Safety Culture 5
Safety Culture 5 :
Safety culture and culture of safety are frequently encountered terms referring to a commitment to safety that permeates all levels of an organisation, from frontline personnel to executive management. More specifically, "safety culture" calls up a number of features identified in studies of high reliability organisations organisations outside of safety management with exemplary performance with respect to safety.(1,2) These features include: (1) acknowledgment of the high-risk, error-prone nature of an organisation's activities (2) a blame-free environment where individuals are able to report errors or close calls without fear of reprimand or punishment (3) an expectation of collaboration across ranks to seek solutions to vulnerabilities (4) a willingness on the part of the organisation to direct resources for addressing safety concerns (3)
