ABSTRACT
Unique to the safety and health function is the fact that this function impacts, directly or indirectly, virtually every function within your company or organization. If the safety and health function is working properly, nothing happens. Nothing happening, as a general rule, is good thing within the safety and health function. Equipment malfunctions, employee injuries and illnesses, res, chemical spills, faulty products, workplace violence, and related activities within the operations often mean that our safety and health system has failed in some manner. The safety and health function, although primarily focused on the higher-risk areas, is the only function within most companies or organizations which “crosses all lines” and interacts with virtually every other function within the company or organization.
