National Major Hazard Facilities Forum
WorkSafe Victoria
4-5 May 2021
Dr. Tristan Casey – Griffith University
Safety capability is an emergent property of work systems that is defined as the potential to maintain safety in uncertain and interdependent environments (Griffin et al., 2014).
Safety capability is like resilience, but importantly, it can be measured and developed through improving three ‘enabling capitals’—human, social, and organisational. Safety capability integrates concepts like safety leadership, culture, climate, behaviour, and safety management processes, so is a broader and more useful way to understand how to improve safety performance.
A straightforward overview of safety capability, and how it is different to other concepts like resilience and safety culture, will be shared.