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Safety leadership
Aggregate site superintendents can coach supervisors and managers into promoting better safety practices. From the senior-most level to the front lines, people in the mining industry share a great value for safety. Despite this common ground, safety results don’t always match intention. As in all industries, production pressures and competing priorities in everyday work can push good intentions to the margins. This is why organizations committed to safety have increasingly focused on strengthening the middle of the organization, where intention meets everyday work. In mining terms, this means strengthening the role of the superintendent in driving safety objectives. When superintendents are well engaged, they help translate objectives into action, remove barriers and enable safe work. When they are not, these leaders can send mixed signals and, in the worst cases, inadvertently encourage risk-taking that leads to serious injuries or worse. So how can mining organizations leverage this powerful position for safety improvement? Superintendents are called upon to communicate management’s direction, implement new initiatives, take on special projects, and keep the… Keep Reading
