IAGC LAND GEOPHYSICAL SAFETY MANUAL Edition 9 ... - CGISS

2. HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND HEALTHHUMAN BEHAVIOR AND HEALTHThis chapter is designed to apply to EVERYBODY's health and safety.The first stage of injury prevention is to keep people away from a potential accident bygood process design for a specific task, project, or piece of machinery. (I.e.- the use ofan automated system will reduce the number of individuals required to accomplish atask.)The second stage is to provide an HSE management system, which will promote aproactive safety culture to reduce risks to as low as is reasonably practical (ALARP).This is achieved by establishing and implementing well-documented procedures,adequate resources, and an effective incident reporting system.From the employee(s) standpoint the third stage is the most important because it ishere that the employee takes responsibility for his/her own actions and the actions ofothers around them, in an effort to promote teamwork and a safer work environment.This is where most companies are now.(Graph from OGP Human Factors)It is increasingly clear that many if not most workplace accidents are triggered by unsafebehaviours. Therefore, it is essential that HSE Management System be buttressed byBehavioural Safety programs. These programs, which focus directly and proactively onunsafe behaviour or unsafe acts, have been shown to produce positive results for boththe individual and the organization.Page 13 of 136