State of Safety 2026: Why the Biggest Risks Get the Least Attention

Christian Harris shares the results of the third annual State of Safety survey in this Safety Roundtable session. The data reveals a clear priority gap. Manual handling, slips and trips consistently cause the most harm, yet they rank far lower when it comes to management attention and resource. This episode covers the confidence gap between how safe organisations believe they are and how much they trust their own safety data, why testing for slip risk remains low despite 90% of respondents agreeing more could be done, the jump in safety technology adoption over the past year and why trust in AI still lags behind, and honest feedback from safety professionals on leadership, culture and change resistance. Get the full State of Safety Report: https://www.linkedin.com/smart-links/AQEqi546ov8yWg Ready to find out where your own risk really sits? Take the Slip Risk Scorecard.