Implementing a Safety Culture in the Workplace: A Guide for Parker Smallgoods

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Table of Contents
Introduction.......................................................................................................................3
Literature Review...............................................................................................................3
Recommendations/Strategies to implement a safety culture.............................................3
Conclusion.........................................................................................................................5
Bibliography.......................................................................................................................6

Introduction
Parker Smallgoods is an Australian based company that was founded in 1920 by the Parker
family with a dream to offer the finest quality meat to the customers using traditional Italian
recipes. The company has become a major supplier of bacon and small goods and has now
managed to employ a workforce of 250 employees.
Recently, in an independent health and safety investigation, the auditor pointed out the lack
of a safety culture in the workplace. Even though the auditor praised the senior management
for complying with safety standards and giving importance to employee safety but there were
a number of instances which demonstrated a lack of a safety culture, such as using mincing
machines while they were still running, not putting the knives in their proper places, workers
not wearing their safety gear & equipment, etc. Therefore, this report has been prepared to
guide the management to implement a safety culture in the workplace.
Literature Review
Almost all business organisations in the world have their own way of ensuring workplace
safety. Pullin Shearing Limited is a private company based in Canterbury and is into shearing
contracts. The company has appointed a part time office administrator who looks after safety
and health systems in the workplace. The company has partnerships with several
organisations that helps it in ensuring workplace safety, such as New Zealand Shearing
Contractors Association, Agricultural ITO, etc. The management of the company has put up a
number of systems and processes that promote injury prevention and carries out regular
audits to keep a check on workplace safety (Heathrose Research, 2013). The company also
maintains a hazard register in which all hazards related to shearing and particular sheds are
recorded and all employees are given access to this register. Further, the company also uses a
system of incident reporting and all incidents are investigated thoroughly by the management.
Recommendations/Strategies to implement a safety culture
Parker Smallgoods can use the following strategies to implement a safety culture in the
workplace: