Understanding How Thought Processes Impact Safety

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1 Understanding How Thought Processes Impact Safety

2 Welcome! Discussion: Agenda Increasing organizational awareness of workplace safety Risk to business when safety is not part of thought process 5 takeaways to increase safety awareness Creating safety awareness using technology Q & A

3 In partnership with Kamran Akhavan Attari Assistant Safety Manager Iran Airports and Air Navigation Co

4 Webinar is 60 minutes and will be recorded. Housekeeping Please close other open applications on computer. Questions can be answered during the Q & A period.

5 Members Voices

6 Member s Voices: Questions and Answers 1. Do you believe increasing organizational awareness of workplace safety is important? 101 Yes 2. Do you believe there is a risk to the business when safety is not part of thought processes? 101 Yes 3. Do you think using new technology will help us increase safety awareness in our workplaces? 94 Yes 5 No Note: 101 participants

7 Expert Discussion

8 Increasing organizational awareness of workplace safety Many organizations currently spend on safety compliance. We focus our efforts on enforcing procedures and polices. Organizations have to take actions to help management and workers think about safety first when carrying out their responsibilities. Having a solid comprehension would assist an individual in developing a grounded understanding of health and safety in the workplace. In Partnership with (company name)

9 s=fc² Safety is equal to facilities multiplied by the cognitive aspects of culture squared

10 Risk to business when safety is not part of the thought process 1. Diminish leadership s and workforce s ability to prevent risks and hazards 2. Reduce team s understanding of their options for eliminating or controlling risks, and their impacts. 3. Prevents them from understanding the impact of risks to the organisation s performance, and team s well-being. 4. Limit team s ability to link risk solutions back to organization s decision and control framework.

11 5 takeaways to increase safety awareness 1. Find out what is occurring behind the data collected in your safety audits and assessment. 2. Understanding the relationship between ethical code and safety professional s duties. 3. Maintain and encourage documentation of risks and hazardous situations; share your insights with all levels of your organization. 4. Leverage various resources; attend professional support groups and network 5. Do not put it all on yourself! Share information and encourage your larger workforce to take ownership. In Partnership with (company name)

12 Creating safety awareness using technology Encourage individuals to use various devices mobile, off-site computer, etc. Use applications to help increase participation in safety process at all levels e.g. safety bulletins, unsafe zone alerts, online open discussions Use electronic tools as method for private reporting of concerns and insights Using dashboards for sharing information to all levels of organization on progress and risk. Create safety interactive game using technology, to encourage thinking In Partnership with (company name)

13 Other related topics: 1. Safety professionals dilemma 2. How language and culture differences impact safety 3. How interdisciplinary approach to safety studies broaden safety thinking and safety literature 4. Sacrificing safety professionals in totalitarian societies!

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16 Contact Kamran Akhavan Attari Assistant Safety Manager Iran Airports and Air Navigation Co

17 Established in An OSHA Co-Sponsor About EHSQ Software, over a million users worldwide. Increase customer s profits and protect goodwill. Peer-reviewed as a best-managed company. Intelex@Intelex.com

18 Assistant safety manager with over 20 years' experience involving aerodrome certification auditing; aerodrome manual development; SMS implementation; and leadership of 33 airport safety managers of Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company (IAC) About Kamran Akhavan Attari He is a regular speaker at SMS and Airport Emergency Planning conferences, and active member of IAC Safety Review Committee. His area of interest is safety and human science interdisciplinary studies: Books: School of Safety Management; reference for SMS training course (in Persian) Safety Notes; collection of K.A. Attari s safety reports between (in Persian) 10 years argument; critical discourse analysis of 10 years official corresponding about implementation of safety Management system at airports (in Persian) Papers: Discourse Communities and SMS Implementation Cognition and Safety (in Persian) Safety Policy and Political Safety Safety Within Critical Discourse Perspectives