On-the-job safety is a major concern for any organization but in the shutdowns, turnarounds and outages world it is an essential focus. LyondellBasell’s Turnaround Project Manager and Mainstream Conference speaker, Joe Jackson, shares how their safety program uses a personal approach to eliminate injuries and the results yielded their best year ever for lowest recordable injuries. LyondellBasell was looking to build an umbrella concept for their safety programs and GoalZERO was what was chosen and, you probably guessed it, the goal is zero injuries. Our current mantra is GoalZERO 100 which makes reference to the concept of 100% of the people, 100% of the time. Every company has some sort of safety process, but what I find different about GoalZERO is how it brings safety to a personal level. I see it as my challenge to help people recognize the need to internalize safety messages and learn from other people versus from their own experience, since in general with safety people don’t really hear the message until they have their own event. It’s like when you were growing up and was told “don’t touch the stove it’s hot,” and what did you do? Touch the stove. So how do you switch this around where it becomes more natural for people to recognize and understand hazardous situations without actually experiencing them? Planting Seeds I like to think of myself as a Johnny Appleseed for safety. I plant seeds in people so when the light bulb does go off and someone realizes … Continue reading →