Workplace Safety

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This paper describes David L. Goetsch's approach to maintaining and establishing a safe and healthy work environment. The paper explains the rationale of Goetsch's approach, describes his belief that the culture of a company is an important element in the establishment of a safe work environment, and outlines the TSM implementation measures.

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"It is also dependent upon altering the culture of organizations that adopt it, which means altering the organization's "customs, tradition, rites and rituals" (Goetsch, 1997, p. 15) if necessary to implant the safety-consciousness needed for TSM to work as envisioned. TSM acknowledges that organizations that rely on conventional safety leadership approaches very often fail to inspire optimal safety-related attitudes and behaviors in their employees. Organizations relying on conventional safety and leadership approaches often fail to inspire the necessary safety-related behaviors and attitudes in their employees. (INEL Web site, 2004, total safety culture page)"

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