Changing the Workplace Safety Culture

Ron C. McKinnon

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9781466567689
• eBook ISBN: 9781466567696
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Industrial Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Despite the fact that workplaces have implemented and followed new safety innovations and approaches, the majority of them have seen little, if any, significant progress in the reduction of accidental deaths and injuries. Changing the Workplace Safety Culture demonstrates that changing the way an organization views and practices safety will impact

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Chapter 1 - Introduction
• Chapter 2 - The History of Safety and Safety Culture
• Chapter 3 - Safety at the Workplace
• Chapter 4 - Accident Causation Theories
• Chapter 5 - Safety Culture Change Management Functions
• Chapter 6 - Safety Culture Change Management Principles
• Chapter 7 - A Culture of Fear
• Chapter 8 - Key Attributes of a Positive Safety Culture
• Chapter 9 - Safety Management Systems
• Chapter 10 - Steps toward Shifting the Workplace Safety Culture—Part 1
• Chapter 11 - Steps toward Shifting the Workplace Safety Culture—Part 2
• Chapter 12 - Steps toward Shifting the Workplace Safety Culture—Part 3
• Chapter 13 - Steps toward Shifting the Workplace Safety Culture—Part 4
• Chapter 14 - Steps toward Shifting the Workplace Safety Culture—Part 5
• Chapter 15 - Steps toward Shifting the Workplace Safety Culture—Part 6
• Chapter 16 - The Aluminum Company Case Study
• Chapter 17 - The Copper Mine Case Study
• References
• Back Cover