An Overview of the Factors and Processes to Increase Organization Safety Culture
Safety Center March 2016 Webinar
Availability Status: Archived
- Created: Wednesday January 27th, 2016
- Source: National Center for Rural Road Safety, Montana Department of Transportation, Missouri Department of Transportation, Nevada Department of Transportation, National Cooperative Highway Research Program
- Topic: Safety Culture
- Sub-Topic: Organization Culture
- Skill Level: Basic
- Sector: Local, State, Federal, Tribal
- Profession: Engineers, Enforcement, EMS, Planners, Policy makers
- Training Format: Training Webinar
- Duration: 1.5 Hours
Description/Learning Outcomes:
This Safety Center sponsored webinar provided an overview of the NCHRP funded Domestic Scan 14-03 that examined the factors and processes that can support the success of developing a strong safety culture in transportation safety agencies. (http://www.domesticscan.org/14-03-successful-approaches-for-the-development-of-an-organization-wide-safety-culture-in-transportation-agencies)
The course provided participants a basic understanding of:
- The definition and relevance of organization safety culture.
- The factors that help an organization be ready to change its culture.
- A process through which organization change can be supported.
- An example of key insights gained from this scan about principles and strategies to change organization safety culture.
The presenters were:
- Professor Nicholas Ward, Director, Center for Health and Safety Culture and Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Montana State University Bozeman
- Rudy Malfabon, Director, Nevada Department of Transportation
- Mike Tooley, Director, Montana Department of Transportation
- Mark Shelton, District Engineer, Missouri Department of Transportation
- Download: Webinar Slides View .PDF (1.44M)
- External Link: Webinar Recording
- External Link: Evaluation link (to receive CEUs or certificate of completion for this webinar, you MUST fill out this evaluation)