ABSTRACT
In the first chapter, readers are taken back to basics. Through a detailed analysis of injury rates (specifically those companies required to report to the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration), the author identifies a fatal flaw in the way many organizations judge their safety performance. Though it is known throughout the industry that these measures are not indicative of good or bad performance, their use for that purpose remains pervasive. It is this practice that causes stagnation and distances those charged with improving safety from the workers they are meant to protect. This chapter is a stark look into the mirror which ends with a sharp challenge to all who profess “safety” as their passion: We can and must do better.
