One of the first documented uses of the term ‘safety culture’ was seen the 1988 ‘Summary Report on the Post-Accident Review Meeting on the Chernobyl Accident where safety culture was described as:
“That assembly of characteristics and attitudes in organisations and individuals which establishes that, as an overriding priority, nuclear plant safety issues receive the attention warranted by their significance.”
Adding to that, the Cullen Report into the Ladbroke Grove rail crash reported safety culture as a contributing factor and described safety culture as “the way we typically do things around here”.
Some of the most significant influences on safety culture are:
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