W EEKLY EDITION AUGUST 21, 2019
Building a Culture of Safety Part I:
Precursors to Seri ous Inc id ents
By Karleen Kos, PSAI Executive Director
Company - Level Accident or Incident Precursors
Poor Work Planning
• Employees are unaware of proper work procedures
• No/poor plan to address changes in work or work routine
• No/poor pre - task plan or discussion specific to work
Productivity Dominated Culture (items in this group carry double weight as an accident or incident precursor)
• Employees are NOT active in safety program/following procedures
• Fatigue
• Schedule/productivity pressure
• Significant overtime
• Prior safety performance is poor
Vulnerability to Hi gh Energy Sources (items in this group carry double weight as an accident or incident
precursor)
• Lack of control barrier or visual warning
• Line of fire is uncontrolled
• Improvisation in work procedures
Outside Safety Influences
• Congested workplace/crowding
• Distracted workers
• Limited safety supervision
• Poor quality or inexperienced
managers
• Working alone
Evolving Your Safety Culture. While
we will delve more deeply into some
things you can do to evolve your
company's approach to safety in part II
of this se ries, there are some things you
can do right now to put your
knowledge of precursors to use.
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