Exposures vs. Injuries: Shifting our Focus for an Injury-Free Workplace By Mr. Teg Matthews Session# 1 Monday February 22, 2010
10:30 - 11:10
Companies serious about safety performance often
talk about the injury-free culture. The problem is
that despite adopting this new standard, many
organizations continue to function within models
and cultures that are incompatible with zero harm
performance. Chief among these paradigms is the
use of injuries as the measure of performance and the
trigger for change. Injury statistics are an imprecise
and reactive measure for a goal of doing everything
possible to prevent an injury. This paper examines the
problem with an injury focus and discusses principles
for adapting and using an exposure focus for injury-free
performance.
Presenter – Mr. Teg Matthews
Teg Matthews has extensive experience in driving performance and implementing change within organizations across the Gulf, Middle East and the UK. His success has been based on effectively identifying and strategically helping to address key issues and implementing solutions within both the private and government sectors. He has worked with hundreds of client organizations from various sectors in both the Middle East and the UK helping them to assess and analyze their current situations and then design and implement changes and solutions that have led to measurably improved performance.
Teg Matthews has extensive experience in driving performance and implementing change within organizations across the Gulf, Middle East and the UK. His success has been based on effectively identifying and strategically helping to address key issues and implementing solutions within both the private and government sectors. He has worked with hundreds of client organizations from various sectors in both the Middle East and the UK helping them to assess and analyze their current situations and then design and implement changes and solutions that have led to measurably improved performance.