Australasian Mine Safety

Australasian Mine Safety Summer 2011-12

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100 The Australasian Mine Safety Journal Summer 2011/12 Products and services banner BEHAVIOURAL MANAGEMENT, RISK AND SAFETY CULTURE Safety's Dilemmas The Human Factor in Safety and Going 'Beyond Zero' S Why are people not aware of risks? Why do they misjudge risks and become complacent? Why don't they comply to rules? How do we reward for good safety? How do we gain people's trust? These are the dilemmas that often leave managers 'scratching their heads' on how to genuinely improve safety culture and performance. AFEmap's concepts, strategies and interventions assist businesses to fi nd answers to these safety dilemmas and implement long-term strategies that help you deliver on your safety plans and goals to move 'Beyond Zero'. Our safety culture assessment tool, e-Profi le, has been developed and refi ned over the last decade and is used worldwide as organisations seek to understand their employees' perceptions about the safety culture. A substantial database allows for comparison of your business with industry peers and a baseline for measuring safety strategies over time. Totally electronic and anonymous, e-Profi le gives an accurate insight into your employees' perceptions by eliminating the opportunity for people to give the response they might feel is necessary. SAFEmap's DELTA Safety Values strategy, delivered 'in house' by your people, gives a real opportunity for creating a culture based on values such as Duty of Care, Enthusiasm and Acknowledgment. Linked to the DELTA Incentive Process you will see increasing positive focus on safe behaviours, increased team work, accountability for safety and the recognition of excellence and effort for safety. Our safeMINDS strategy focuses on those at the coalface of your business. This is where workplace risk and worker behaviours meet. A focus on understanding of why we overlook, underestimate, misjudge and accept risks generates insight into the nature of 'risky behaviours' and links directly to the DELTA Safety Values strategy with people developing 'risk competency' that allows employees to seek out new and better ways to do their tasks. Our safeLEADER program, affi liated with the University of British Colombia, is recognised internationally as a truly unique and inspiring program. With a focus on core skills, leadership competencies and decision making the course is experiential and focused on real world safety challenges. A mix of role-plays, case studies, debates, 360-degree assessments and feedback make this a challenging and rewarding experience for leaders at any level. Finally, how do we move 'beyond zero' in our safety performance? How can organisations escape the trap of zero and create a genuine strategy around safety that delivers on business goals, plans and visions? Organisations need to have strategic, long-range plans for safety and safety objectives that deliver more than simply 'zero accidents.' The challenge is that many organisations see safety as simply an operational issue to be addressed by setting accident rate targets and 'plugging the holes' with a reactive approach that usually involves the latest bolt on initiative or 'fad' from head offi ce. Oddly there is little strategic management in safety. Strategic management in other areas of business results in the creation and implementation of long-range plans that enable organisations to realise their long-term objectives. For organisations to move 'Beyond Zero' in their safety performance there needs to be a similar discipline of strategic management applied so that safety strategy can be fully integrated into the fi ber of the business, assisting workers and their managers to deliver on the overall vision and strategy of the company. SAFEmap gives organisations a genuine strategy for moving safety performance 'Beyond Zero' through our internationally recognised programs and interventions. If you are interested in developing the safety culture of your business and ready to go 'Beyond Zero' as an organisation, contact: Lincoln Eldridge Managing Director SAFEmap Australasia 07 3236 0100 0402 145 340 lincoln.eldridge@safemap.com Safety is not our business, it is our passion Lincoln Eldridge

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