Employee Safety Perception Surveys

NSC offers a series of standardized safety surveys to help you find the specific strengths and weaknesses of your safety program. These surveys collect feedback directly from your employees at all levels of your organization, providing a leading set of indicators of safety program quality and effectiveness.

Benefits of surveys

• They’re a more accurate, timely and sensitive indicator of safety program quality than other safety metrics
• They automatically create a prioritized list for strategic action planning and improvement
• They get employees involved in the safety process
• They set a baseline for measuring future improvement
• They’re relatively inexpensive, straightforward and non-intrusive compared with other measurement tools
• Employees trust the National Safety Council as a neutral intermediary

Uses of employee surveys

• Identify and prioritize problem areas
• Increase employee involvement, awareness, responsibility regarding the safety, health and security programs
• Raise morale
• Establish an early warning system
• Expedite problem solution and program improvement
• Validate management decisions
• Establish baseline measure for future re-survey comparison
• Monitor safety program and improvement progress