What ISN’T Safety?
What ISNโT Safety?
If you think safety is zero harm then is love just zero hate?
There is quite an active discussion happening on a LinkedIn Forum (The Safety EHS OHS Group) at the moment in response to the question โWhat is Safety…define safety in only 2 wordsโ. SEE IT HERE.ย You will see that itโs not really a discussion as any attempts to question the responses are ignored and the traditional responses just keep comingโฆ I think that the responses to this question are very disappointing and would be much more appropriate if the question was: โWhat ISNโT Safetyโ. The responses include:
- zero harm
- Compliance and following procedures
- Control and elimination of hazards
- Safe environment
- Hazard control
- Efficient Production
- Common Sense
- Staying alert
- Risk reduction and hazard elimination
- Injury avoidance. All relevant Safety legislation is surely based on stopping our people getting injured.
I can understand these types of responses from new Safety Officers but not fromย experiencedย professionalsย in Corporate Safety and Risk roles.
Iโve been blocked from commenting but perhaps you could have a read of these articles below then head over to the forum and maybe steer this conversation in the right direction.