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Critical Lapses and Insights on Safety Culture Behaviours


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1 SNDT Women University, Director-Forum of Behavioural Safety, Mumbai, Maharashtra ., India
     

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Better safety culture measures could save a million of lives annually. This article presents a review of latest academic and field practitioners literature and examines the critical lapses and insights on safety cultural behaviours. Behavioural insights can facilitate boosting a culture of positive safety. Need for a long term supportive safety culture intervention alongwith regular retraining, reviews and reinforcements by the top authorities as well as heads of departments is re-emphasized for increasing internal risk controls by employees for saving people from injuries or fatalities. Frequent corporate communications to employees regarding safety culture implementation matter a lot. Safety excellence and business excellence scenarios need to keep human safety ahead of commercial values for gaining organizational sustainability. Occupational health and safety investments are increasingly driven by ESG perspectives.

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lapses, insights, safety, culture, behaviours
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Harbans Lal
SNDT Women University, Director-Forum of Behavioural Safety, Mumbai, Maharashtra ., India

Abstract


Better safety culture measures could save a million of lives annually. This article presents a review of latest academic and field practitioners literature and examines the critical lapses and insights on safety cultural behaviours. Behavioural insights can facilitate boosting a culture of positive safety. Need for a long term supportive safety culture intervention alongwith regular retraining, reviews and reinforcements by the top authorities as well as heads of departments is re-emphasized for increasing internal risk controls by employees for saving people from injuries or fatalities. Frequent corporate communications to employees regarding safety culture implementation matter a lot. Safety excellence and business excellence scenarios need to keep human safety ahead of commercial values for gaining organizational sustainability. Occupational health and safety investments are increasingly driven by ESG perspectives.

Keywords


lapses, insights, safety, culture, behaviours

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