Occupational safety and health (OSH) practitioners or advisers are an integral part of effective risk management
systems and also have a significant role to play in improving health and safety at work. The prevention of work-related injury and illness is of crucial importance to employees, industry and wider society. Corporate safety culture, which describes shared values within an organization which influence its members’ attitudes, values and beliefs in relation to safety, is now generally accepted as having a strong influence over workplace accidents and injuries.