There are not many safety professionals who have been audited that do not already know exactly what the title means! I do not know where this numbers game originated from, but I can say this with 100% certainty… it is a MAJOR PROBLEM in our profession and does more damage than any solid audit could ever hope to accomplish. For those wondering what the “numbers game” is, let me explain, as well as provide examples of how silly this game is within our profession. Auditing is a CRITICAL FUNCTION within any management system, and I believe that in a safety management system, it is in the Top 3 of critical functions. So when SAFTENG LLC does an audit our goal is to leave no rock unturned, leave no system unchallenged, and to leave the business with a comfort level that if OSHA was to arrive the next morning their would be little they could find that has not already been identified and an action plan in place to correct! When audits are done this way and the facility responds to the audit results, the impact can be HUGE for the business and the workers; however, let either the audit process or the response to the audit be taken lightly, many bad things can come from this for the business, as well as the workers. But I digress from my “numbers game”…