Critical Lapses and Insights on Safety Culture Behaviours

Page: 466-469
Harbans Lal (SNDT Women University, Director-Forum of Behavioural Safety, Mumbai, Maharashtra)

Better safety culture measures could save a million of lives annually. This article presents a review of latest academic and field practitioners literature and examines the critical lapses and insights on safety cultural behaviours. Behavioural insights can facilitate boosting a culture of positive safety. Need for a long term supportive safety culture intervention alongwith regular retraining, reviews and reinforcements by the top authorities as well as heads of departments is re-emphasized for increasing internal risk controls by employees for saving people from injuries or fatalities. Frequent corporate communications to employees regarding safety culture implementation matter a lot. Safety excellence and business excellence scenarios need to keep human safety ahead of commercial values for gaining organizational sustainability. Occupational health and safety investments are increasingly driven by ESG perspectives.