The impact of programmes modifying unsafe behaviours on the effectiveness of occupational safety and health management

Project manager: Małgorzata Pęciłło-Pacek Ph.D.

Project summary:

The project had three phases. The aim of the first phase was to develop and implement in selected enterprises programmes modifying unsafe behaviours. Phase two consisted in monitoring the way the programme were carried out and developing of methods and tools for studying its impact on the effectiveness of occupational safety and health management. During phase three the impact of implementing the programme on the effectiveness of occupational safety and health management was assessed.The following were also developed:- guidelines for implementing programmes modifying unsafe behaviours in an enterprise;- educational materials for enterprises on modifying unsafe behaviours in an enterprise, they will be used at post-graduate courses in OSH management organized by CIOP-PIB.Programmes modifying unsafe behaviours implemented in three selected enterprises included training workers and supervisors, watching and registering those behaviours and analysing their causes as well as diagnosing the quality of life and of safety culture. The results of monitoring programmes modifying unsafe behaviours indicate that in all enterprises that implemented them there was a rapid decrease in the number of unsafe behaviours in the first month after the beginning of the programme. The number of registered unsafe behaviours in the following months stabilized and gradually decreased. The programmes that were implemented also helped improve the level of safety culture and the quality of life in the three enterprises.

Unit: Department of Safety and Health Management

Duration: 01.01.2008 – 30.12.2010