How can you encourage your staff to report safety hazards?

I agree to encourage all. Employees can receive incentives bit then this is creating expectations instead of doing thee right thing all the time. But encourage reporting of near misses or hazards to help.reduce safety incidents. SECTION8/14

Encouraging staff to report safety hazards is essential for maintaining a safe work environment. Strategies include fostering a culture of safety, providing clear reporting procedures, offering training, leading by example, providing positive reinforcement, ensuring confidentiality and non-retaliation, addressing reported hazards promptly, seeking employee feedback, and actively addressing concerns. These efforts create an environment where employees feel empowered to report hazards, contributing to a safer workplace for all.

Comunicar os benefícios de relatar riscos é muito importante. O maior benefício é a própria melhoria dos ambientes de trabalho e das condições de segurança para todos. Mas antes de se comunicar benefícios, a premissa é que haja um ambiente de segurança para que se possa comunicar os riscos sem que haja a culpabilização por essa comunicação (falando especificamente no caso do risco ser proveniente de um desvio). É não procurar culpados mas sim a as soluções e o aprendizado gerado pela situação.

Open Communication: Foster a culture of open communication where employees feel comfortable voicing their concerns about safety hazards without fear of retribution. Anonymous Reporting: Offer anonymous reporting channels, such as suggestion boxes or online reporting systems, to allow employees to report safety hazards confidentially if they prefer. Recognition and Rewards: Recognize and reward employees who report safety hazards or suggest safety improvements. This encourages proactive behavior and reinforces the importance of safety reporting.

I agree but you can also incentivize employees to report hazards by providing a mean to report such hazards anonymously through a website or other means.

Use the technology by implementing digital tools such as mobile apps or online forms for reporting hazards. Nowadays, almost everybody has a smartphone. This makes it convenient for the staff/employees to report any hazards quickly from anywhere in the workplace.

If the process isn’t clean, simple, and effective, employees are just less likely to use it. Most employees are under enough pressure with quality/productivity/delivery expectations and the EHS world already throws plenty at them. They just don’t want more paperwork or permits. A simple process for reporting an unsafe condition/unsafe act or near-miss with effective follow-through and PROVEN results can be sold as a valuable tool.

Create a culture of H&S by sharing company directives and local regulations. Set up an safety incident portal and create multiple user friendly trainings (either web-based or instructor-led) and flag those trainings as 'mandatory' to enforce importance of reporting incident. Assign a dedicated Health & Safety resource in the organisation whos job is to consistently update the team for any changes and emphasize the importance of safety and help the employees understand that their wellbeing and the wellbeing of their colleagues is #1 priority for the organisation.

Umas das maneiras mais eficientes que encontrei, foi mostrar que a Segurança do trabalho é responsabilidade de todos e que cada um deve contribuir para a sua própria segurança e a segurança de seus colegas de trabalho.

Tornar o processo de comunicação de riscos o mais simples e fácil possível é a melhor forma de incentivar essa comunicação, com a maior quantidade possível de relatos formando uma base de dados importante para análise e tomada de decisão. Imagine um processo de comunicação burocrático, feito somente em papel, em que se tenha que tomar várias assinaturas. Com certeza essa é uma forma de inibir a iniciativa e reduzir uma base de dados que poderia ser muito útil para a melhoria das condições de segurança.

Não há nada mais desestimulante do que um relato ou uma sugestão não levada a sério ou sem retorno. Se a sugestão não é exequível, tudo bem, pelo menos é importante que seja dado o retorno. Se não há recursos para implementar no curto prazo, não há problema, desde que haja uma comunicação transparente e objetiva falando dos motivos pela não implementação naquele momento mas que sim, quando houver os recursos disponíveis ela será levada em consideração. Sempre deve ser dado o retorno.

Lead by example As a leader, demonstrate your commitment to safety by actively reporting and addressing hazards. When employees see that you take safety seriously, they are more likely to follow suit.

When you communicate promptly and effectively back to your employees the status of any corrective actions that you were taking to address the concerns they brought up, it empowers them and makes them feel heard. I’m a big fan of a visual management system that displays unsafe conditions/near misses reported by employees and the status of the corrective action.

