Unfortunately, this economic image reminds me of some “safety programs” I have come across in my travels…
The “program” looks great, sitting on the shelf in the fancy, shiny binder.
But once we open the binder/package, we find a lot of “fluff” (i.e., air)!
Let’s be serious… Safety is not a marketing or PR exercise of pumping the workforce with fancy slogans and banners around the facility.
It is a CONTINUOUS exercise we do WITH the men and women who do the dirty and dangerous work, which, by the way, is done 100% for those same men and women.
The value the business gets from this PARTICIPATION in the safety process/SMS is priceless in terms of safety performance and culture, as well as reduced costs of injuries and business interruptions. We can equate these safety and culture improvements to a business’s bottom line.
But it takes more than a binder/bag half full of air sitting on a shelf looking pretty!
