Why Effective Leadership Might Be One of the Most Important Safety Controls We Have There is a phrase I have encountered countless times during my career in construction and health and safety: the standard you walk past is the standard you accept. It has likely been printed on more safety posters than anyone could count; however, this overuse can sometimes diminish its significance. Nonetheless, this phrase has always resonated with me. Not because I believe that good leaders

Men's mental health, overthinking and the risks we don't always see There is something slightly strange about the way we approach health and safety at work. We can spend hours discussing the condition of a scaffold, the suitability of a lifting accessory or whether somebody has selected the correct gloves, yet the condition of the person actually doing the work can receive considerably less attention. I don't mean whether they are trained, competent or physically capable of d