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Occupational Safety and Health culture assessment -

A review of main approaches and selected tools

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Written by the following members of the Topic Centre:

Lieven Eeckelaert (Prevent, Belgium), Annick Starren & Arjella van Scheppingen (TNO Quality of Life, The Netherlands), David Fox (Health & Safety Laboratory, United Kingdom), Carsten Brück (KOOP, Germany)

Reviewed by Markku Aaltonen (FIOH)

Edited by:

Terence N. Taylor (EU-OSHA)

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Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2011

ISBN 978-92-9191-662-7 doi 10.2802/53184

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Occupational Safety and Health culture assessment - A review of main approaches and selected tools

Table of contents List of figures and tables......................................................................................................................... 2 Acronyms................................................................................................................................................ 3 Executive Summary................................................................................................................................ 5 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 7 2. Taking a cultural approach towards OSH.................................................................................... 9

2.1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 9 2.2. The organisational triangle .......................................................................................................... 9 2.3. OSH culture ............................................................................................................................... 10 2.4. Theoretical backgrounds ........................................................................................................... 11

2.4.1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 11 2.4.2. Safety culture .................................................................................................................. 12 2.4.3. Patient safety culture ...................................................................................................... 16 2.4.4. Health culture..................................................................................................................