{"id":378,"date":"2025-07-12T07:52:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T07:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/safetyjester.com\/?page_id=378"},"modified":"2026-04-04T16:34:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T16:34:49","slug":"what-do-we-mean-with-safety","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/safetyjester.com\/?page_id=378","title":{"rendered":"What do we mean with safety?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Safety is what we do to protect people\u2019s health and well-being. Health means the physical, mental and emotional well-being and capacity of people. Risk is the potential for harm to that health in the way we design and organise work and in the conditions in which work takes place. Safety is the deliberate set of actions and controls that remove or reduce those risks and that strengthen the conditions in which people can do their work well. Health is influenced by risks and moderated by safety. This definition is based on Karanikas and Zerguine (2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">There are thousands of things that can go wrong in an organisation\u2014and in thousands of ways. But we\u2019ve learned we can\u2019t rule out every risk with rules, procedures, or controls. Trying to eliminate every problem leaves us constantly surprised when the next one appears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Safety is not the absence of failure. Safety is the presence of capacity<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">So we shift our focus. Safety and risk management are no longer about preventing things from going wrong. Instead, they\u2019re about making sure things go right\u2014ensuring that we reach our goals, even in unpredictable, dynamic environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This shift means a change in mindset: less emphasis on compliance and control, and more investment in trust and craftsmanship. Resilience doesn\u2019t come from avoiding mistakes. It comes from building capacity to succeed\u2014even when surprises strike. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>We want to set our people up for success. That is not the same as preventing them from failure.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Success \u2260 absence of failure, but presence of capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Information is the currency of safety.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Safety is what we do to protect people\u2019s health and well-being. Health means the physical, mental and emotional well-being and capacity of people. Risk is the potential for harm to that health in the way we design and organise work and in the conditions in which work takes place. 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