Hi I am am currently in the process of preparing a safety culture questionnaire to be given to line management and above to gauge the safety cultre of managemnt on site. Has anyone conducted a similar process and is able to share any previous questionnaires that have been used or pitfalls they have found. Longterm plan would to then repeat this questionnaire with the whole site.

Gell1104 I recently worked with a safety adviser of a national organisation with several regional branches and produced a safety culture questionnaire. As our agreed definition of 'safety culture' was one in which she would develop as a safety coach, the process included completion by her of a personality questionnaire and a compatible assessment by her line manager. They expressed enthusiasm about the outcomes; for my part, the process stimulated me to dovetail interventions about safety and quality management. So all involved 'won' from this project. Relevant research indicates that the main pitfalls in any safety culture originate in lack of understanding the scope and boundaries of 'culture' and lack of knowhow about valid survey design and validation. In simple terms, avoid wasting time with questions that don't related to practical issues you are willing and able to get to grips with. If you wish you can PM me for an anonymised copy of the report

I've just noticed a title which you may find helpful for a couple of reasons: 'Safety Performance in a Lean Environment', P F English, CRC Press, 2012 While it has several major flaws, the author's emphasis on building safety as a process is constructive. Also, the chapter on investigating incidents throws light on several factors you may find useful. It also includes four questions used by Ford manufacturing in their quarterly lean culture survey.