In the safety world, zero is the new name of the game. Have you heard of the Zero Injury Institute.com? Or slogans such as, “Target Zero,” and “We’re drilling toward zero.”
Safety and health professionals routinely make presentations to their boss, their boss’s boss, and sometimes even the CEO to gain approval for an activity or to beg for funding to initiate a new program or sustain an existing program. Too often we are met with delays, resistance and rejection.
The four-day conference draws thousands of industrial hygienists, union representatives, consultants, environmental health specialists, H.R. managers and government agency representatives who learn, network and exchange best practices in formal and informal settings.
