{"id":11885,"date":"2014-05-13T03:09:39","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T07:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/?p=11885"},"modified":"2021-06-23T03:52:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T03:52:17","slug":"are-you-practicing-nod-a-wink-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/are-you-practicing-nod-a-wink-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you practicing \u201cNod & a Wink\u201d Safety?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are two extremes when it comes to safety practitioners: overly protective simpletons who see certain death lurking around every corner and those who practice \u201cnod-and-a-wink\u201d safety. The former are the much maligned safety cops who seem to have the singular goal of eliminating risk by eliminating work and putting the company out of business; we hear a lot about them, mostly well-deserved criticisms. The latter however, don\u2019t get much ink, and they are perhaps even more of a threat to the credibility of the safety function than anything. Nod-and-a-wink safety practitioners manage to turn a blind eye to some seriously dangerous activities that they KNOW pose significant risk to workers and even the general public.<\/p>\n

If You Can\u2019t Come Up With A Solution Why Try? <\/b>\nNod-and-a-wink safety isn\u2019t necessarily an evil plot; in most cases it\u2019s not. These people are depravedly indifferent; in most cases they just don\u2019t have a viable alternative to the current state.\u00a0How many of us, when criticizing something has been asked, \u201cdo you think you can do any better?\u201d It\u2019s a fair question, but it doesn\u2019t address the concern. It\u2019s a way of shouting down the criticism without really engaging in a meaningful dialog; a way of bullying your way out of an uncomfortable or awkward conversation.\n\u201cSure it\u2019s not the best way to do it but it\u2019s all we got\u201d<\/strong>\nSafety pundits, myself included, (at least to the extent that I can be called a pundit) have been preaching about the importance of the safety function enabling business instead obstructing it and the nod-and-a-wink set have taken this to heart. It\u2019s easy to justify doing nothing in the name of cooperation. If I don\u2019t have a safer way to do the job, it\u2019s easier to walk away then it is to be put in the position where I alone am responsible for solving the problem. The overly zealous will fight to stop the practice even if there is no viable alternative, where as the nod-and-a-wink practitioners ignore the issue all together. A better solution is to say, \u201cno, I don\u2019t have a better solution, but we can\u2019t just ignore the dangers here. Let\u2019s work together to find an answer.\u201d\nSurely Not I?!?!<\/strong>\nToo many reading this doesn\u2019t see themselves as nod-and-a-wink practitioners when they are. It\u2019s tough to recognize yourself or your organization when you have been looking the other way so long that it\u2019s tough to recognize the danger any longer. Consider the following dangerous working conditions that are largely ignored by some companies:<\/p>\n

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