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Ph.D., MBA Kirsi Levä Senior Advisor STUK

Management Development Conference January 20 th , 2012 Session A: Leadership and Organisational Culture Promoting strong safety culture in safety critical business. Ph.D., MBA Kirsi Levä Senior Advisor STUK. Safety critical business? Safety Culture?. Safety critical business.

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Ph.D., MBA Kirsi Levä Senior Advisor STUK

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  1. Management Development ConferenceJanuary 20th, 2012Session A: Leadership and Organisational CulturePromoting strong safety culture in safety critical business Ph.D., MBA Kirsi Levä Senior Advisor STUK

  2. Safety critical business?Safety Culture?

  3. Safety critical business

  4. In safety critical business …safety must be an override prioritysafety must be putfirst in all actions and decisionssafety must becontinuously assessed and developed

  5. Sweden: Stockholm, 2006 Safety Culture? Identifying and understanding risks and safety significance? (Motivation) Focusing on safety relevant issues? What is possible to do and what is not? Finland:Forssa, 2007

  6. Assessment and improvement of safety culture at the OL3 nuclear power plant construction site: An additional inspection in 2008and follow-up inspections in 2009 and 2010 Examples of inspection questions for interviewing employees and supervisors at the OL3 site: 1) Understanding of safety significance, risks and quality requirements: • Can you briefly describe the quality requirements of your job? • Why do these requirements exist? • What is the safety class of your job? • How does the quality of your work affect the quality of this structure? 2) Following the instructions: • What instructions are related to your job? • Can you show us the corresponding instructions and drawings? • Are the instructions and drawings clear? • How do you utilise these instructions in your ongoing job?

  7. Assessment and improvement of safety culture at the OL3 nuclear power plant construction site: Examples of inspection questions for interviewing employees and supervisors at the OL3 site 3) Safety culture training • What kind of training you have received from the vendor / the licensee? • Is the term “safety culture” familiar to you? How does it relate to nuclear safety? 4) Identification and handling of non-conformances: • If you notice problems in your job, how do you act? Whom do you report to? What would be an example of a problem that you should report? • Can you give as an example of a problem that you have encountered and reported? Describe the process and how your company reacted. 5) Atmosphere: • Can you freely discuss any problems facing your job at the site (with colleagues, the vendor, the licensee, STUK)?

  8. OL3 Lessons learnt: safety culture • The concept of safety culture is challenging to communicate and implement • Examples of some key issues to be essential to communicate: • nuclear safety culture <=> occupational safety • nuclear safety culture => quality requirements • nuclear safety culture => requirements are met by following instructions • nuclear safety culture => competences and training • nuclear safety culture => systematic handling of non-conformances • nuclear safety culture => an organisational culture where (nuclear) safety is put first in all actions and decisions • Licensee has to communicate quality and safety requirements and survey that these requirements are met • IAEA Guide GS-G-3.5 (2009) gives support to develop and assess the safety culture

  9. Thank you! Questions? Comments?

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