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>It is especially important in today's environment of cost-cutting and increased profit margins that safety not be sacrificed. Was there ever a time where the
by omegaworks 5y ago
>It is especially important in today's environment of cost-cutting and increased profit margins that safety not be sacrificed.
Was there ever a time where the environment was not one of cost cutting and increased profit margins?
- jrockway 5y agoI think there are two challenges here: 1) Safety systems work so well that people get complacent. "Approval of the fasteners is required, so I'm not going to get out a flashlight and mirror and double check." 2) At one point, many failure modes were totally unknown. Someone discovers them for the first time. You can have a comprehensive safety program that's well funded and always performed correctly, but if there is a failure mode that nobody knows about, it's as likely to happen to you as it is to someone else. And hey, at least people give safety lip service. Nobody ever posts signs that says "cost cutting is our #1 priority", they always say that safety is their #1 priority. Their heart's in the right place at the very least ;)
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- mrlonglong 5y agoEspecially when tied to expensive compensation, it then becomes a no-brainer to put safety first as it's cheaper. I do wish laws were designed like this to inculcate a safety focused culture