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| Put simply, safety culture is “the way we do things round here”, in other words how well the employees and managers work together to tackle safety issues. A good safety culture means that everyone shares a belief in the importance of safety and strives to ensure that safety is managed properly and that it is always given high priority. |
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| Although major rail accidents are exceedingly rare events, detailed investigations following such events has produced a wealth of evidence that identifies safety culture as being a fundamental element in the prevention of further accidents. |
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| There are many differing models of Safety Culture, however they all tend to include very similar areas. The RISSB safety culture assessment approach reflects consideration of these and use the following key elements |
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| Safety culture has differing levels of development – a 5 level model allows an organisation to benchmark themselves and identify the appropriate key enablers to progress to the next level.. |
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| A safety culture assessment allows an organisation to better understand how its people perceive safety and the company’s approach to safety management. It allows the organisation to identify both strengths and weaknesses. This information can be used to support improvements in safety management. There are many approaches, but the Rail Safety Regulators expect rail companies to conduct and act on safety culture assessments. |
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| The background to the RSSB toolkit explains how the toolkit has been developed and explains the main contents of the toolkit. |
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| Generic guidance is provided on safety culture improvement that is based on a basic concept of safety culture development with differing levels of safety culture. The guidance helps identify the key enablers to progress up through the levels |
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| Shows the Rail Safety Regulators' expectations on safety culture |
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| This section compiles summaries of safety culture improvement “good practices” from the rail and other similar industries. It allows the rail industry to share and adopt good practices. |
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| Provides guidance on how to conduct analyses and develop responses to the survey |
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| Provides a set of links to useful references on safety culture |
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