Safety Accountability
Does this picture show an unsafe practice? Yes!accountability ranks right at the top with management commitment as a critical element in a company's safety and health management system. Accountability is one of the answers to the question, "why do we behave the way we do in the workplace?" Consequences. So, we must understand what it is and how it should work as part of the safety management system.
Management may impose all kinds of safety policies, programs, written plans, directives, rules, and training on the workforce. Still, as you'll soon learn, none of that effort will matter unless the appropriate application of effective consequences within a culture of accountability exists: only then will desired behaviors be sustained. After all, employees must believe they are going to be held accountable for the decisions they make and the actions they take, or you can be sure that any safety management effort is ultimately doomed to failure.
