IMPACT OF EMPLOYEES SAFETY CULTURE ON ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE

he paper focuses on the impact of employees ’ safety culture on organizational performance (improved management/employees safety practices, enhanced productivity, increased profitability and reduced accident / incident rate) in shell bonny terminal integrated project. It defines employees ’ safety culture as a product of individual and group values, attitudes, perceptions, competencies, and patterns of behavior that determine the level of commitment, style and proficiency of an organization’s safety management system. It assumes that inculcation of employees ’ safety culture on the workforce at the task level using behavior-based safety culture approach (enforcement and education) has an influence on employees ’ safety performance as well as on company performance: enhancement of productivity, profitability and loss control through reduction of accident/incident rate. The paper posits that: if construction companies in Shell Bonny terminal integrated project (BTIP) inculcate safety culture in their workforce through changin