SMOHIT Safety Matters

FROM THE DESK OF RANDALL A. KROCKA  

SMOHIT Administrator  

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Safety Culture/Safety Climate Report Now Available   

 

Every construction firm has a safety culture, even if it's not called by that name: it's the set of safety-related beliefs, attitudes and values characteristic of an organization. Safety climate is a term often used to describe how members perceive their organization's safety culture and practices -- and whether there are differences between official company policy and actual conditions at the work site.

 

Safety culture and safety climate are hot topics among construction contractors these days as they grapple with how to further reduce injury rates towards achieving the goal of zero injuries. CPWR and NIOSH (the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) convened a 1� day stakeholder workshop June 11-12, 2013, to discuss safety culture and safety climate, and to explore paths for bringing research to bear on industry practices.

 

The report from that workshop, Safety Culture and Climate in Construction: Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice, is now available on the CPWR website. http://www.cpwr.com/