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The article linked below makes a clear and powerful case for the importance of establishing safety program buy-in by construction company field managers. For safety efforts to be effective the PMs, Superitendents, and Foremen must be safety leaders and must be held accountable for safety.At Western Water we are expanding our current independent jobsite safety audit system to identify and document the individuals responsible for infractions that result in safety score reductions. The new system will also identify the immediate supervisor of the idividual and the project PM. Those identified will have a copy of the audit placed in their personnel file and the audit results with their names will be posted in the weekly all-projects report card that is sent out company wide each week.Please take the time to read this great article. I am curious if anyone on the ConEx network has experience with or other perspective on safety accountability for managers?
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By far the most effective strategy I have seen is tying safety performance to compensation and bonuses. When safety targets at all levels are seen to hold equal value financially to budget and schedule it seems to allow a natural risk/safety balance to evolve. Like budget and schedule though the safety targets have to be realistic. Zero injuries is a good goal but is seldom achieved on larger projects. Having seen a variety of companies operating in the oil and gas industry, the corporate culture, driven by the CEO, will always drive the results.
I agree safety awareness and best practices can be driven from the top down in large companies. However, I've also seen passionate facility managers achieve ground level success with innovative strategies for communicating the relation of safety financial results.Rewards for excellence in all aspects of an operation are necessary. Unfortunately, consideration of appropriate methods of acknowledgement and remuneration for best practices related to safety records is often too little and too late.
thanks for the feedback ... here is the link to the article referenced http://www.westernwater.com/job_pics/Safety%20Solutions.pdf
I too would like to see the article, but it has been my experience that managers have three, sometimes competing, interests. Complete the project on time, under budget and zero injuries. As a former safety manager for a national general contractor I found it important not to compete, but to make safety one of the three core outcomes of a successful project. Managers accountability is just as important as the foreman or field laborer. Oversight is key. How it is successfully performed may have much to do with the culture of the organization.
Video recorded statements by Project Managers, Superintendents, Foremen and workers who have completed training are a powerful, time efficient and cost effective means of increasing the credibility and impact of safety training to all workers wherever they are. Including testimonial statements in on-line training allows workers to complete training and testing on or off-site. Computer generated certificates of completion can be used to fully document training.Furthermore, dramatic and comedic video segments enhance learning and information retention.We've been producing this kind of training for over 15 years.William Hazelwood, PresidentExecutive Producer for DigitalTraining Content www.sojourna.com
sorry, but where do I find the article?????????????
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