The Harsh Truth About Safety Culture and How It Works in the Field

Liam Hook is a senior HSE professional who has worked across oil and gas, power, construction, healthcare, and telecommunications, and has seen enough safety programmes to know which ones actually work.

In this episode of the Field Intelligence podcast, Liam explains why the industry’s most repeated mantra – “safety first” – often does more harm than good.

In the conversation:

• How checklists remind you what to look for — but don’t teach you how to look.
• Why overloading people with PPE makes them stop wearing any of it.
• The difference between a safety programme and a safety culture.
• What every safety leader should ask before signing off on a site as “safe.”