What Is The Key To Safety Culture?

How do you build a dedicated safety culture within your business? For many, it would be the idea of having a reliable system to keep your employees safe throughout their shift. Keep reading below to discover the key factors that make up a thriving safety culture regardless of your industry!

How Do You Build A Successful Safety Culture? 

Where does your safety culture come from within your business? The answer is simple; your employees make up your safety culture. At the core of any safety, culture is communication between every employee regardless of organizational hierarchy. Building a thriving safety culture requires time, patience, and dedication to your workplace culture. 

For a successful safety culture to thrive, you need to find out what is going on around your place of business. Talking to your employees about their gear or experiences thus far will help you understand what they are lacking and what can be improved moving forward. Regardless of industry, when you break down what makes a successful safety culture standout, you find these three factors: 

• Communication 
• Implementation
• Realization

We’ve already touched on communication. What comes next is the implementation of what was communicated. If your employees are missing a piece of PPE or require better workspaces, you must ensure you are listening to their requests and implementing them within your work environment. 

Once these new requests have been implemented, you will see the realizations of the work and time you put in to ensure your employees are engaged in their jobs and remain safe. After a while, you will start to see your safety culture slowly develop and become the new normal around your business. Your safety culture will thrive for years with the right mindset, tools, and instruction. 

Learn More About Developing A Safety Culture And How We Can Help

SafT Integration is dedicated to ensuring the safety of your employees and business through our programs. Click here to learn more about how we can help you jumpstart your safety culture!