What’s the Difference Between Safety, Hazard and Risk?
A Short StoryThree old timers named Safety, Hazard and Risk walk into a bar. They get their drink and sit down at a table near a window.“I don’t like it here” said Safety. “It’s noisy, dirty, smelly, unfriendly, unhealthy drinking alcohol, we are sat near the toilet” …..blah blah…“You’re always complaining” said Hazard. “Instead of complaining, you should really look at whether it’s going to cause you any harm because not everything does”.This banter between Safety and Hazard carried on for quite sometime with each arguing about their own views and opinions. But then they suddenly stopped and realised that Risk was very quiet“You’ve been really quiet Risk” said Hazard. “What do you think?”“Well” said Risk, “you can think about everything we do as unsafe or a hazard but at the end of the day, it’s all about chance”.