Rob's blog

Apparently, I am not the only one horrified by the prospect of companies cutting corners in safety processes, safety training, safety equipment in their workplace in the hopes of staying in business.

How do we change the fact that most workers lack the mind-set that safety is part of their ‘real job’? [That's the $6 billion question]... so writes the Australian blog, Safety Concepts. You'd think it would be the easiest thing in the world to motivate employees about: after all, it is their own lives and limbs we're talking about. Their own health and wellness - and given the human instinct for survival and selfishness, Workplace Safety should be an easy sell.

But it isn't. Obstacles to staff being keen about safety could include:

That's exactly what  a new partnership between the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and the Williams College of Business at Xavier University in Cincinnati, is achieving.