Call me a simple man educated in Western TN and KY, but to me, safety is VERY SIMPLE and I like to keep it that way. I have been around for 25 years in the Emergency Response field and safety profession and I have had the opportunity to work for some truly world-class companies and even more extraordinary plant managers. The one thing that all three (3) of my world class plant managers had in common in safety was “KISS” – Keep it simple Stupid. Not one of these plant managers lived by “compliance or die” theory; meaning they saw OSHA standards as the “Lowest Safety Denominator” and not our ultimate safety goal. We did safety because they wanted no injuries to the workers they felt responsible for and I was their tool to aid them in achieving that goal. Granted, I worked for these three men for the vast majority of my career in the petrochemical industry so it was almost a Utopian environment for me to grow up in, but I see safety professionals today making some of the most basic errors in how they manage their programs. Here is how we kept it simple…