Why A Safety Imperative?

Why is a safety imperative an Opexcis operational excellence integrated solution? The ethical and regulatory considerations of preventing workplace injuries are a given. A safety imperative is an integrated solution to operational excellence for two reasons. One, the safety imperative creates the individual and team discipline to perform work the safe way, synonymous with the right way. The right way to carry out operational tasks requires identifying and controlling process variables. Often, safety incidents occur when a new, uncontrolled variable enters the process. Two, ensuring a safe approach requires the mental exercise of STEP; Stop, Think, Evaluate, Proceed. By embedding the habit of STEP directed toward safety, the team develops the discipline to perform STEP in all operations. Each time that the team stops, thinks, evaluates, and thenproceeds, the team takes one step closer toward excellence.