Integrated Lean Safety Model to Develop Organizational Safety Culture

Pal Pandi Ammavasi, Kallarpiran Arumugam and Anbu Meenakshi Sundram

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Abstract: The basic purpose of any business organization is to operate it with minimum risks and accidents. These contexts maintain safety culture in the organization in order to improve performance. The integration of Lean and Six Sigma along with existing safety practice may build a more effective safety culture, which may engage the entire workforce proactively seeking a healthy and hassle-free work environment considerably and notably reducing risks and accidents and mitigate the stress of workforce. This prompted the present authors to develop an integrated Lean Safety Management model (ILSM) for improving safety in workplaces. ILSM is an integration of Lean Thinking, Six-Sigma (DMAIC) and Behaviour Based Safety Management. The purpose of this chapter is to bring out the salient features of ILSM through SMILE approach and its credibility in meeting out the needs of the stakeholders regarding industrial safety and occupational health aspect.

Keywords: safety culture; behavioral based safety; lean six sigma; ILSM model; SMILE Approach (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.107002

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