from multiple nationalities employed b...
Behavioral Safety is a process that creates a safety partnership between management and the workforce by continually focusing everyone's attention and actions on their own, and others, safety behavior. Written in plain everyday language and carefully explained, this is an indispensable practical guide for anyone considering, or already doing, behav...
Although there has been widespread interest in safety climate, relatively little attention has been given to the importance of specific communication factors in this line of research. This study developed and tested communication factors in an attempt to understand their relationship with safety climate and self-reported safety behaviors. Questionn...
Much organizational effort is directed toward the notion of safety culture, with many being uncertain of what a safety culture is, what is comprises and how to develop one that is ‘good'. Making use of theoretical models of safety culture and accident causation a method for ‘Risk Weighted Safety Culture Profiling’ is presented in the form of a case...
Reviews indicate management commitment is vital to maintain behavioral safety processes. Similarly, the impact of observation frequency on safety behaviors is thought to be important. An employee-driven process which encompassed behavioral observations, goal-setting, and feedback was implemented in a paper mill with 55 workgroups using a within-gro...
Behavioral safety was implemented in a nickel refinery over a 93-week period with 275 employees, plus contractors. Measurement focused on managerial commitment behaviors and employee safety behaviors. Safety behavior improved by 40%. Lost time injuries reduced by 82.2% in the first year, reducing to Zero in the second. Minor injuries reduced by 35%...
The delivery of safe high quality patient care is a major issue in clinical settings. However, the implementation of evidence-based practice and educational interventions are not always effective at improving performance. A staff-led behavioral management process was implemented in a large single-site acute (secondary and tertiary) hospital in the...
Safety climate refers to the degree to which employees believe true priority is given to organizational safety performance, and its measurement is thought to provide an "early warning" of potential safety system failure(s). However, researchers have struggled over the last 25 years to find empirical evidence to demonstrate actual links between safe...
Examines the influences Personality and risk-perception has on at-risk behavior.
Contenido: Selección de personal como parte del sistema de gestión de calidad; Diferencias entre las personas; Identificación de las necesidades del cliente y establecimiento de los estándares necesarios; Normas de evaluación para los métodos de selección; Establecimiento de estándares para los procedimientos de selección; Captación de candidatos;...
Explorations of the results reveal flaws in the assertions made about the decline of behavioral safety and its effects.
In recent years, the results of public inquiries into large scale disasters has highlighted the important role of the corporate atmosphere or ‘culture’ whereby safety is understood to be, and is accepted as, the number one priority (Cullen, 1990). This has led to many companies and industries giving high priority to improving their safety ‘culture’...
Organisational culture is a concept often used to describe shared corporate values that affect and influence members’ attitudes and behaviours. Safety culture is a sub-facet of organisational culture, which is thought to affect members’ attitudes and behaviour in relation to an organisation's ongoing health and safety performance. However, the myri...
Describes how problems associated with total quality management (TQM) can be overcome by adopting a total safety management (TSM) approach. Identifies TQM problems of definition, measurement systems, resourcing, implementation, and measurement of culture. Advocates TSM strategies to overcome them. These strategies result in increased quality, relia...
Describes the development and effects of behaviourally-based management techniques in improving construction site safety. In phase one, goal-setting and feedback methods were developed and tested on six sites in the North West of England. A 40-week longitudinal research design was adopted in which measures of safety performance were taken before, d...
This paper examines why traditional approaches to safety have been less successful than expectations, and contrasts these with a behavioral - cognitive approach that exceeds expectations
Goal-setting and feedback techniques, previously used in a study to improve safety in the UK construction industry, were applied to a three-shift production plant, employing approximately 540 people. Critical safety behaviours were identified using accident records and ‘in-depth' interviews. Checklists of critical behaviours were developed for each...
Safety improvement in the construction industry will only be achieved if all concerned in the operation of construction sites change their behaviour. This article describes the development and effects of behaviourally-based management techniques in improving site safety. Goal-setting and feedback methods were developed and tested on six constructio...
Evaluates the effectiveness of a behavioral approach to improving safety on construction sites. The research used the more stable Proportional Rating Scale under development at the university which measures the effects of external variables better than the more traditional approach of the All Or Nothing measure for safety performance. Criterion for...
Questions
Question (1)
I am investigating the validity of Stress Surveys and for all of searching databases I cannot find a single one that has been validated against actual outcomes. Most of the surveys do not report any validation data, and those that do, tend to be validated against other self-report Mental Health survey questions. I would love for someone to direct me to a reliable and valid occupational stress survey. Thanks.
