Industrial Maintenance Companies & Safety Culture

It’s clear that human errors cause many of today’s industrial accidents. In order to reduce or eliminate these accidents from affecting your business, industrial maintenance companies should establish a safety culture. In order to create a safety culture at any industrial facility, it’s crucial to observe workers to see where mistakes are made and where process can be improved.

The best approach to safety management is to create a strong safety culture. It should begin with a combination of effort from individual leaders and worker groups. The focus should be on developing a clear set of values, goals and a health and safety training program.

Management’s commitment to workplace safety helps the company workers take it more seriously. If management wishes to encourage the building of a safety culture, they should be sure to involve all workers to participate in its development.

Because of the concern for their employee’s well-being, managers at industrial maintenance companies should be practicing anonymous observation, taking the time to walk around their facility. The goal is to monitor the environment for mistakes and mishaps and then point out these issues to the rest of the company.

The creation of an effective safety culture is an ongoing process. It warrants a large commitment but creates a positive attitude toward safety and a reduction in accidents. OSHA has established some key steps for industrial maintenance companies on how to begin building a strong safety culture:

• Define Responsibilities: For each worker level within industrial maintenance companies, there should be a clear vision of the policies, goals and site specific safety plan.
• Share an Overall Vision: Everyone should be on the same page when establishing goals and objectives.
• Enforce Accountability: Everyone needs to be accountable for being visibly involved, especially managers and supervisors. They are the leaders for a positive change.
• Educate Employees: Make sure workers are diligent about reporting injuries or near misses.
• Update Investigation Procedures: Evaluating the investigation process is crucial to ensure they are effective.

No matter the length of time it takes to develop your safety culture, it’s worth it in the end. It can give industrial maintenance companies peace of mind that if issues do arise, their employees are clear on how to handle it moving forward.

At IEC, we are ISN registered and we have developed a strong commitment to our safety culture – it’s part of our everyday goal to protect our employees and our clients’ employees. We pride ourselves on providing our employees with the right safety support and the most current safety training. Contact us today to learn more about how we can help you on your next industrial project.