Health and safety culture evaluation and actions
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(a) A range of indicators can be used to measure health and safety culture.
Evaluate your chosen organisation’s health and safety culture against the following FIVE indicators of a positive health and safety culture
• visible commitment to safety by management
• workforce participation and ownership of safety problems and solutions
• trust between workers and management
• good communications
• a competent workforce.
(15)
Note: You must give relevant examples to support your answers.
(b) Based on the outcome of your analysis in 7(a), identify TWO actions that could improve or sustain health and safety culture in your chosen organisation.
You must
• give an outline of the action
• describe what the action is intended to do (the anticipated outcomes).
(10)
Notes: You must use the Activity 7(b) format table provided in the answer sheet to record your answers.
There are 5 marks available for each action