ABSTRACT
Though some leaders now understand the vital importance of good safety practice to support business objectives, in the current period of pronounced economic uncertainty, many Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) practitioners are still faced with the unhappy prospect of trying to prove the value of safety to their organisations.
In this chapter, we’ll explore the contemporary focus on attaining zero injuries, discuss why a more progressive approach to ‘creating safety’ would be more successful, look at the hidden costs of poor health and safety – and illustrate, unequivocally, why good safety is good for business.
