2024 NSC Spring Safety Conference & Expo
May 14-16 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL
Have you registered for the 2024 NSC Spring Safety Conference & Expo? The event is set for May 14-16 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL. It’s your opportunity to connect with other safety professionals, explore new products and services from more than 120 exhibiting companies, and learn from leading industry experts. Choose from more than 25 educational opportunities, including Professional Development Seminars and Technical Sessions. Go to ssce.nsc.org/SSCE2024 to learn more and register.
KEYNOTE SESSION 8 A.M. ON MAY 15
The Battle Between Safety I and Safety II: Who’s Right and Who’s Wrong?
It’s a heated debate: Safety I vs. Safety II. Safety I includes long-standing strategies such as behavior-based safety and risk/safety engineering. Safety II promotes human and organizational performance. The safety professional can get caught between these two schools of thought, which have some directly opposing ideas, such as their beliefs on the issue of “zero harm.” Safety I states that zero is a nonnegotiable goal, while Safety II says that aiming for zero is harmful. Which is right? Are these perspectives at odds with each other, or do both have a place in the safety pro’s toolbox?
Tim Page-Bottorff, MS, CSP, CIT
Senior Safety Consultant
SafeStart
Corrie Pitzer
CEO and Founder
Safemap International
Tim Page-Bottorff stopped by to talk about the upcoming keynote presentation for the April episode of “On the Safe Side.”
Opening session on the event website
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