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Module 4: What Do I Need to Do to Maintain a High Standard of Safety? ©©Copyright CopyrightNational NationalUniversity UniversityofofSingapore. Singapore.All...

Module 4: What Do I Need to Do to Maintain a High Standard of Safety? ©©Copyright CopyrightNational NationalUniversity UniversityofofSingapore. Singapore.All AllRights RightsReserved. Reserved. 1 Module 4: What do I need to do to maintain a high standard of safety? This module details how you can help to maintain a high standard of safety in NUS through building a positive safety & health culture within your workplace. 1  Defining “Safety & Health Culture” “Mind‐set in which safety and health becomes second nature” “Way in which safety is managed in the workplace, and often reflects "the attitudes, beliefs, perceptions and values that employees share in relation to safety.” For more information, please visit this link. © Copyright National University of Singapore. All Rights Reserved. 2 So what is safety and health culture? It is commonly described as a mindset in which safety and health becomes nature. It is the ways in which safety is managed in the workplace and often reflects the attitudes, beliefs, perceptions and values that employees share in relation to safety. There are some articles in the staff portal that can provide more information on safety and health culture. Please visit the link for more information: https://inetapps.nus.edu.sg/osh/portal/general_safety/safetyculture.html 2  Number of Incidents Reduced with Positive Safety and Health Culture Technology & Standards WSH Management Systems Incidents Design for Safety Safety & Health Culture Integrate Workplace Safety & Health © Copyright National University of Singapore. All Rights Reserved. Time 3 Positive safety and health culture is also linked to lower incident numbers. While it is important to have the technology, standards and a comprehensive workplace safety and health management system in place, a positive safety and health culture can help to sustain good habit cultivated and further lower incident numbers 3  NUS is Committed to Building Positive Safety & Health Culture Many promotional programmes in NUS to bring awareness and to educate the NUS community on safety & health Some examples: NUS Safety and Heath Conferences NUS Safety and Health Awards Safety and Health alerts and news Faculty Safety Day …and many more! For more information, visit this link © Copyright National University of Singapore. All Rights Reserved. 4 NUS is very serious about building a positive safety and health culture and there are many safety and health promotional programmes in NUS to bring awareness, as well as to educate the NUS community on safety and health matters. Do keep a look out for such promotional events or find out more via the link: https://staffportal.nus.edu.sg/staffportal/portal/safety‐security‐and‐ sustainability.html 4  How to Create a Strong Positive Culture in an Academic Institution “The goal of a strong safety culture in an academic institution is to have administrators, faculty, and staff who care strongly about safety, who have strong knowledge of safety, who teach safety to their students throughout the curriculum, and who promote safety through their leadership and lead by example.” Visit this link to read the Academic Safety Culture Report © Copyright National University of Singapore. All Rights Reserved. 5 So how does one create a strong positive culture in an academic institution? It has been reported that the key to a strong safety culture in an academic institution is to have administrators, faculty and staff who care strongly about safety. These people not only have strong knowledge of safety, they also teach safety throughout the curriculum and promote safety though their leadership and by being good examples. Link: https://inetapps.nus.edu.sg/osh/portal/general_safety/Ref%20‐ %20ACS%28Academic‐safety‐culture‐report‐final‐v2%29.pdf 5  Creating a Positive Safety & Health Culture in the Lab 1. Serve as a role model by exhibiting good safety behaviour 2. Empower researchers to assume leadership roles in establishing safety practices within research groups and for entire departments. 3. Ensure that a hazard analysis is conducted prior to conducting any experimental procedure. 4. Encourage open and ongoing dialog about safety. 5. Insist that everyone who works in the lab receives proper safety training. Safe Science: Promoting a 6. Walkthroughs and unannounced inspections Culture of Safety in Academic Chemical Research (2014) For more information, please visit this link. © Copyright National University of Singapore. All Rights Reserved. 6 Link: https://inetapps.nus.edu.sg/osh/portal/general_safety/report%20by%20national% 20research%20council_USA_safety%20culture.pdf Here are some tips on how to create a positive safety and health culture in the lab: 1. Serve as a role model by exhibiting good safety behaviour 2. Empower researchers to assume leadership roles in establishing safety practices within research groups and for entire departments. 3. Ensure that a hazard analysis is conducted prior to conducting any experimental procedure. 4. Encourage open and ongoing dialog about safety. 5. Insist that everyone who works in the lab receives proper safety training. 6. Conduct walkthroughs and unannounced inspections 6  NUS SAFETY & HEALTH NEWSLETTER Keep abreast with campus safety and health with the Safety NUS Safety & Healthand Health articles on : News email newsletter. 1. Regulatory & Policy changes 2. Sharing of best practices 3. New trainings & workshops 4. Seminar and Conferences 5. Learning from accidents & incidents Head over to the web edition to view past issues! © Copyright National University of Singapore. All Rights Reserved. Link: web edition 7  Thank You! © Copyright National University of Singapore. All Rights Reserved. 8 Thank you for taking the time to complete this training. 8