The Integrated Safety Management System (ISMS) guide (DOE Guide 450.4-1C, Integrated Management System Guide) Attachment 10 provides three safety culture focus areas, and several attributes associated with each one, that are useful for attaining a strong safety culture that supports achieving excellence in both safety and mission performance.
DOE Focus Areas | Attributes of a strong safety culture |
| Focus Area 1: Leadership | Demonstrated safety leadership |
| Risk-informed, conservative decision making | |
| Management engagement and time in field | |
| Staff recruitment, selection, retention, and development | |
| Open communication and fostering an environment free from retribution | |
| Clear expectations and accountability | |
| Focus Area 2: Employee/ Worker Engagement | Personal commitment to everyone’s safety |
| Teamwork and mutual respect | |
| Participation in work planning and improvement | |
| Mindful of hazards and controls | |
| Focus Area 3: Organizational Learning | Credibility, trust and reporting errors and problems |
| Effective resolution of reported problems | |
| Performance monitoring through multiple means | |
| Use of operational experience | |
| Questioning attitude |
FEATURED LINKS
- Office of Environment, Health, Safety and Security - Integrated Safety Management (ISM)
- Office of Environmental Management - Integrated Safety Management Systems (ISMS)
- DOE Differing Professional Opinions
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) - Safety Culture
- Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (NASA) - Safety Culture