We are going through a news cycle now when it can be too easy to argue that too often safety is the last thing people are thinking about.
Someone in Hollywood thought up “Safety Last” about 90 years ago, by the way. It was the title of a 1923 silent movie, even back then a play on the sham slogan “Safety First.” In “Safety Last,” a mild-mannered man in a low-paying job risks climbing a 12-story building to win a $1,000 prize and win over his girl.