Connect Safety Services Ltd

28/11/2025

Friday food for thought!

The Biggest Myth in Workplace Safety Nobody Talks About

Most people think accidents happen because someone didn’t follow the rules.

But here’s the truth few leaders want to admit:

👉 People don’t break rules because they want to.
They break rules because the system makes the safe way the hard way.

In every incident review, the pattern is the same:
• The shortcut was faster.
• The procedure was unclear.
• The tools were unavailable.
• The deadline was tight.
• The supervisor was silent.

And then we label it “human error”.

No, its system error disguised as human behaviour.

If we want fewer incidents, we need fewer myths.
Start asking better questions:

- Why is the unsafe way easier?
- What pressures shape worker decisions?
- Is leadership walking the talk?
- Are people punished more than they are empowered?

Safety doesn’t fail at the worker level.
Safety fails at the system level.

When we fix the system, people succeed.

24/11/2025

Safety is not the job of the safety department.

Too many leaders still think safety is someone else's job.

They point to the safety manager.

But they don't manage the line.

They don’t supervise the crew.

They don’t control the work.

Safety is a line function responsibility.

Not a support function.

If you run the line, you own safety.

If you have the authority to start work, you have the authority to stop it.

The line owns the outcomes.

Here’s what happens in most companies:

The safety department writes a safety policy.
That policy is handed to the field.
The field is told to follow it.
But no one in operations takes ownership.

That system breaks every time.

Because the field follows the leader they report to, not the one who wrote the policy.

You fix it by getting line leaders to take real ownership.

Make them do the safety audits.
Make them lead the toolbox talks.
Make them investigate near misses.
Make them coach the behaviors.

That’s how you drive culture.

Not from the safety department.

But from the front line.

04/11/2025

Office Available contact Lamb and Swift for details.

10/10/2025

Let share and make people aware.

05/09/2025

05/09/2025

We had our first proper session in the new board/training room yesterday with the fantastic management team from Packaging One.

13/07/2025

If you pay your bills on time, it starts an amazing chain reaction.

The main contractor pays their sub-contractors on time. The sub-contractor pays their suppliers on time. They pay their suppliers on time and so on...

The money soaks into the sector. Some suppliers are paying off large corporations trade accounts, but many are paying SME suppliers or local independents too.

Everyone in that chain has a little extra cash in the bank. It makes them feel a little more confident. It might inspire them to push for a little more growth that month, or expand their businesses offering. Maybe they employ an extra person part-time or an apprentice.

When people pay on time, confidence across the sector increases and the effect trickles up and down the supply chain. The sector grows and it repeats.

Pay your bills on time. It’s one of the simplest ways to help your own sector.