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Encouraging active participation in regular meetings where everyone can express ideas and concerns leads to meaningful discussion that can improve worker safety.
There are many workplace safety mantras, such as “safety is a habit” and “safety is everyone’s business.” While there is truth in the maxims, they nevertheless are just words — and cheap, as they say. Danger arises when the words become substitutes for the work of...