HSE Health and Safety Culture 5

Question 1

In the context of HSE culture, 'felt leadership' refers to:

Accepted Answer

The degree to which employees perceive that management genuinely cares about their safety

Answer

Felt leadership describes employees' subjective experience of whether leaders authentically care about their wellbeing, which is a strong predictor of safety culture strength.

Question 2

Which cultural characteristic distinguishes 'chronic unease' as a safety concept?

Accepted Answer

Maintaining a state of watchful awareness about what could go wrong even when things appear normal

Answer

Chronic unease is a hallmark of high-reliability organizations — a mindful alertness to the potential for failure even during periods of routine success.

Question 3

An organization seeks to shift from a reactive to a proactive safety culture. Which action would most directly support this transition?

Accepted Answer

Implementing predictive hazard identification processes using employee walk-throughs and risk assessments

Answer

Proactive safety culture focuses on anticipating and eliminating hazards before incidents occur through structured identification methods rather than responding after the fact.

Question 4

Which of the following best explains why senior management 'walk-arounds' are considered an important safety culture tool?

Accepted Answer

They demonstrate visible commitment to safety and create opportunities for direct safety dialogue with workers

Answer

Management safety walk-arounds signal that leaders value safety enough to invest personal time, and direct conversations with workers reinforce open communication norms.

Question 5

The term 'safety silos' in an organization refers to:

Accepted Answer

Isolated safety departments that fail to integrate safety across all business functions

Answer

Safety silos occur when safety is treated as a separate department's responsibility rather than being integrated into every function, weakening overall cultural commitment.

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HSE Health and Safety Culture 5