Perception Surveys

A safety perception survey can accurately measure how the people of your organization view your safety system and measure how well the safety system is working.

The Need:

  • Perceptions must be understood to achieve zero injuries.
  • "Soft" issues must be understood in order to proceed to behavior based safety.

Human behavior is driven by a person's perceptions. These perceptions are based on what people think their leaders want and may be different than what the leader actually wants.

Does your company use trailing indicators for safety?

  • Lost Time Accident frequency measures?
  • Recordable Injury frequency measures?
  • Worker's Compensation rates?

If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then your organization can benefit from the information gained by conducting a perception survey.

Does your organization want to:

  • Build commitment for safety with all employees?
  • Create a safety culture that is caring?
  • Build trust and passion?
  • Have people with the right attitudes and behaviors?
  • Include behavioral safety techniques in your program?

"If it can be measured, it can be managed."

Perception surveys can deliver:

  • Identification of areas where leadership attention can be focused.
  • A measurement of what your employees believe about your company.
  • A statistically valid measure of the soft side of safety.
  • A focus on specific issues.

Opportunities to ask tough questions:

Creating change takes leadership. Leadership includes asking tough questions.

  • Are your employees who are using drugs/alcohol on the job able to work without detection?
  • Does your union support safety?
  • Are supervisors more concerned about the record than accident prevention?
  • Are all incidents reported?
  • Is your boss fair?

Signal Safety & Training can provide:

  • A Perception survey specifically designed for your organization.
  • We will consult with you to design a questionnaire with the questions you want to ask.
  • Signal Safety & Training can provide introductory sessions for all employees.
  • Statistically validated results and analysis.
  • Recommended actions plans for the high leverage areas.