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Manitoba Safety and Health Index – Workplace culture

Workplace culture is a set of shared values, beliefs, behaviour and attitudes within the workplace and has a significant impact on injury prevention efforts.

By promoting a positive safety culture and implementing injury prevention strategies, workplaces can create a safe and healthy environment for their workers, and reduce the risk of workplace injuries and illnesses.

On the other hand, in a negative safety culture where safety is not a priority, injury prevention efforts may be undermined by lack of commitment or engagement.

The metrics that fall under the Workplace culture component are:

Leadership involvement

This metric measures Manitobans’ perception of their leadership’s commitment to safety and health in their workplaces. Leaders demonstrate commitment by allocating resources, supporting a respectful and transparent work environment, communicating and making decisions in a way that indicates safety and health is prioritized equally with productivity and quality.

Data source: SAFE Work Annual Survey

Desired direction: +1 i.e. increase in the level of leadership involvement in safety and health matters.

Worker involvement

This metric measures the level of worker involvement in the decisions related to safety and health within the workplace. Encouraging workers to participate in safety decisions will make workers feel valued and cared for. They will be empowered to invest in their own safety and health and prioritize safety in everything they do.

Data source: SAFE Work Annual Survey

Desired direction: +1 i.e. increase in the level of worker involvement in safety and health matters.

Awareness of legislation

This metric measures worker’s level of understanding of the workplace safety and health (WSH) legislation with focus on workers’ rights and responsibilities. Knowledge of the WSH Act, understanding ones responsibilities and rights under the WSH Act contribute to the safety and health of workplaces.

Data source: SAFE Work Annual Survey

Desired direction: +1 i.e. increase in workers’ awareness of safety and health legislation.

Workers’ experience of safety culture

This metric reflects workers’ perception of how safety and health matters are treated in their workplace. Safety should be given the same priority as productivity and quality. Communication should be open and should reflect an environment in which trust and respect matter in daily interactions and, especially, in resolving conflicts and solving problems. The work environment should be inclusive and multiple communication methods should be used to reach workers with different language or literacy levels.

Data source: SAFE Work Annual Survey

Desired direction: +1 i.e. improvement in workers’ experience and perception of their workplace culture.

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