Stop Saying Safety is First
Do we know what safety is and do we really believe safety is first? Safe means not being at risk - not the absence of accidents. From the ProAct Safety Blog , Stop Saying Safety is First Occupational Health & Safety - May 2012 By: Shawn M. Galloway Printable Version The safest places in the world are the ones where no humans wander. Any place a human might venture could never be considered safe. Safety is defined by what we do, not by the result. Any time you reward a result, by default you reward the performance that accomplished it. Was the performance safe or lucky? If you don't know, how will you repeat that result next year? It is still surprising how many organizations continue to define and celebrate safety as the absence of accidents. Yet, well-intended and competent CEOs persist that, "Safety means no accidents." Last year, the CEO of a fortune 500 company told me with all sincerity if his company's employees "fol...