Interview with Dr Dominic Cooper regarding UK’s safety performance flatlining (declining).

We discuss:

Two pivotal moments in the UK’s historical timeline related to Safety.
Serious Injuries and Fatalities (SIF) – what does it mean?
Why Root Causes are different for SIFs and minor injuries.
What are the driving factors (pre-cursors) for routine or non-routine operation?
Behaviour Based Safety (BBS) and Safety Climate. How did they help define and reinforce safety culture?
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG). How did these help?
Safety Leadership and safety strategy – how does this support performance? Committed leadership will really help when it comes to the “do” part for managing safety.
How can regulators help?

Increasing awareness via training will also go a long way towards supporting the Organisation’s drive for safety performance improvement and future proofing.

In the ‘deeper dive’ discussions:

Using the image opposite (or below, if you are using a tablet or mobile), we explore what are the underlying causes or contributors, focusing on:

Analysis, which showed that 60% were due to behavioural choices or poor job planning.
Poor working conditions.
The use of tools and equipment that were sub-standard.

Want more information?

There is plenty of material on the UK HSE Website about the historical picture and statistics regarding safety performance.

Dr Dominic Cooper – Short Bio

Dom is one of the world’s leading authorities in Behavioural Science and Safety Culture.

He is a Chartered Psychologist, a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH) and a Member of the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP).

Dom has supported major companies such as ExxonMobil, Eli Lilly, Foster Wheeler achieve world-class safety results.

Dom is an award-winning author and has written several books on Behavioural Safety, Safety Culture change and Safety Leadership.