Recently, I had the pleasure of touring the flagship facility of one of my original supporters of SAFTENG. The safety pro is a world-class leader and a fine safety engineer. When he arrived at this facility, he and the PM decided to rid the workplace of all the “safety banners.” Most had become eye-sores, some so badly damaged they were not even legible (but still hanging by a thread).
My role during the tours was to engage workers and ask about their thoughts on how safety is being managed. This was a third-party impartial assessment.
Now, it’s easy to ask a question like, “So what do you think about safety around here?” only to get the patent response, “It’s all good (now leave me alone).” But I always follow up with another question that forces a discussion (or not). “Can you give me a recent example to support your answer?”
