Health and Safety Leadership Training

Ensuring adequate protection is maintained through the implementation of a PPE programme relies on many different factors and the commitment of both management and workers.

The safety culture – attitude, behaviour and leadership towards health and safety at all levels within an organisation – can have a major positive or negative influence on the success of a PPE programme.

This webinar provides a general overview of behavioural safety and health and safety leadership and it’s impact of the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the workplace.​ ​Presented by a PPE specialists with experience of health and safety in relation to the use of PPE in the workplace.

For more detailed information of human factors please consult a human factor specialist /ergonomist. Local country or regional regulations and guidance varies, and the responsibility for the correct management of health and safety at work compliance with local country or regional regulations, is with the employer.

The consequences of undesirable behaviour at work can be far reaching.​
Human factors are a major component of the causes of accidents in the workplace.

In 2003, the ILO has estimated that 4 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP – one of the most-used measurements of national wealth) is lost due to accidents and work-related diseases. In 2001, 4% of the world GDP came to more than 1 trillion US$.​

It is widely acknowledged that leadership is a key component of the safety of an organisation and this is supported by the findings of almost all manor incident inquiries and investigations.​

Safety in numbers: ILO (PDF 0,7 MB)

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• Mohammed Hatooq is our Technical Leader for the 3M Personal Safety Division in Middle East & Africa; Electrical Engineer by profession graduated from University of Jordan in 2004 & holds several certificates in Occupational Health & Safety such as NEBOSH International General Certificates (IGC) & International Diploma Certificate (IDC) with distinction grades. He has 15+ years of experience in occupational health & safety & led many corporate programs to raise workforce awareness programs about occupational health & safety and to promote the proper use of Personal Protective Equipment in the right way also helping in establishing better standards of Health and Safety in the local industrial scene. Joined 3M in December 2010 & based in Saudi Arabia.