Cultural factors include management decisions and organisational processes that influence ‘the way things are done around here’.
How safe is your workplace?
A positive workplace culture is one that gives attention and priority to preventing injury and work-related illness.
Does that sound like your workplace? Take a moment to find out by answering these questions:
- Is health and safety a priority relative to other goals?
- Do people with a role in health and safety share the same status in the workplace as, say, production managers?
- Is health and safety integrated into the day-to-day running of the business?
- Are managers aware of, and committed to, injury prevention?
- Is injury prevention adequately resourced?
Does your workplace culture need to change?
If you answered ‘No’ to any of these questions, your workplace culture needs to change.
One way you can do this is by ensuring everyone makes injury prevention a priority and that it is integrated into the day-to-day running of the business.
For ideas on how to integrate changes and new ideas on health and safety into your workplace’s culture, take a look at the ACC WorkSafe cycle.
Last updated: 20 April 2009