I invite you to comment. This concept was first introduced to me by another safety company that I have the privilege of working with from time to time delivering their custom safety training in Spanish (and English too). I say “introduced to me”. We kind of already know this in the back of our minds, but when someone articulates it so clearly, it can hit us like a ton of bricks. Be even though we know this, we often “miscalculate the risk”.
The best part of my job as a Safety Consultant and Trainer is when someone comes up to me and says something similar to what one of construction worker said to me on day 2 of an OSHA 10 hour training, “Steve, I got to tell you. Yesterday I was driving home going about 85 mph and then I reached for my phone. But all I could hear was your stinking voice in my head talking about taking control of the things we indeed have control over. So, I slowed down to a safe speed, put my phone down and made the call when I stopped.”
This is one of the great rewards I get as a safety trainer and one of the most powerful reasons why I do this job! Until next time. -Steven St. Laurent