PSMS Building a Positive Safety Culture a...2019 | Positive Safety Culture: Communication Management must follow-up and communicate disposition. Don’t become complacent! Communication

Building a Positive Safety CulturePSMSBy Steve AllenExecutive Director of Pipeline Safety, EWN

2019 | www.energyworldnet.com

In the next 45 minutes…

We will better understand Safety Culture.

We will focus on Key Elements & Characteristics.

We will kickstart the Journey.


Safety Culture: Definition

It is the GLUE that brings it all together.

The collective set of attitudes, values, norms, beliefs and practices operator’s employees and contractor personnel share with respect to risk and safety.


Let’s talk Key Elements

LeadershipCommunication

Education ImprovementReinforcement


Positive Safety Culture - Leadership

Bottomline? Walk the walk.

Your organization must TRULY believe in safety as a core value. Leadership has to be visibly engaged and involved and it MUST communicate that regularly and consistently.

Adequate resources, processes and procedures should all focus on safety.



Speak with your wallet.



Set the tone from the top.



Declare your victories (loudly).


Positive Safety Culture: Communication

Management must follow-up and communicate disposition. Don’t become complacent!

Communication is KEY. The ‘big red button’ has to be a real thing and employees must have a stop work authority.

‘See something, say something, do something’ has to be something that is promoted throughout the organization.



Communication should be 2-way.



Set clear expectations.



Encourage employees to speak up.


Positive Safety Culture: Education

Educating employees on safety related matters is imperative, everyone should understand the ‘why’ and the ‘how’.

Your organization should live in a ‘lessons learned’ environment and embrace it.



Have consistent safety moments.



Add lessons learned into your organization’s vocabulary.



Educate your team that safety is factored into all decision-making.



Foster threat identification & consideration.



Don’t play the blame game.


Positive Safety Culture: Reinforcement

Focus on the ‘what’ that went wrong, instead of the ‘who’ at fault.

Positive safety culture should be valued. Continuous improvement should be embraced with lessons learned being shared consistently.

Recognize your teams for positive safety related actions.



Positive behavior should be awarded & applauded.



Compensation drives behavior.



Deliberate, consistent actions.

Positive Safety Culture: Improvement


Identify GoalsClearly setting objectives and desired outcomes is vital.

If it isn’t measured, it isn’t managed.



Determine KPIsIf you are not tracking key performance indicators (KPIs)…

how do you know how you are doing?



Analyze the DataPour through your data. Your data deserves it,

if you are just tracking to track and not doing

anything with it…

what is the point?!



Make AdjustmentsBe an amoeba, be fluid, make changes and test them.

Use the data to make educated decisions.



Wash, Rinse, Repeat.It’s simple, you have heard it again and again…

Plan, Do, Check, Act - PDCA


Preparing for take-off.


Understanding the DuPont™ Bradley Curve™


Starting the Journey

Leaving today and stepping back into your environment with the tools to gain leadership’s buy-in is step one.

Let’s run through the perks from making positive safety culture a reality within your organization.


Risk mitigation & reduction.



Improved efficiency & effectiveness.



Awesome employees do awesome work.



Improve your public perception.



Regulators will love you.



Good news… 3 more slides.


You can have a positive safety culture without an effective Pipeline Safety Management System.

You cannot have an effective Pipeline Safety Management System without a positive safety culture.


Steve Allen Executive Director of Pipeline Safety, EWN

ENERGY worldnet, Inc. (EWN)[email protected]

Cell: 317.523.7437

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-allen-ab323416/

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Thank you for your time today.- EWN Team -

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