Safety culture
Its the summer holidays here in the UK and for the next week and a half I have charge of my two children. My son is becoming a fan of the Disney web site and specifically 'Safety Patrol'. He'll now ask loudly in public - it that a safety violation ? ( The catch phrase of the show ).Also about a week ago a friend of mine was bemoaning having to start meetings with a 5 min talk on safety. ( He works for a big company - although I've never see this in small companies where everyone time writes. )
It got me thinking a little about safety culture. I remember reading about a new manager of a plant who discovered that his work force thought he was less interested in safety than his predecessor. He protested that he'd never said that - but that was just the point, because he didn't ask about safety a implied message was taken by his workforce.
Hence the 5 mins might now be useful of itself - but the message that the company is willing to pay for 5 mins may be.
And at home with my, at the moment, one man company - I can look forward to many more pestering questions on safety violations from my son. Thanks Disney - no really, I mean it if I think about it.
posted by Aston Read Limited @ 1:49 pm
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