2 A History of 20th-Century Safety Metrics
Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.
George Santayana
Before we proceed any further, I believe it is important to understand some basic history on safety statistics and measurements in order to understand how we got to where we are currently.
In majority of the safety presentations I conduct, I always attempt to include a “history” lesson in the topic matter. Why? Because we are a profession of historians. At least if we approach our field wisely, we should think of ourselves as historians.
This epiphany first dawned on me when I was in college, studying for my master’s degree in safety. We were assigned to do a thesis, preferably on a significant accident that had occurred in history ...
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