Risk Management

What's the community's view on this question

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.

What's the community's view on this question

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

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.

What's the community's view on this question