Awareness of the Risks of a Strong Safety Culture

Strongsafety cultures can create a perception that everything is safe, sound and wellmanaged. Near misses may not be reported and the regular achievement of safetymilestones can create a mindset that hazards and other safety risks are wellcontrolled. Risks from this perception of exceptional performance can lead toan undue reliance on statistics, taking the eye off real safety management.

Other risks that may arise in strong performing safety organizations. We must not only work tobuild a strong safety culture but also ensure that it does not inadvertentlymask a deeper reality.