HEALTH & SAFETY
‘IT’S ABOUT FAMILY’ CABLE STRIKE
Cable Strike was performed as a live piece of theatre in the middle of the room surrounded by workers, managers and supervisors.
Following each scene a series of core questions were posed:
• From your experience what stops management and operatives from intervening in unsafe situations? • Where does your personal
responsibility for safety start and stop?
• What are the barriers to open and honest communication?
• How do we improve our learning from incidents in order to improve our own and others safety?
These questions encouraged people to engage with the theatre - they were encouraged to record their thoughts, feelings on tablecloths using words and drawings. These table cloths were later transcribed to filter out people’s views and concerns.
Cable Strike confronted the workforce with the gritty reality of what happens when human and physical factors combine to create a serious incident. The story came from their own organisation and involved people just like them. This process was designed to engage the room emotionally with the consequences of unsafe acts and help them make personal connections with the value of health & safety.
People’s reactions showed the impact of the story:
• “It really hit home what can happen when you carry out your duties in the wrong way”
• “We carry out this type of work on a daily basis. It showed how easily a serious incident can happen”
• “It’s made me think more about my actions”
• “A bad decision was accepted and not questioned”
• “It sent a shiver up my spine while watching”
• “I feel grief and anger that it happened”
• “It was painful to watch” • “It was very emotional. I couldn’t help thinking about my own family”
At the end of the session everyone was given a child’s hair band to symbolise the daughter’s loss of her father, creating a powerful link between the story and their own lives.
One man summed up the session up by saying ‘Its about family’ a sentiment shared by many others in the room.
The statement ‘its about family’ is now being used at Global Construction to describe the value of health & Safety to the organisation.
As David explains: “What I learnt most was that the way to make health & safety meaningful to people is to show it’s about their home life, their family. We all work to live not the other way round.”
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