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#1 Posted : 10 July 2001 10:36:00(UTC)
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Posted By Ashley Williams Does anyone have any information on the differences in safety culture between Small and Large organisations and the reasons for the differences.
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#2 Posted : 10 July 2001 13:07:00(UTC)
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Posted By Paul Craythorne Ashley, In my experience it doesn't matter what size the company is it is all down to the management structure. I have worked for 3 extremely large companies (1 national and 2 multi nationals) and am still at one of them. In all cases the safety culture has been appalling and in fact one of my previous companies had its second fatality within 18 months only last week!!! The company I am currently with has a worldwide set up with a turnover in excess of $14bn but there is no dedicated H&S budget and the commitment and resources are extremely poor. My conclusion is that culture has nothing to do with size but more to do with attitude and commitment. Regards, Paul
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#3 Posted : 11 July 2001 02:00:00(UTC)
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Posted By Marie T I firmly believe that the safety culture of a company is the result of the safety beliefs of a few elite individuals (senior managemnt. Size really isn't a factor. If senior management share healthy safety views, this will have a most definate and postive impact on the company's safety culture. On the other hand, if senior management has strong negative beliefs such as the "blame the worker effect," these safety attitudes will trickle down to the rest of the company and most likely create a distancing relationship between supervisor and employee when it comes to safety concerns. I've worked in a company with approximately 1400 employees. Senior mangement had rather old traditional safety views. Although the Safety Coordinator did everything possible to affect/change senior mangement's safety attitude, this was always unsuccessful. It was evident that the Safety Coordinator was simply for show. You know what they say, behaviour is difficult to change after the age of 4. This can definately be the case for some companies which make our job ever so challenging. Marie
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