World Class Safety:
Safety & Sustainable Development
Economic & Behaviour Aspects of Health, Safety & Environment
or
SAFETY as an ever more comprehensive and complex
SYSTEMS CONCEPT
Foundation & Principles of Excellence
Herbert Willerth
Session 1. :
- Introduction into Sustainable HSE – setting the Scene (Video Message Borealis CEO). Introducing „My Safety Believes“, the introduction of Safety Moment (which is now used at the beginning of each session performed by the students. BP Storyline – history of disasters (Videos BP Texas Refinery Explosion, Video BP Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico). Conclusions about occupational Safety, process safety, impact on company reputation, the role of contractor and subcontractors – close link to environment and sustainability
- Principles, Culture, Management, and Measuring Performance Why managing Health and Safety and Environment – Reasons. Why workplace Safety is important – Reasons can be categorized into Moral Reasons also called Ethical Reasons – Legal and Social Reasons – Economic / Financial Reasons (Video – fire 2019 Philadelphia Refinery)
- Borealis starting point in 2002
- HSE as an important driver to develop the overall Company Performance (Video – Bhopal after 30 years)
- What is Culture all about (Video – safety culture elements)
- How to orchestrate a series of mindset shifts and create organizational ownership? (Video – what is safety culture)
- Sustainability HSE Culture – the building blocks
- What are the essential elements to manage HSE?
Session 2
Session 2.
- Selective attention (Video – warm-up for concentration, murder riddle)
- Sustainable HSE Culture – how to keep it going?
- CEO needs to ask important Question to his leadership team (Video – Borealis Safety Day)
- The Value of safety culture – transformation process (Video – DuPont Bradley Curve)
- Safety Indicator – lagging vs. leading examples (Video – How to measure Safety)
- Different CEO Statements – statements at different situations of a company
- Annual reporting HSE – GRI principles of quality (analysis of combined annual reports and/or sustainability reports)
- How Universities are communicating in the HSE area to their students (Top 10 Universities in Austria vs. World Top University)
Session 3.
- Benchmark at World-Class Level
- What do World-Class Companies better?
- Risk and Safety Maturity Model – discussions about the elements (Video – Risk and Safety Maturity Model and Bradley Curve)
- World-Class Safety performance – To be considered “world-class” is to be among the best. But what does it mean to have a world-class safety program? How can the status be achieved, and what weight does the phrase “world-class” carry?
- Risk Analysis – 6-step Hazard Studies – On the Job Analysis – Take 2
- Iceberg Theory (Video – Safety Rules)
- Let’s not forget to talk about Office safety (Video – Safety in Offices)
- Workplace accidents and injuries
- What is needed for HSE Management?
- Safety Management is Change Management
- Risk Assessments – more in detail the 3 areas
Session 4.
- Carman (Consensus based Approach to Risk Management)
- Safety Excellence – the 12 Pillar Concept
A. Leadership,
1. Management Commitment drives
Starts at the Top
Why Visible Felt Leadership is important
Visible Felt Leadership
How to get VFL in actions?
What is needed?
2. Policies and Principles
Working Health and Safety Policy (
3. Goals, Objectives and Plan
Challenging Goals and Objectives
Setting Performance Goals and Objectives
4. Procedures & Performance Standards
High Standards of Performance
How and not What
High Standards of Performance
Procedures and Tools
B. Structure
5. Line Management Accountability and Responsibility
Safety as a line organisation responsibility
6. Safety Personnel
Supportive Safety personnel
HSE Officer Duties and Responsibilities
7. Integrated Organisation Structure
Management of safety – principles
Administer Safety effectively
8. Motivation and Awareness
Managers and Leaders must:
Best Motivational Method
C. Process and Actions
9. Effective Communication
What is important
Communication barriers
10. Training and Development
Continuous Safety training and development
Safety training evaluation
11. Incident Investigation
Comprehensive injury and incident investigation reports
Steps to contact an effective investigation
Effective Near Miss reporting, Investigation and Communication
Unsafe Acts and Conditions
12. Observation and Inspections, Audit
Session 5.
5. Are cost of Safety and health appropriate for all companies? – 146
- Why does Health and safety matter for all companies
- Case study
Health and Safety is good for you
Closing the productivity gap
Incidents rate EU 28
Fatal and non-fatal incidents
Clamping down on construction
In this part we have discussed the heavy cost impact on countries social / tax systems. Overall Europe is losing , because of poor occupational Health and Safety management, 475 billion Euro / year – Case study, productivity gap input.
- What about Health
6. Leading and Managing
- Tools demonstrating commitment
- Leading your team
7. How to achieve World Class?
- Safety Culture evaluation model
- Principles of safety Pyramid – how to use it
- Where are the limitations
- Principles of Process Safety
- Principles of Live saving Rules
- Live Saving Rules Training Centre
- The Problem – How to avoid a fatality
- A blame free culture
- TRI and NM frequency
- Safety Culture Maturity Model …. link to UAC and NM reports
- Creating a good climate for safety
- Remember – procedures and performance standards driving Culture change
- To drive to the next, sustainable level, you must ……
Session 6.
8. Paradigm Shift, why is Leadership key?
- Front line leader
- Felt Leadership – What is it all about?
- Felt Leadership – What is it specific
- Felt Leadership – Why is it important
- Good Visible Felt Leadership – World Class Safety, 4 Main Elements
- The value of Dialogue
- Your Talk matters
- The 20 essential tips
9. Reflections and conclusion
Questions to check your knowledge
1.What is a Safety Moment, how is it used, content? Why is HSE Management important
2.HSE has to be part and incorporated into which Company functions?
3.Mindset shifts in Safety – 9 elements, name at least 5
4.Principles – sustainable HSE Culture as a leader which question have you ask yourself (max 5)
5.Communication – for whom is it important to get transparent informed
6.Safety tips for office work (max 7)
7.Which Elements (5) characteristics determine whether a safety management is “World class”●
8.Name the elements of the 12 Pillar concept
9. What means VFL and why is it important
10.Management commitment – what’s needed
11.Tools for demonstrating commitment (max 5)
12.Principles of the safety injury Pyramid – what does it tell us
13.Lifesaving rules principles – why, what does it mean
14.Culture Ladder Elements – describe in few words each Element
15.Your talks matters – important Elements (max 7)