Straight-talking safety advice

How I became the Safety Nerd

Early in my career, I was the one who actually got excited about health and safety. The new regulation, the better way to do a job, the clever fix for a problem everyone had stopped noticing. I'd talk about it to anyone who'd listen, and I tried to get everyone else excited about it too.

So people started calling me the Safety Nerd. It was meant as a bit of a wind-up. I loved it. I wore it like a badge, and it stuck. Years later, it's the name on the software.

“If you're going to be the safety nerd, be the one people actually want on site.”

Because here's what I learned early on: businesses have to operate. Jobs need finishing, customers need serving, and nobody thanks you for a rule that stops the work. Good safety doesn't sit on the sidelines saying no. It gets built into how you already work, so doing it the safe way is also the easy way.

That's still how I work today. I learn how your business runs first, then fit the safety in around it, with SafetyNerd doing the remembering, chasing and record-keeping so you and your team don't have to.