Risk Management

  • 1.  Difference between Safety and Risk Management

    Posted 25 days ago

    What's the community's view on this question



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    Mitch Winkler P.E.(inactive), M.ASCE
    Houston, TX
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  • 2.  RE: Difference between Safety and Risk Management

    Posted 15 days ago

    Here is my view from 2022:  https://collaborate.asce.org/professionaltopics/discussion/what-is-your-definition-of-safety. One might need to scroll down to find my post. I am still happy with my logic. Being careful not to be accused of confirmation bias, I came across this blog on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-i-call-myself-riskologist-safety-professional-dr-garry-marling-u1a7c/ via a former colleague and found the message resonated with me.



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    Mitch Winkler P.E.(inactive), M.ASCE
    Houston, TX
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  • 3.  RE: Difference between Safety and Risk Management

    Posted 5 days ago

    I like your 2022 comments. They are very much on target.

    Can we distinguish safety as preventing harm to humans? Extend it to pets? Attractive megafauna? 

    Certainly safety should be treated as a risk management issue, but risk management also includes non-safety matters. Isn't it a systematic approach to limiting adverse consequences of events, where the adverse consequences may or may not involve human safety? For example, a sudden price spike in materials might cause a project to become unaffordable.

    Bill Mc



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    William McAnally Ph.D., P.E., BC.CE, BC.NE, F.ASCE
    ENGINEER
    Columbus MS
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