Last week, we published a self-assessment quiz based on a 2004 U.S. Navy study listing 15 safety activities that management will support when it’s serious about creating a positive safety culture. Let’s now go through the same exercise for employees. Put a check in the box next to the statement if the statement is true; if it isn’t, leave the box blank:

Does your organization promote employees’ involvement in planning and implementing safety activities including:

1. [ ] Notifying managers of hazards with the trust that those concerns will be addressed
2. [ ] Participating in safety and health problem-solving groups or activities
3. [ ] Participating in safety audits
4. [ ] Participating in worksite inspections
5. [ ] Participating in accident and incident investigations
6. [ ] Developing or participating in employee improvement suggestion programs
7. [ ] Training other employees in health and safety
8. [ ] Analyzing job/process hazards
9. [ ] Acting as safety observers
10. [ ] Serving on health and safety committees

RESULTS

9 to 10: Your employees are actively involved in safety culture building

6 to 8: Your employees are involved but could be doing more to build a safety culture

5 or less: You’re not doing enough to engage and empower your employees to build a safety culture

Source: This quiz is original but the questions are based on the findings of a study for the U.S. Navy by Dolfini-Reed & Streicher, “Creating a Safety Culture,” Center for Naval Analyses (CNA Corporation), Sept. 2004, p. 15

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