People working in the construction industry understand, and research confirms, that a strong safety climate and safety culture helps reduce the potential for injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. Since 2016, Â鶹ÊÓƵ has worked closely with the industry to develop tools and resources — all available for free — to help companies achieve a strong positive job site safety climate/culture.
Our ), gives companies the opportunity to use Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s reliable and valid Safety Climate Assessment Tool (S-CAT — English or Spanish) to measure their safety climate maturity or get a snapshot of their current safety climate improvement activities with the Safety Climate Assessment Tool for Small Contractors (S-CATsc — English or Spanish). Both instruments measure these eight leading indicators:
- Demonstrating Management Commitment
- Aligning and Integrating Safety as a Value
- Ensuring Accountability at All Levels
- Improving Supervisory Leadership
- Empowering and Involving Employees
- Improving Communication
- Training at All Levels
- Encouraging Owner/Client Involvement
If you enter the SC-SMIS as a guest, you can access the resource repository and download the S-CAT or S-CATsc, but you’ll need an account to administer a survey at your company. After employees complete the S-CAT or S-CATsc, the company can review the scores; use that information to select from a large repository of evidence-based safety management resources that are specifically designed to improve low-scoring indicators; and then develop a plan to help put those resources into action.
New Video on Building Safety Climate
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