Safety Culture
In high-risk industries like shipping, a strong safety culture is essential. Gard supports this through training, guidance, and surveys that help companies identify risks and reduce the risk of serious incidents.
To help Members and clients prevent accidents and losses, Gard has partnered with SAYFR, a company specializing in enhancing organisational safety culture in the maritime industry. Together, we offer access to SAYFR’s SafeMind survey, a scientifically developed tool for measuring safety behaviours and risks.
Why SafeMind?
SafeMind is one of the most rigorously validated safety culture surveys in the maritime industry – recognized by U.S. courts as a reliable benchmark. By taking the survey, companies can:
Measure the likelihood of serious incidents based on your organisation’s culture maturity
Compare your company’s safety mindset and practices to industry-wide best performers
Gain insights to strengthen teamwork, decision-making, and communication – key factors that shape a strong safety culture.
What it measures
The SafeMind survey provides insights into two critical areas:
Risk & cultural maturity level. Your company’s overall safety culture is measured on a scale from Level 1 to 5, where Level 1 has significantly higher risk of incidents compared to Level 4. These scores can be broken down by team to pinpoint variations across the organisation.
Eight critical safety behaviors. The survey evaluates essential behaviours such as trust, communication, teamwork, and the ability to speak up, which directly impact safety performance.
Additionally, free-text responses provide deeper qualitative insights, and all results are available at a team level for a granular view of your organisation’s culture. Your scores are benchmarked against the largest Safety Culture database in the industry, comprising over 400,000 respondents, allowing you to compare against industry standards.
Getting started
Want to know more? Reach out to your underwriter or contact our Loss Prevention team at lp@gard.no.
You can also read our SafeMind FAQ for more details.
