What did it take to get the message through to these men? This was the second jobsite that she had visited that morning and the results of her walkthrough were virtually the same: a total disregard of the company’s safety guidelines. Clearly, the supervisors weren’t doing their jobs. They, of course, didn’t see it that way at all. They were simply working in the most expedient way possible. It was all very well for the bigwigs sitting in their comfortable offices to dream up all these fancy guidelines; they never actually set foot on a worksite, so what did they know about real working conditions? All the deadlines they had to meet, the pressure to be ever more productive. That didn’t leave much time for fiddling about with personal protective equipment, did it? Anyhow, the scaffolding was solid so what did they need harnesses for? And work gloves slowed them down and made them feel clumsy. As for hard hats, they just caused kinks in their hair. Laura jotted some final notes on the safety checklist on her clipboard and turned to the young Occupational Health and Safety officer at her side.
