Zero-Injury Workplace Culture vs. Safety Culture

Why Should You Attend:

Within the occupational safety and health arena, there has been a moving trend to a zero-injury objective in many industries of the United States. Associated with this objective comes the development and promotion of a safety culture management system. A few reasons for this change is the focus upon targeted training and the minimization of unsafe behaviors.

This webinar will focus on evolving a zero incident workplace culture within any organization; rather an existing or not. We will discuss the pro’s and con’s of a implementing a zero incident workplace culture and describe how to determine if you are doing it right.

A zero injury workplace safety cultures consist of shared beliefs, practices, and attitudes that exist within an organization. Culture is the atmosphere created by those beliefs, attitudes, etc., which shape our behavior. An organizations safety culture is the result of a number of factors that include, but not limited to:

• Management and employee norms, assumptions and beliefs;
• Management and employee attitudes;
• Values, myths, stories;
• Policies and procedures;
• Supervisor priorities, responsibilities and accountability;
• Production and bottom line pressures vs. quality issues;
• Actions or lack of action to correct unsafe behaviors;
• Employee training and motivation; and
• Employee involvement or "buy-in."

Creating this culture takes time, patience and dedicated resources. It is frequently a multi-year process. A series of continuous process improvement steps can be followed to create a safety culture. Employer and employee commitment are hallmarks of a true safety culture where safety is an integral part of daily operations.

Learning Objectives:

• Explain what it means to have a ‘zero incident workplace culture’ on site.
• Identify the 4 phases of the safety maturity curve process.
• Discuss employee and employee rights and responsibilities at each step of the safety maturity curve.
• Explain the benefits and challenges of sustaining a zero injury workplace safety culture in the workplace.
• Identify successful strategies of incorporating zero injury culture and to scorecards to determine if it is successful.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Definition of a zero injury workplace safety culture for your organization.
• Review the 4 phases associated with the Safety Maturity Curve Process toward zero injuries.
• Explain the benefits and challenges of establishing a zero injury workplace culture within your workplace.
• Identify execution strategy to determine if you are doing it right.

Who Will Benefit:

• Plant Managers
• Plant Foremen
• Safety Committee Member
• Engineers
• Operations Managers
• Construction Foreman
• Occupational Safety Consultants
• HR Managers
• General Industry business owners
• Construction business owners
• Plant Supervisors
• Subcontractors
• Project managers

Michael Aust
President and Lead Consultant, OneZeroThreeZero Communications

Mr. Michael Aust, MS, Authorized OSHA Outreach Instructor

Mr. Aust is a safety professional who is the OSHA Authorized Instructor for East Coast Safety Training, an occupational safety and health training and consulting firm. Mr. Aust has a Master of Science in Occupational Safety, Health and Environmental Management. Mr. Aust also served as the management representative for various safety and environmental management systems throughout his career. He is an Authorized OSHA Outreach Instructor for both General Industry and Construction Industry and has over 24 years of OSHA regulatory compliance management experience.

Michael has provided safety management expertise and regulatory compliance to a variety of industries since 1995. His extensive experience in the safety and health field has been earned from working in a variety of different types of organizations within the private sector. He has developed and implemented safety management systems for organizations without such processes and has helped mature management systems for Fortune 50 and Fortune 100 companies.

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