Developing safety orientation video for case organisation
Valtimo, Kimmo (2021)
Valtimo, Kimmo
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2021061416022
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2021061416022
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The development objective of this thesis was to create a safety orientation video for case organisations specific departments, following the principle of occupational safety. The safety video would include the case organisation's safe work practices, safety rules, and principles. Knowledge was based on risk management, risk assessment, and hazard identification.
By creating a safety orientation video, the case organisation can improve new employee’s knowledge of the safety rules and principles. The objective of the training is to ensure the safety of all employees and continuity of the production by creating a safety orientation video. The theoretical background supports comprehension of the employer’s responsibilities according to the Finnish Occupational Safety and Health Act. Then it reviews what the objective safety orientation should have and how risks and hazards are defined and identified. Additionally, it reviews the ISO 31000, Risk management – Guidelines, which provides principles, a framework, and a process for managing risk.
This study used qualitative research methods, such as secondary data and unstructured interviews. The secondary data used in this development project was obtained from the case organisation's internal database. The purpose of secondary data was to gain a better understanding of the safety culture, rules, regulations and to review past incident reports. Interviews were conducted in an unstructured way. Therefore, the interviews did not have a clear structure and new questions were generated depending on the interviewee’s answers, but they followed the main subject of occupational safety. Interviews were conducted with five different specialists and they were chosen because they work closely with occupational safety in the case organisation.
Based on the data collected some safety principles were still unclear for employees such as how to act in first aid situations or during a fire alarm. Other concerns such as employees’ turnover rate, due to seasonal work means that there are new employees each year. Therefore, the safety orientation video for this department was needed.
The new orientation video included information that is relevant in improving everyone’s safety in that department. It gave guidelines on safe work practices and principles as planned. The video has not been yet shown to new employees, but it can assume that it will help to elevate occupational safety and health in the case organisation.
By creating a safety orientation video, the case organisation can improve new employee’s knowledge of the safety rules and principles. The objective of the training is to ensure the safety of all employees and continuity of the production by creating a safety orientation video. The theoretical background supports comprehension of the employer’s responsibilities according to the Finnish Occupational Safety and Health Act. Then it reviews what the objective safety orientation should have and how risks and hazards are defined and identified. Additionally, it reviews the ISO 31000, Risk management – Guidelines, which provides principles, a framework, and a process for managing risk.
This study used qualitative research methods, such as secondary data and unstructured interviews. The secondary data used in this development project was obtained from the case organisation's internal database. The purpose of secondary data was to gain a better understanding of the safety culture, rules, regulations and to review past incident reports. Interviews were conducted in an unstructured way. Therefore, the interviews did not have a clear structure and new questions were generated depending on the interviewee’s answers, but they followed the main subject of occupational safety. Interviews were conducted with five different specialists and they were chosen because they work closely with occupational safety in the case organisation.
Based on the data collected some safety principles were still unclear for employees such as how to act in first aid situations or during a fire alarm. Other concerns such as employees’ turnover rate, due to seasonal work means that there are new employees each year. Therefore, the safety orientation video for this department was needed.
The new orientation video included information that is relevant in improving everyone’s safety in that department. It gave guidelines on safe work practices and principles as planned. The video has not been yet shown to new employees, but it can assume that it will help to elevate occupational safety and health in the case organisation.