Safety Leadership

“I expect to continue to see these themes dominate safety headlines in 2024,” says George Bower from DEKRA.

Neil Schnaak from DEKRA asks, “How can airlines, their transportation partners or any organization move the needle to become world-class organizations for employee safety?”

Paul Angelo and Toni Fleming from DEKRA say HR can be a key player in helping your organization become “world class.”

“Although most safety programs include a process for investigating incidents, investigations frequently fall short of yielding actionable insights or helping reduce risks,” says Kevin Jeffries from DEKRA.

“Assessments help organizations check how safe – or rather, lucky – they are and make data-driven changes instead of guessing or reacting to injury,” say experts from DEKRA.

“Gone are the days of simply ‘involving’ employees in decisions that affect them,” say experts from DEKRA.

“A state of mind preoccupied with potential failure is beneficial when it drives specific, planned and timely action to reduce risk and prioritize safety,” say Michael Sickler and Richard Smith from DEKRA.

“Until we accept that humans will make mistakes, understand the ways and reasons they make them, and have strategies to combat them, we’ll always be leaving exposure on the table,” says Dave Janney from DEKRA.

Is your process fully integrated into your safety management system? Has it kept up with organizational change? These are some of the questions you should be asking, Erika Gwilt and Elizabeth Prazeres from DEKRA say.

“Significant developments in alternative energy generation and storage technologies are happening now,” says Mike Snyder from DEKRA. “As a result, new workplace exposures have emerged.”