Poor safety advice does not just create inefficiency, it can directly contribute to incidents. Across multiple high-profile events, investigations have shown that risks were often known, but not effectively managed. Controls were either not in place, not working, or not verified. This is where ineffective safety capability becomes a real business risk. When safety professionals focus on paperwork instead of critical controls, or fail to escalate serious risks

In recent years, many organisations have added “risk” to the titles and responsibilities of traditional safety roles