CSMS Basics
Safety Culture
Before we get started, it is critical to understand that the only way your Construction Safety Management System (CSMS) will succeed is to make sure the underlying safety culture includes a real long-term serious commitment and tough-caring leadership by management.
6 Key Parts to Improving Safety Culture - Kevin Burns
This first module will briefly explore some of the important components necessary in an effective safety culture. By the way, if you are interested in developing your CSMS, be sure to take course 833 Developing a Construction Safety Management System.
Believe it or not, OSHA actually has a pretty good definition for a safety culture. OSHA defines culture as:
It's important to understand, from the employer's point of view, the company's corporate culture is something to be managed. However, ask an employee what culture means to them and they will probably tell you it's just the way things are around here.
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
1-1. If you ask employees what a safety culture is, they will likely say _____.
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