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National Safety Council: 15,000 Safety Professionals. A Warning About Accelerating Risk

The National Safety Council conference is the largest gathering of occupational health and safety professionals in the world. More than 15,000 of them showed up when I spoke to them, and I opened by telling them the old safety playbook was already out of date.

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Publish Date2026-09-14
Updated Date2026-09-18
Observed Date2026-09-14
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Observed in Jim Carroll’s archive on September 14, 2026.

The National Safety Council conference is the largest gathering of occupational health and safety professionals in the world. More than 15,000 of them showed up when I spoke to them, and I opened by telling them the old safety playbook was already out of date.

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