ENA SHE13 Conference Manchester 2 May 2013 Influencing Safety Behaviour and Culture The EEA Safety Climate Project

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1 ENA SHE13 Conference Manchester 2 May 2013 Influencing Safety Behaviour and Culture The EEA Safety Climate Project Bernard Healy Safety Coordinator Electricity Engineers Association

2 Presentation Outline Background to the Project Basis, Methods, Objectives Examples of Experience & Findings Going Forward 2

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4 Initiative Criteria: Economically viable for large and small businesses Harness strength of industry collaboration, respecting sovereignty Focus leadership and engagement on real issues Evaluate and address issues holistically Respect existing initiatives, not compete with them - evaluation Encourage in house knowledge and solutions Valid lead indication able to drive effective improvement action Avail an industry overview on soft safety issues and solutions 4

5 SCP Objectives: To equip participating organisations with a valid and reliable measurement tool for evaluating health and safety systems and safety climate strengths and weaknesses. To equip participating organisations with the ability to use the data generated from the measurement tool in an effective process of improvement to reduce the risk of illness and injury to workers, increase productivity, and establish lead safety performance indicators. 5

6 SCP Objectives: To establish leading indicator benchmarks for the electricity supply industry, for both health and safety and workplace culture. To create a foundation for pan-industry communication and cooperation around proactive safety themes. To equip participating organisations with the tools to easily measure their own progress on a regular basis and at low cost. To start work implementing the recommendations put forth in the ESI Health and Safety Strategy to

7 Great Safety Performance is enabled by the right conditions Able to do it 7 Know what to do Vision, strategy and goals Values, beliefs, behavioural expectations Performance expectations: accountabilities, objectives, best practices Great Safety PERFORMANCE Personal attributes Knowledge, skills and experience Coaching support Personal well-being Equipped to do it Personal motivation, morale Feedback, recognition Reward, balance of consequences Relationships and Leader support Resources: staff, money, time, equipment, tools, job aids, workspace Procedures, roles, processes, systems Information, data on performance Authority Trust Respect Integrity Collaboration Accountability Want to do it Copyright Performance! by design. All rights reserved. The Performance Maximizer (words and illustration) is a registered trademark.

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14 Respondents By Work Category Vegetation management 3% Generation 5% Supervisor 7% Underground lines 10% Utility/Gas 3% Metering Services Not Selected 3% 2% Electrician 3% Overhead lines 44% Overhead lines Technician, Fitter and other Underground lines Supervisor Generation Vegetation management Electrician Metering Services Utility/Gas Not Selected Mechanical Workshop Engineer, PM Foreman Substation Maintenance Traffic management Fibre Technician, Fitter and other 17% 14

15 Safety Climate Project Common Issues Industry Interventions Leadership skills development Job planning and organisation Drug and alcohol policies and procedures Fatigue management Incident analysis Performance indication (rear view) & information sharing Supervisor definition of role and support 15

16 Safety Climate Project Developments Asset owner survey and complementary improvement process Supervisory survey Dash board development Expanding internal application Expanding participation all sectors Continuing EEA commitment to the Industry perspective and initiatives 16

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19 SCP Status Participating Companies Asset Owners (with individual contracts) Field Staff Survey respondents (responses) Supervisor Survey respondents (responses) 2010 Dec 2012 Projected - Dec (757) 1437 (2380) 1800 (3600) (181) 200 (400) Network Survey

20 Initiative Criteria: Economically viable for large and small businesses Harness strength of industry collaboration, respecting sovereignty Focus leadership and engagement on real issues Evaluate and address issues holistically Respect existing initiatives, not compete with them - evaluation Encourage in house knowledge and solutions Valid lead indication able to drive effective improvement action Avail an industry overview on soft safety issues and solutions 20

21 The water fish swim in (LeBaron, M., & Pillay, V. (2006). Conflict across cultures. Boston: Intercultural Press division of Nicholas Brealey Publishing