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Safety training ins't about saving lives. It's about eliminating the company's liability when a safety incident inevitably occurs. edit: downvoters have never

• sokoloff 8y ago
  I work in manufacturing. I can assure you our safety training is directly intended to reduce injury frequency and severity. We start each monthly manufacturing leadership meeting with a review of safety results and issues as literally the first topic. Some of it probably appears foolish to new people, but it’s all from prior or realistically possible safety concerns. If it helps our insurance premium or lawsuit outcome, so be it, but we do it to not hurt or kill people.
  • enraged_camel 8y ago
    >>I work in manufacturing. I can assure you our safety training is directly intended to reduce injury frequency and severity. That might be the intention of the trainers and the participants, but it's not the (primary) intention of corporate.
    • sokoloff 8y ago
      Only slightly sadly, at this point in my career, I am corporate. None of us want to see our people hurt. I get the cynicism, because it’s not wrong in every case of company policy. I’m sure there is a company somewhere who wouldn’t implement any safety policy unless required by OSHA, labor demands, or insurance. It’s not my experience working with, talking to, or being a manufacturing leader that that’s the primary driver in most companies.