Workplace safety has become a...
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Workplace safety has become a major issue and policy in the modern market. Most companies have implemented safety committees and have safety officers. But there is also a movement to internalize safety rules. Industrial Safety and Hygiene News (ISHN) describes safety nirvana this way: "Every man and woman is a safety supervisor -- aware, alert, and taking charge of their own well-being" (www.ishn.com).
What safety nirvana would entail is the writing of the safety rules onto the consciousness of every worker. It would not be reliance upon the safety rulebook that each company has, nor compliance left to the safety officer to enforce, but an intimate knowledge and adherence to rules by each worker. As ISHN points out, such internalization requires, "self-initiative, self-control, self-awareness, self-discipline, self-reliance, self-mastery and self-regulation." And that, as we all know, is very hard work. To produce a workplace in which everyone is his or her own best safety manager takes collective, long-term effort, incorporating leadership at every level including the rank and file worker. But it is doable.
Jeremiah talked of the day when God would write the law upon human hearts. It would not be spiritual nirvana, it would still be hard work, but it is doable. "... the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy ... self-control" (Galatians 5:22-23). We have management's (God's) cooperation from the get-go!
What safety nirvana would entail is the writing of the safety rules onto the consciousness of every worker. It would not be reliance upon the safety rulebook that each company has, nor compliance left to the safety officer to enforce, but an intimate knowledge and adherence to rules by each worker. As ISHN points out, such internalization requires, "self-initiative, self-control, self-awareness, self-discipline, self-reliance, self-mastery and self-regulation." And that, as we all know, is very hard work. To produce a workplace in which everyone is his or her own best safety manager takes collective, long-term effort, incorporating leadership at every level including the rank and file worker. But it is doable.
Jeremiah talked of the day when God would write the law upon human hearts. It would not be spiritual nirvana, it would still be hard work, but it is doable. "... the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy ... self-control" (Galatians 5:22-23). We have management's (God's) cooperation from the get-go!