During formal or informal meetings and dialogue with direct reports, improvement needs or hazards reported are or should be acknowledge, documented in an action register, with responsibility assigned and due date stated. A daily follow-up through the action register is necessary, in formal or informal meetings with direct report may be necessary.

People will get used to safety hazards when they are not addressed after being reported. A simple system to report is needed; however, quick action has to be taken after any report is made. Even if it’s just explaining how to work around that hazard.

Cuando el personal se siente identificado y valorado, será un soporte importante para poder denunciar los riesgos en el trabajo y crear una cultura preventiva dentro de las empresas .

Communicate the importance of reporting: Regularly communicate with your staff about the importance of reporting safety hazards. Emphasize that reporting hazards is not only for their own safety but also for the well-being of their colleagues. Highlight success stories where reporting hazards led to preventive measures and improved safety.

É muito importante envolver a equipe a relatar riscos relacionados à segurança do ambiente de trabalho. E o mais importante é envolver setores diferentes para cada um conhecer o risco que cada processo tem. Afim de ter opinião de pessoas que olham de uma forma diferente outro setor com dúvidas que possam gerar melhorias. Por isso a CIPA é muito importante dentro de uma empresa. E não falo só a comissão de segurança, mas engaje todos os funcionários com comportamentos seguros e abordagens de segurança em processos dentro da empresa.

Envolver a equipe, é fundamental para a organização ser assertiva. Valores não pode ser esquecidos e cada requisito completado deve ser compartilhado com a equipe e as boas práticas compartilhada.

Acknowledge and appreciate employees who report safety hazards. Consider implementing a reward or recognition system to incentivize reporting. Publicly recognize and thank employees for their contributions to maintaining a safe work environment.

Hold a contest Have employees submit hazards they identify in the workplace, and then provide rewards once the contest ends.

Some of the most impactful moments in my career have been watching someone react to being publicly praised for working safely. So often we focus on reporting and opportunities, and try to think of ways to create incentives to do so. A successful safety culture is visible in a team who work safely when they think no one is watching. Do a round of shout outs at team meetings. Start a safety observation program and get the team to call each other out positively. I've seen first hand where this culture shift then leads to the team also stopping each other from working unsafely as opposed to looking the other way.

Treinamento constante, essa é uma das formas de fazer assimilação do comportamento seguro e saber os procedimentos para reagir às ocorrências de forma mais natural .

Incentivar a equipe de trabalho com gratificação ou presente é bem positivo. Programas de incentivo à segurança e melhorias no processo são bastantes positivos e fortalecem muito a relação dos funcionários e da empresa. A gratificação estimula e a empresa ganha na melhoria dos seus processos e cuidados com a segurança.

One thing I found helpful during my tenure is making People understand and encourage them to report whatever they hazardous is to let everyone understand that saftey is everyone's responsibility, this can encourage them report the hazard with a different mindset.

Foster a culture of trust through training, clear reporting procedures, and anonymous options. Provide feedback, recognition, and incentives for reporting, lead by example, hold regular safety meetings, and prioritize continuous improvement in safety protocols.

Hazard reporting should be tracked as part of daily shift KPI's. All shop floor meetings should begin with Safety. Hazard identification should be prompted by the Team Leader at the start of the meeting. In this way, the discussion helps the team understand the hazard and the preventive measures necessary to avoid it.

Few ways to make it easier for your team to speak up: -Promote a safety culture as a top priority. -Provide clear reporting channels that are easy to use. -Assure confidentiality to encourage open communication. -Recognize and reward proactive behavior to incentivize staff to report. -Offer training to empower staff with knowledge and skills. -Lead by example by demonstrating a commitment to safety by addressing hazards promptly and mitigating risks. -Create a non-punitive environment that encourages reporting safety hazards without fear of punishment. -Involve staff in safety committees to give them a voice in decision-making processes related to safety. -Regularly review and improve reporting mechanisms to streamline the process.

Encouraging your staff to report safety hazards is crucial for maintaining a safe work environment. I think below are some important tips to help you to promote a culture of safety reporting with in any organization. 1.Communicate the importance of reporting safety hazards. 2.Provide trainings. 3.Create an open-door policy. 4.Offer incentives. 5.Lead by examples.