How Mature is your Safety Culture?
When you’re walking around your workplace, you can do a quick measure of your safety culture by thinking about the following HSE characteristics you see. Which ones most closely mirror your culture?
| Characteristic of an immature safety culture | Characteristic of a mature safety culture |
| People do not know or follow HSE rules | Everyone is following the HSE rules |
| People don’t intervene even if they see a problem | Everyone will intervene in problems |
| There is no follow up on reported HSE problems | HSE problems get followed up |
| There is no recognition for good practices | Good practices are celebrated |
| There are no consequences for breaches of rules | There are clear & certain consequences |
| Management don’t do what they say | Management do what they say |
| There are few safety role-models | There are lots of positive role-model |
| There are no safety conversations | Safety is talked about a lots |
| Safety isn’t mentioned in team meetings | Safety is in every meeting agenda |
| Management is invisible to the workers | Managers are visible and well known |
| Safety has no visible presence on site | Safety is highly visible |
| No one knows the organizations HSE objectives | HSE objectives are known |
