Thames Water Behavioural Safety Briefing1½ hour

Logistics and Safety in the Room

This briefing will last 1½ hours

Phones off

All conversations are confidential, take the behavioural safety message away but not the names, otherwise it becomes story telling

One conversation at a time

Be in the room

In the event of a fire ………

Introductions

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Find your ‘other half’ …….

Where do we need to Focus?

Behaviour+ Culture

Processes and systems

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HSE Vision

Our vision is to send everyone (who works for us and with us) home safer and healthier than when they came to work, having a positive effect on both their working and home lives, and ensuring the safety of everyone else who may be affected by our work.

We will achieve this through, being one team with one vision, enabling transformational change of behaviours to a culture of Zero Harm

(AMP 5 Leadership Team)

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Leadership Team

To provide clear and visible leadership that challenges and improves health &safety performance.

To influence working practices, systems and behaviours so as to make a significant improvement to heath & safety performance

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Output from the Leadership Team

Thames Water Commitment to Safety

A message from our COO – Steve Shine

The Injury Pyramid

1 Fatality

20,000 First Aid

240,000 Near Misses

2 million Unsafe Actions – At Risk Behaviour and Unsafe

Conditions

There is a huge difference

between the consequences of

an unsafe act and of a fatality

and in our response to them

400 Reportable Injuries

Kieron Deeney

It will never happen to me

4 Key Obstacles

1. Observing my colleagues and myself “asleep at the wheel” or preoccupied

2. Speaking up when I see someone at-risk

3. Being open to change when someone speaks to me

4. Changing our perceptions

Relationship of Competency to Risk

LowExperience

“ScaredStiff”

Perceived Risk

“Concerned andCompetent”

“Asleep atthe Wheel”

Knowledge & Skills

4 Key Obstacles

1. Observing my colleagues and myself “asleep at the wheel” or preoccupied

2. Speaking up when I see someone at-risk

3. Being open to change when someone speaks to me

4. Changing our perceptions

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Our Challenge – Changing Perceptions

Perception Action Results

The way we look at things drives our actions

Completion

Thank you for your participation and contribution

Let’s all get home safely. Every day.