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STAR - Safety Culture
The trend around safety culture originated after Chernobyl brought attention to the importance of safety culture and the impact of managerial and human factors on the outcome of safety performance.
The term ‘safety culture’ was first used in INSAG’s (1988) ‘Summary Report on the Post-Accident Review Meeting on the Chernobyl Accident’ where safety culture was described as: “That assembly of characteristics and attitudes in organizations and individuals which establishes that, as an overriding priority, nuclear plant safety issues receive the attention warranted by their significance.” This concept was introduced as a means of explaining how the lack of knowledge and understanding of risk and safety by the employees and organisation contributed to the outcome of the disaster.
It is I&G's belief that 'Organizations with a positive safety culture are characterised by communications founded on mutual trust, by shared perceptions of the importance of safety and by confidence in the efficancy of preventive measures.” Therefore I&G have developed and introduced the STAR (Stop To Assess Risk) safety behavioural program which incorporates the following key factors:
- Employees to report any potential risk identifed to there supervisor
- On site safety culture
- Recording and evaluation of all risks identified
- Communication on safety between all levels of the company
- Annual STAR safety training
