Last week I wrote about keeping safety simple by building upon the safety foundation that OSHA has provided and as I expected there were some that were insulted by my position on behavior based safety. Some thought I was some kind of “big government” person, which for those that know me are chuckling right now. I am in NO WAY anti-Behavior Based Safety; in fact I think it is the icing on the cake when it comes to safety. I just believe that it is truly the icing on the cake which means it is the LAST thing we do. I want to continue down this path of using OSHA Compliance as our foundation and introduce an exercise I have done many times with HUGE success. This exercise does NOT have a direct impact on worker safety, but I have come to consider it ESSENTIAL in helping management understand ALL THAT WE MUST DO, the FREQUENCY it MUST BE DONE AT, and WHO MUST BE INVOLVED for us to have a FULLY FUNCTIONING Safety Management System. This exercise has been a real eye-opener for many managers who thought they understood “safety” and it allows MANAGEMENT to keep the full 360 degree view of just what has to be done to achieve the “Lowest Safety Denominator”; some of you may even be surprised at what you have been accomplishing all these years! Here’s how it goes…