Episode notes
In Part 1 of this episode, we speak with Candace Carnahan, an internationally recognised safety speaker, empowerment advocate and storyteller whose life was changed by a serious workplace injury at the age of 21. This incident shaped her lifelong mission to help organisations build safer and more caring workplaces.
Drawing from her own experience, Candace reflects on how safety incidents are rarely caused by a single factor. Instead, they often stem from deeper issues such as workplace culture, complacency, unsafe practices and missed opportunities to speak up.
Watch Part 1 to hear Candace's insights on turning adversity into purpose, the importance of educating young workers about safety, how complacency can normalise unsafe habits, and why responsibility and accountability are important in creating safer workplaces.
Timestamps:
00:36 Introduction and Candace's journey
02:06 The workplace incident that changed her life
04:50 Looking beyond shortcuts: understanding the root causes of incidents
07:40 Why safety awareness should start before a person's first job
08:38 How complacency develops when we "get away with it"
12:22 Turning personal tragedy into advocacy
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