To support safety managers and leaders in implementing effective workforce involvement (WFI) programmes, the Energy Institute (EI) has developed a series of posters to encourage colleagues to contribute to safety in the workplace.
According to the Institute, the new poster pack can be used as part of a wider WFI campaign and is supported by related guidance.
The posters are designed to test general perceptions and provoke discussion among workers. They ask such questions as:
- What stops you from communicating safety issues?
- What if you are the only person in your team who sees the risk? and
- What ideas do you have to improve safety?
To support the sharing of ideas, the poster series also includes space to capture comments to contribute to WFI schemes.
The HSE was involved in the EI’s Human and Organisational Factors Committee, which developed these new resources. Commenting on the posters, Rob Miles, head of human and organisational factors for the Executive’s offshore division, said: “HSE believes that effective involvement of the workforce in how work is planned and executed is a fundamental part of achieving safety goals. The workforce are closest to the risks and have so much valuable experience to contribute on how tasks can be done safely.
“This is particularly true on some older installations, where the operators and management may have changed several times and some unique operational experience can only be found through workforce involvement. We also know that engagement of the workforce through effective involvement underpins the creation and maintenance of a good safety culture.”
Visit www.energyinst.org/wfi to find out more about workforce involvement.
