Why Organisations Fail in Safety Cultural Mapping and Controlling Risks

Abstract

Safety culture is an elaborate subject and to make working safer for people is very critical and challenging. Safety culture: are organisations thinking and doing it right? Millions of people die in accidents despite the increased focus on safety of people. This paper deals with a critical aspect of industry’s safety scenarios which is how to help understand mapping indices of safety culture in organisations? This research is based on official records, reviews, accidents accounts, eye witnesses, field insights, surveys, interviews, field insights, questionnaires, experts responses and recommendations. Seven indices would help us understand whether organisations are really adopting safety culture into workplaces. Make working safer for people: adopt positive safety culture. Safety culture: are organisations thinking and doing it right? The safety puzzle: too many unresolved questions. Safety culture: leaders don’t speak truth to company directors. Corporate safety culture is in celebration and meetings mode, not behavioural safety culture. Integration of safety systems across departments is crucial. Companies must understand that behavioural safety is one part of total safety culture. Increase social participation in safety culture beyond industries. Everyone matters in some way in terms of our work, then why safety is not followed in every respect raises a serious question on our culture?

Keywords: Safety, Culture, Risks, Mapping, Organisations, BBS

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