How one Company Transformed its Safety Culture
An industry-leading manufacturer of premium tubular solutions had ambitions to compete for large-scale contracts in the oil and gas industry. To do so required developing more robust governance regarding safety performance and improved metrics that showed the company maintained a rigorous safety culture on all levels, from the C-suite to the factory floor, and throughout all its sites in the US and Mexico.
Challenge
An industry-leading manufacturer of premium tubular solutions had ambitions to compete for large-scale contracts in the oil and gas industry. To do so required developing more robust governance regarding safety performance and improved metrics that showed the company maintained a rigorous safety culture on all levels, from the C-suite to the factory floor, and throughout all its sites in the US and Mexico. Urgency also played a role: the company’s new CEO wanted to see positive results within 24 months.
dss+ Approach
To align with the client’s comprehensive goals, dss+ developed a series of steps that together would not just improve the company’s safety culture but make it a leader in the market.
First, dss+ proposed a series of risk awareness workshops that were designed to engage the workforce on best practices; operations managers and other leadership also participated in training sessions as well to improve their development as safety leaders.
Key to change was the Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) model dss+ developed to drive the safety transformation and would serve the company for years to come. Part of that was also developing a safety vision for the company and communicating it effectively to get all workers on board with the changes required of them moving forward.
Finally, dss+ created a communications strategy that reflects the stages of transformation and ultimately shows workers, the industry, and the community that the company is serious about workplace safety.