Ron Dotson

Zero to Culture Ron Dotson

Zero to Culture: A Step by Step Guide to Implementing an Employee-Oriented Safety Management System equips students with the knowledge and leadership skills required to effectively build, maintain, and model a culture of safety within a business or organization. The book guides readers through each step of the implementation process to ensure a well-constructed system and maximum impact.

The book begins with a chapter that explains the vital role of leadership in establishing safety culture. Later chapters explore how to structure a safety management system, conduct a hazard inventory, and construct a three-tiered hazard recognition program. Students learn about emergency planning, prevention, and response, as well as how to build an investigations initiative. Dedicated chapters address behavior-based and human factors initiatives, and the book concludes with a section that explains how to ensure a safety program meets ISO 45001 standards.

Complete in scope and highly accessible, Zero to Culture is well suited for any course that prepares future safety professionals to construct cultures of safety in a variety of work-related settings.

Ron Dotson is an associate professor in the School of Safety, Security and Emergency Management and the former coordinator of the Occupational Safety and Health Program at Eastern Kentucky University. He holds an Ed. D. and M. S. from Eastern Kentucky University and a B. A. from Marshall University. He is a Certified Safety and Health Manager through ISHM, a Construction Health and Safety Technician through BCSP, and an active member of the Institute for Safety and Health Management. Professor Dotson has safety management experience in the public sector and private sector in general and construction industries.