7 Reasons Why Safety Management Systems Fail to Engage Employees
Introduction: OHSAS 18001 and its replacement, ISO 45001 2018, have considerably enhanced occupational health and safety management in the field of Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) management systems. These programs seek to lessen workplace accidents and make workplaces safer for workers. The failure to effectively engage employees, however, causes safety management systems to frequently fall short of their objectives despite the established norms and regulations. In this article, we will examine the causes of why safety management systems usually fail to attract the workforce's interest and commitment. Lack of Employee Involvement: The Lack of active employee participation in the system's conception and implementation is one of the main causes of the safety management system's failure to engage workers. Data collected in Gallup's report - State of the Global Workplace 2022- show that globally only 32% of employees are engaged and only 17% of employees are active...