It is the responsibility of every employer to take a strong, proactive stance to ensure their employees’ safety. Towers Perrin-ISR partners with the world’s largest and most recognizable companies to improve their safety culture, gathering feedback through custom-tailored employee surveys designed to identify potential critical problem areas.
Towers Perrin-ISR is able to analyze the data, identify high-risk areas, and help our clients develop concrete plans for improved occupational and process safety performance. Our work is focused on using employee insights to prevent costly and potentially deadly accidents before they occur, creating a safer workplace by taking into account both the environment in which employees work and the culture that drives their daily work experience.
Impact of safety on organizational performance
 Both independent research and Towers Perrin-ISR safety studies demonstrate that a focus on safety can improve organizational performance in multiple areas. In fact, a recent industry survey found that more than 40% of senior financial executives believe that increased productivity is the main benefit of an effective workplace safety program, with more than 60% reporting that each $1 invested in injury prevention returns at least $2. 1
While safety training, proper equipment maintenance, and implementation of safety policies and procedures will continue to be important for safety-conscious organizations, Towers Perrin-ISR’s research shows that the impact of organizational culture on workplace safety is an equally significant factor in the development of a safe workplace.
By focusing on improved employee-supervisor relations, empowering employees by giving them sufficient authority to excel at their jobs, and recognizing cooperation and teamwork among co-workers, an organization can create a safer workplace
Towers Perrin-ISR's safety research in the field
On March 23, 2005, an explosion at BP’s Texas City, Texas refinery killed 15 people and injured more than 170. In October 2005, BP formed an Independent Safety Review Panel, headed by Former Secretary of State James A. Baker, III, to “make a thorough, independent, and credible assessment of the effectiveness of BP’s corporate oversight of safety management systems at its five U.S. refineries and its corporate safety culture.”
The experts at Towers Perrin-ISR performed the employee surveys and analysis used by the Panel in its assessment of BP’s occupational and process safety. This report is viewed as the industry-standard safety publication among refineries. |
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As a result of continuing success in the field of safety research, Towers Perrin-ISR offers the unique opportunity to benchmark operational facilities against a process safety norm.
To download a free copy of the report of the BP U.S. Refineries Independent Safety Review Panel, please click here.
For further information about our Safety services, download Towers Perrin-ISR's latest safety brochure: "Building a Safer Workplace." This piece examines our approach to safety research and provides three case studies for review.
1. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. (2005).
2. Torres, K. Occupational Hazards. (2006). OSHA, Industry Groups Band Together for NAOSH Week. Occupational Hazards.
3. Torres, 2006.
4. Bureau of Labor Statistics – United States Department of Labor. (2006). Workplace injuries and illnesses in 2005. |
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