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During the fourth quarter of 2021, Personal Responsibility for Safety will be examined
Step Change in Safety is committed to making our sector the safest place to work by preventing predictable incidents, working with our colleagues in the industry to achieve that. With that in mind, in 2021 we will be introducing quarterly safety themes which will focus on a different topic every three months.
October to December will examine Personal Responsibility for Safety, where we will raise awareness and embed the themes of clear expectations, effective communication, planning, safety leadership, good practice in interventions, and encouraging safe behaviours.
🔺 Clear expectations and effective communication
🔺 Personal leadership and accountability
🔺 Intervention and encouraging safe behaviours
During each quarter our workgroups and support team will be producing a range of tools that will seek to engage, educate, reinforce and validate understanding. For the final quarter of 2021 the Workforce Engagement Support Team (WEST) have brought together their expertise to provide you with three new resources for embedding Personal Responsibility for Safety. The resources are in a variety of mediums which can be used as exercises and discussion prompts in a range of settings.
Clear Expectations and Effective Communication
Personal Leadership and Accountability
Intervention and Encouraging Safe Behaviours
As we move towards the last quarter of what we are sure you will agree has been another challenging year, it has never been more important that we take the time to look after ourselves, loved ones, friends and colleagues.
Our plea is that you take time out to reflect on what personal responsibility and work force engagement means for you. Please use the resources that WEST Workgroup have created for Q4 and take the time to review, share and engage with your colleagues. A listening ear or a call to a friend can make all the difference, particularly as we face into the long winter months when our problems can appear to be all the worse.
The sub-topics for this quarter are Clear expectations and effective communication, Personal leadership and accountability, and Intervention and encouraging safe behaviours.
We can keep each other safe and healthy by looking out for each other, taking a pause whether the task be routine or more unusual in nature and by being inquisitive.
We’ve got your back and trust that you have ours. Please be kind to each other and make the right calls, consistently.
The story described in the film follows a scenario where a member of the work party exercises their personal responsibility for safety and stops the job.
A 60 second video about personal responsibility for safety.
The story described in the film follows a scenario where poor communication, poor control of work and poor change management resulted in a hydrocarbon release.
A range of Step Change in Safety resources focusing on Personal Responsibility for Safety
Safety Alerts produced by Step Change in Safety focused on Personal Responsibility for Safety
Safety Moments produced by Step Change in Safety focused on Personal Responsibility for Safety
Stuart Mann, a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) technician and ESR on BP’s Clair Ridge platform in the North Sea. He became a Safety Rep in 2004 and has been an active participant in the promotion of and commitment to the safety agenda within the oil and gas industry since then. Over the years his passion for safety and the people involved with it has grown and grown. He's been involved with not only BP’s UK Safety Reps Forum, but also Step Change in Safety’s ESR Network and has witnessed first-hand how effective a group can be in promoting, sharing, and demonstrating positive HSSE behaviours and culture in the workplace.
Stuart believes that by positively influencing others and by being an active participant in the effectiveness, communication, and endorsement of safety in the oil and gas industry, we can produce results.
Bob's working life has been in the Construction Industry, Petrochemical Industry, Offshore Industry and now for the Health and Safety Executive.
Throughout his working life he has had a keen interest in improving workers health and safety and by working in different industries and going offshore since 1992 he has gained a lot of insights into the different working practices between companies and Duty Holders.
Bob became involved with Step Change in Safety as an Elected Safety Rep back in 2010 and has remained part of a group focused on the health and safety of the offshore workforce. Bob says there have been many high points when playing his part in Step Change in Safety and also low points when tragedies have happened in the industry. But feeling that together we can all help prevent another and progress workers safety is the goal we all have.
Steph Sunley has been an offshore logistics Supervisor on the AP1 for Spirit Energy for the last 8 years and has worked offshore for a further two years.
She’s been a safety rep for more than 3 years and elected to serve on the Step Change in Safety Leadership team. She’s also a member of the Major Accident Hazards Understanding workgroup.
During the first quarter of 2021, the focus will be on Life Saving Rules
During the second quarter of 2021, the focus will be on Safe Lifting Operations and Preventing Falling Objects
During the third quarter of 2021, the focus will be on Major Accident Hazard Understanding