Summary
In short
- A safety climate survey is a survey used in KnowSafe that measures how people actually experience safety here, covering trust, reporting, pressure and whether stopping work feels possible. It is built against ISO 45001 cl.5.4 and forms part of the Safety Culture and Engagement programme.
- Run every one or two years, anonymously. Administered by HR or a third party.
- The template holds 48 fields across 7 sections, with dimensions repeating for each entry.
- Scoring is climate score, where high is good.
- ISO 45001 is occupational health and safety management systems. The international standard for managing worker health and safety. Certifiable, and the backbone of most of this library.
- It connects to the rest of the library: links Management review, Psychosocial.
What it is
What it is
What is a safety climate survey?
A safety climate survey is a survey used in KnowSafe that measures how people actually experience safety here, covering trust, reporting, pressure and whether stopping work feels possible. It is built against ISO 45001 cl.5.4 and forms part of the Safety Culture and Engagement programme.
When is a safety climate survey completed?
A safety climate survey is completed on the survey cycle. Run every one or two years, anonymously.
When to use it
When to use it, and when not to
This survey is one step in a larger programme. Using it for work that belongs to a neighbouring template produces records that are hard to report on later.
Use it for
- The event or activity this survey covers has occurred, or is about to
- The workspace is being set up, or the register needs an entry added or retired
- You are running the Safety Culture and Engagement programme and this is one of its steps
- A linked record needs this one to exist: links management review, psychosocial
Not for
- Felt Leadership Tour Record, which records a senior manager spending time on the floor talking about safety, and what they heard.
- Safety Conversation Record, which records a short two way conversation about how a job is going and what makes it harder to do safely.
- Recognition and Reward Record, which records recognition given for good safety practice, a good catch or a difficult stop work call.
- Anything outside KnowSafe, which belongs in the workspace that owns that process
Standards
What it is built against
ISO 45001Occupational health and safety management systems
The international standard for managing worker health and safety. Certifiable, and the backbone of most of this library.
ISOInternational Organization for Standardization
A voluntary international standard. Widely adopted, often required by customers, and certifiable where a management system standard.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is the safety climate survey template based on?+
It is built against ISO 45001 cl.5.4. ISO 45001 is occupational health and safety management systems. The international standard for managing worker health and safety. Certifiable, and the backbone of most of this library. ISO is international Organization for Standardization. A voluntary international standard. Widely adopted, often required by customers, and certifiable where a management system standard.
What sections does the safety climate survey contain?+
There are 7 sections: header, participation, dimensions, key questions, interpretation, related records, follow through. Together they hold 48 fields, 36 of which are required.
How many safety climate survey records should we have?+
This is a singleton. One record per workspace, set up once and maintained, rather than one per event. Other templates refer back to it.
Which programme does the safety climate survey belong to?+
It is part of Safety Culture and Engagement, Wellbeing and Mental Health. A measured culture position, with interventions matched to the maturity level you actually have.
How is a safety climate survey scored?+
Scoring is climate score. High is good. Scores exist to make the form tell you something, not to produce a percentage for its own sake.
Can the safety climate survey template be changed?+
Yes. Every field, option, score and conditional rule is editable, and the links to other templates come with it. Most teams install it as it is, run it for a cycle, then adjust.
The agents
What the agents do with it
The form is the easy part. Keeping it current, routing it to the right owner and holding the evidence together is the work that actually slips.
Holds the safety climate survey library against your registers, routes each record to its owner, and keeps the evidence trail together.
Coordinates the crew, rolls completion and exceptions into one view, and holds every write for your approval before it touches a record.
This template lives in KnowSafe — safety and compliance. Incidents, hazards, permits, inspections and the critical controls behind them.
Meet KnowSafe→Sources
Sources
- ISO 45001 — Occupational health and safety management systems
- ISO — International Organization for Standardization