Engaging individuals and groups in promoting a positive safety culture

Occupational health and safety
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Contents
Project 1- Engaging individuals and groups in the promotion and development of a positive
safety culture....................................................................................................................................3
Feelings........................................................................................................................................3
Evaluation....................................................................................................................................3
Analysis........................................................................................................................................3
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................4
Action plan...................................................................................................................................4
Project 2 Developing or implementing health and safety emergency response systems, and
contingency plans and procedures...................................................................................................4
Feelings........................................................................................................................................4
Evaluation....................................................................................................................................4
Analysis........................................................................................................................................5
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................5
Action plan...................................................................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................6

Project 1- Engaging individuals and groups in the promotion and development of a positive
safety culture
Feelings
I have been positioned as occupation and health manager in an or4ganization so my work is to
maintain the occupation safety standards according to WHS legislation. For this purpose, first I
will conduct situational analysis so as to know the point of weaknesses. Then investigations will
be conducted to assess the attitude of employees regarding the same. After that, there will be the
implementation of action plan. From preliminary investigations, it has been revealed that there is
a need to change the workplace culture in the organization so that occupational health and safety
standards are maintained. For this purpose, the attitudes and beliefs of the employees and higher
authorities in the organization needed to be changed. It has been revealed from clear
investigations and analysis that for the purpose of maintaining the standards regarding
occupational safety, the culture of the organization needs to be changed. There is a need to
change the attitudes and beliefs so as to implement this change in culture. Convincing the
employees seems to be a daunting task as merely persuasion will not be appropriate. The primary
task is to get relevant information and find out if employees and management are aware of the
need to have occupational safeguards in place. After identifying this, the task is to have a
positive impact on the safety and health culture of the organization. There need to implement
policy in regard to behavioral changes. Culture is developed gradually and changing it needs
effective planning and leadership skills. The policy must be adopted to achieve practical and
realistic targets related to occupational safety (Kogi, 2002). I am feeling that it would be a
difficult task, but not impossible. The culture of the organization can be changed by maintaining
transparency and inclusive approach. I am hopeful for better results and outcomes.

Evaluation
The cultural issues have greater importance than the factors affecting workplace safety. Every
individual tends to perform the task according to the norms adopted in the organization. The
workplace safety culture is a broad term that encompasses practices of shared working, tolerating
and accepting risks, controlling hazards and dealing with contingencies. The way of doing things
in a certain manner is known as workplace culture. I could evaluate from my personal experience
that the connection between poor workplace practices and resulting poor health can be less
enforceable. It can be said in wider terms that workplace safety culture is the combination of
feelings regarding safety, actual things done and procedures and policies of the particular
organization. There is a need to maintain balance related to needs and aspirations so that change
in culture is done without any persuasion and misunderstanding. If the misunderstanding is
allowed, in that case, the employees who are key talented persons of the organization may leave
the organization. Plus, employees can go on strike leading to loss of productivity. This situation
has to be prevented so that no misunderstanding takes place in the process of change
implementation.