“Using the motto “Safety first, production fol- lows’, we have always seen safety as an im- portant aspect at Tata Steel,” Peter Booster, pro- gram manager at Tata Steel, says. “With the ‘Safety Team’ program we wanted to raise the safety awareness even more.” “The program is oriented at changing behavior and giving a boost to an already existing pro- gram named ‘Partners in Safety’,” Peter Booster explains. “We wanted to raise the intrinsic moti- vation of people to such a level that they ask themselves ‘are we doing this safely?’ Our aim is to move from reactive to proactive.” Risk assessments “Many organizations start investigating after in- cidents,” Peter Booster explains. “We wanted to introduce ‘Shop floor level risk assessments’, with everyone looking at the risks

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