Frequent safety accidents in any organization critically impact the performance of the company and safety accidents distracts the focus of employees creating a negative environment. Such a scenario exists if the present safety systems fail to address all risks that can potentially lead to major accidents. Organizations should change the way the safety is looked at, It is not a onetime investment (or) laid down procedures that define safety, Safety organizations have continuous monitoring and measurement of safety performance metrics by application of right tools and adapting to changing risks and accordingly address the issues before accidents occur. Three important steps organizations need to follow to have continuous improvement in safety performance are:
1) Employee Engagement: The employees at all levels are to be engaged so that they are actively contributing to the safe operations of the plant if employees are not engaged they lose interest which impacts the quality of information and data that is captured. Continuous high impact training programs are necessary for all employees to carry out safety programs. Proper feedback mechanisms should also be designed so that employees revert back with safety observations, safety issues so that they can be captured and immediate reviewed and acted upon
2) Measuring safety: The safety performance of any company has to be accurately measured for understanding the root causes and problems by using the information and data collected on a continuous basis, for this, a solid methodology has to be adopted, A good analytics tool will help in identifying the indicators which impact workplace safety
3) Management support: Top Management should be committed to providing required resources and support systems to ensure that operations are carried out safely so that a safety culture is built and sustained and changes in technology and new workforce are positively absorbed into the system.
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