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Improving occupational safety at a shared workplace requires cooperation, clear operating models and continuous monitoring.
Developing occupational safety is a continuous process that requires cooperation between everyone at the workplace. Päivi Kekkonen examined the cooperation between different actors at shared workplaces in her doctoral thesis. She gives six concrete tips for developing and strengthening occupational safety, wellbeing at work and productivity.
Employees from different organisations, such as subcontractors and support service providers, work at the same workplace. It is important to understand how employees, decision-makers, experts and occupational safety representatives contribute to the safety of the workplace.
What are the biggest safety risks in the workplace? What has been successful? An analysis of the current situation helps to identify areas for development, such as workload or communication problems, and to spread good practices throughout the organisation.
The work systems of different actors affect each other. By investigating how tasks, tools, the working environment and the operations of organisations are linked to each other, it is possible to identify situations that may involve safety risks.
The development of safety requires open discussion. All parties, especially employees, should be involved in solving the safety challenges of a shared workplace – they know their work and the associated risks best.
Once the areas for development have been identified, it is time to implement concrete measures to improve occupational safety and wellbeing at work. Make sure that all parties are heard and their expertise is utilised.
New safety practices must be implemented in everyday life and their implementation must be monitored. For example, the number of accidents and employee feedback can be used to assess how well safety has developed.
Schools are shared workplaces with employees from several employers. People at Havukoski School are constantly thinking about how to develop safety and ensure that messages are transferred effectively even in dangerous situations.
Improving safety requires continuous risk assessment and effective communication. Monitoring by occupational safety and health authorities has revealed significant shortcomings in occupational safety and health at shared workplaces.
At the Meyer Turku shipyard, approximately 80 per cent of the production of cruise ships is subcontracted. Matti Tuimala, Safety Manager at the shipyard, explains how safety is ensured at the huge shared workplace.
A well-managed and healthy work community can benefit from multi-location work in many ways,” says Juha Eskelinen, Researcher.
