As we all pause to show our appreciation to mothers this Sunday, it occurred to me how mothers are the true risk management and safety professionals in most families.
From the mothers that I know, they manage risk by constantly identifying, analyzing, evaluating and treating risk while balancing the day-to-day activities of running a family.
By definition, a safety and health professional is a person that prevents harm to people by applying principles from engineering, education, psychology, physiology, enforcement, hygiene, health, physics, and management. All characteristics of an effective and loving mother.
Mothers have always been recognized as an important part of our culture and the family unit. They are typically the glue that holds a family together, and the…
