Assessing the Current State of Safety Culture at Berkeley Lab In October/November 2010, Laboratory Director Paul Alivisatos invited all Berkeley Lab staff and affiliates (formerly known as “guests”) to complete an anonymous survey assessing Safety Culture at LBNL. More than 1,900 employees and affiliates responded to the survey, a remarkable response rate and a testament to our workers’ level of commitment to make Berkeley Lab a better and safer place to work.
DuPont Safety Systems, an outside consulting firm, administered the survey and analyzed the results, benchmarking LBNL’s response against similar organizations that have taken the survey. The assessment and benchmarking process has provided a detailed understanding of where Berkeley Lab’s Safety Culture stands relative to similar organizations and has provided a starting point for continuous improvement in this area.
In 2011, members of the Safety Culture Improvement team met with individual divisions/departments to review their survey results. The Divisions explored their safety improvement opportunities and identified specific actions to take on a local level in response to the survey results. In addition, LBNL is identifying overarching themes and institutional strategies to further build and strengthen our collective safety culture. Click here to view survey results.
