Although “risk” is a term frequently used by safety professionals, they may not be fully leaning into its use as a means of going beyond regulatory compliance to achieve greater safety and operational goals.
“This is a word we need to come to grips with,” says Fran Sehn, M.S., CSP, ARM, principal consultant at F x S Risk and Safety Consulting. “As a tool, we need to take it and embed it in what we do to get to where we need to be.”