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Safety Culture Interview

Author: Novade Solutions

Published on: 9/30/2021

Safety Culture Interview

Management commitment

1. Where is safety perceived to be in management’s priorities (Senior/middle/1st line)?

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2. How do they show this?

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3. How often are they seen in the workplace?

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4. Do they talk about safety when in the workplace and is this visible to the workforce?

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5. Do they ‘walk the talk’?

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6. Do they deal quickly and effectively with safety issues raised?

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7. What balance do their actions show between safety and production?

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8. Are management trusted over safety?

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Communication

1. Is there effective two-way communication about safety?

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2. How often are safety issues discussed?

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3. With line manager/subordinate?

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4. With colleagues?

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5. What is communicated about the safety programme of the company?

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6. How open are people about safety?

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Employee involvement

1. How are people (all levels, especially operators) involved in safety?

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2. How often are individual employees asked for their input safety issues?

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3. How often do operators report unsafe conditions or near misses etc?

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4. Is there active, structured operator involvement e.g. workshops, projects, safety circles?

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5. Is there a continuous improvement / total quality approach?

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6. Whose responsibility is safety regarded to be?

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7. Is there genuine cooperation over safety – a joint effort between all in the company?

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Training/information

1. Do employees feel confident that they have all the training that they need

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2. How accurate are employees’ perceptions of hazards and risks?

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3. How effective is safety training in meeting needs (including managers!)?

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4. How are needs identified?

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5. How easily available is safety information?

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Motivation

1. Do managers give feedback on safety performance (& how)?

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2. Are they likely to notice unsafe acts?

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3. Do managers (all levels - S/M/1st) always confront unsafe acts?

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4. How do they deal with them?

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5. Do employees feel they can report unsafe acts?

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6. How is discipline applied to safety?

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7. What do people believe are the expectations of managers?

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8. Do people feel that this is a good place to work (why/why not)?

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9. Are they proud of their company?

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Compliance with procedures

1. What are written procedures used for?

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2. What decides whether a particular task will be captured in a written procedure?

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3. Are they read?

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4. Are they helpful?

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5. What other rules are there?

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6. Are there too many procedures and rules?

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7. How well are people trained in them?

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8. Are they audited effectively?

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9. Are they written by users?

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10. Are they linked to risks?

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Learning Organisation

1. Does the company really learn from accident history, incident reporting etc?

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2. Do employees feel confident in reporting incidents or unsafe conditions?

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3. Do they report them?

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4. Do reports get acted upon?

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5. Do they get feedback?

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Safety Culture Interview

Management commitment

1. Where is safety perceived to be in management’s priorities (Senior/middle/1st line)?

Inspectors view

Action item

2. How do they show this?

Inspectors view

Action items

3. How often are they seen in the workplace?

Inspectors view

Action items

4. Do they talk about safety when in the workplace and is this visible to the workforce?

Inspectors view

Action items

5. Do they ‘walk the talk’?

Inspecrors view

Action items

6. Do they deal quickly and effectively with safety issues raised?

Inspectors view

Action items

7. What balance do their actions show between safety and production?

Inspectors view

Action items

8. Are management trusted over safety?

Inspectors view

Action items

Communication

1. Is there effective two-way communication about safety?

Inspectors view

Action items

2. How often are safety issues discussed?

Inspectors view

Action items

3. With line manager/subordinate?

Inspectors view

Action items

4. With colleagues?

Inspectors view

Action items

5. What is communicated about the safety programme of the company?

Inspectors view

Action items

6. How open are people about safety?

Inspectors view

Action items

Employee involvement

1. How are people (all levels, especially operators) involved in safety?

Inspectors view

Action items

2. How often are individual employees asked for their input safety issues?

Inspectors view

Action items

3. How often do operators report unsafe conditions or near misses etc?

Inspectors view

Action items

4. Is there active, structured operator involvement e.g. workshops, projects, safety circles?

Inspectors view

Action items

5. Is there a continuous improvement / total quality approach?

Inspectors view

Action items

6. Whose responsibility is safety regarded to be?

Inspectors view

Action items

7. Is there genuine cooperation over safety – a joint effort between all in the company?

Inspectors view

Action items

Training/information

1. Do employees feel confident that they have all the training that they need

Inspectors view

Action items

2. How accurate are employees’ perceptions of hazards and risks?

Inspectors view

Action items

3. How effective is safety training in meeting needs (including managers!)?

Inspectors view

Action items

4. How are needs identified?

Inspectors view

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5. How easily available is safety information?

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Motivation

1. Do managers give feedback on safety performance (& how)?

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2. Are they likely to notice unsafe acts?

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3. Do managers (all levels - S/M/1st) always confront unsafe acts?

Inspectors view

Action items

4. How do they deal with them?

Inspectors view

Action items

5. Do employees feel they can report unsafe acts?

Inspectors view

Action items

6. How is discipline applied to safety?

Inspectors view

Action items

7. What do people believe are the expectations of managers?

Inspectors view

Action items

8. Do people feel that this is a good place to work (why/why not)?

Inspectors view

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9. Are they proud of their company?

Inspectors view

Action items

Compliance with procedures

1. What are written procedures used for?

Inspectors view

Action items

2. What decides whether a particular task will be captured in a written procedure?

Inspectors view

Action items

3. Are they read?

Inspectors view

Action items

4. Are they helpful?

Inspectors view

Action items

5. What other rules are there?

Inspectors view

Action items

6. Are there too many procedures and rules?

Inspectors view

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7. How well are people trained in them?

Inspectors view

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8. Are they audited effectively?

Inspectors view

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9. Are they written by users?

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10. Are they linked to risks?

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Learning Organisation

1. Does the company really learn from accident history, incident reporting etc?

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2. Do employees feel confident in reporting incidents or unsafe conditions?

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3. Do they report them?

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4. Do reports get acted upon?

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5. Do they get feedback?

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