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safety champion

Definition:

"individual within an organisation who has the power to influence health and safety policies, procedures and practices, and who uses that influence to create a culture of safety"

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The approach involved the implementation of a highly behaviour-change orientated approach to OSH, in which a conscious attempt had been made to change work practices and improve safety awareness, leading to the achievement of an organisational safety culture along the lines adopted by the multinational in its global business. According to the health and safety champion , it was an approach that had been largely successful and relations between management and the shop floor were generally good

Term reference

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), Worker participation in the management of OSH: Qualitative evidence from ESENER-2, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2017, p. 106, https://osha.europa.eu/sites/default/files/publications/documents/Worker_participation_ESENER_2.pdf [9.10.2018]

Translations

  • Български: застъпник за безопасността
  • Čeština: vedoucí zaměstnanec v oblasti bezpečnosti práce
  • Dansk: arbejdsmiljøforkæmper
  • Deutsch: Arbeitsschutz-Champion
  • Ελληνικά: πρωταθλητής της ασφάλειας
  • English: safety champion
  • Español: paladín de la seguridad
  • Eesti: ohutuse liider
  • Suomi: turvallisuuspioneeri
  • Français: champion des questions de santé et de sécurité
  • Hrvatski: promicatelj sigurnosti
  • Magyar: biztonsági vezető
  • Íslenska: öryggisstjóri
  • Italiano: responsabile della salute
  • Lietuvių: saugos lyderis
  • Latviešu: drošības aizstāvis
  • Malti: promotur tas-sigurtà
  • Nederlands: veiligheidskampioen
  • Norsk: sikkerhetsforkjemper
  • Polski: lider w dziedzinie bezpieczeństwa
  • Português: promotor da segurança (or defensor da segurança)
  • Română: apărător al siguranței
  • Slovenčina: líder v oblasti bezpečnosti
  • Slovenščina: mojster na področju varnosti
  • Svenska: säkerhetskämpe