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stivo4real  
#1 Posted : 01 November 2025 09:23:17(UTC)
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stivo4real

Imagine this. You are passing a work area and see a colleague preparing to work at height. You look again and see that they have not checked their harness. Maybe they are in a hurry to finish. Maybe they are already familiar with it a hundred times. Now you have that very moment of decision: "Do I speak up? How do I tell him without being too strict?" Safety leadership, in fact, is not seen in the easy moments, but in the awkward ones. How would you turn that into a conversation and do it in a respectful, helpful way? What words or approach have you used, when faced with similar situations, that helped you?
Put your ideas here. The greatest ideas are usually from the field. We may learn from each other and keep looking out for our teams.

Kate  
#2 Posted : 01 November 2025 10:10:51(UTC)
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Kate

I don't see how in this scenario you can "see" that they haven't checked their harness.

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peter gotch on 01/11/2025(UTC)
Roundtuit  
#3 Posted : 01 November 2025 11:33:09(UTC)
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Roundtuit

I am very much of the opinion the op is not "4real" or at least has used AI to phrase the enquiry.

If the greatest ideas are truly "from the field" why have they placed a request in a forum?

The approach itself is very dependent upon the employee, site management / supervision and their interactive relationship. My personal approach adjusts to suit the person I am talking to based upon previous interactions - those who need it get the little clip board monster spouting rules, others get the jovial mate nudging behaviour then there is the neutral whilst new encounters are gauged.

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peter gotch on 01/11/2025(UTC), peter gotch on 01/11/2025(UTC)
Roundtuit  
#4 Posted : 01 November 2025 11:33:09(UTC)
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Roundtuit

I am very much of the opinion the op is not "4real" or at least has used AI to phrase the enquiry.

If the greatest ideas are truly "from the field" why have they placed a request in a forum?

The approach itself is very dependent upon the employee, site management / supervision and their interactive relationship. My personal approach adjusts to suit the person I am talking to based upon previous interactions - those who need it get the little clip board monster spouting rules, others get the jovial mate nudging behaviour then there is the neutral whilst new encounters are gauged.

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peter gotch on 01/11/2025(UTC), peter gotch on 01/11/2025(UTC)
Roundtuit  
#5 Posted : 01 November 2025 11:36:41(UTC)
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Roundtuit

St Ivo of Kermartin - advocate of the poor & patron saint of lawyers and abandoned children

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peter gotch on 01/11/2025(UTC), peter gotch on 01/11/2025(UTC)
Roundtuit  
#6 Posted : 01 November 2025 11:36:41(UTC)
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Roundtuit

St Ivo of Kermartin - advocate of the poor & patron saint of lawyers and abandoned children

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peter gotch on 01/11/2025(UTC), peter gotch on 01/11/2025(UTC)
stevedm  
#7 Posted : 01 November 2025 12:29:13(UTC)
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stevedm

funnily enough this is the first post that says it is not AI generated...

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peter gotch on 01/11/2025(UTC)
peter gotch  
#8 Posted : 01 November 2025 13:58:29(UTC)
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peter gotch

Thank you Roundtuit for that illumination!

Seemingly.....

Sanctus Ivo erat Brito
Advocatus et non latro Res miranda populo

Now it is a very, very long time since I did Latin at school [that IS 4real] but apparently it translates as:

St Ivo was a Breton,
A lawyer and not a thief; A wonderful thing for the people to set eyes on

Could some bot think that Brittany [inhabited by Bretons] and Britain are one and the same place and so come up with a name to use on a platform where the vast majority of registered users are in the British Isles?

Could we soon be getting a treatise on these Forums about the risks associated with lead glass windows and other features of srructures from yesteryear?

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