Safety Leadership

The Biggest Challenges for Safety Professionals in 2024

Nov. 25, 2024

The survey says: There's no shortage of workplace challenges for safety leaders.

What is the biggest challenge you face as a safety professional?

A simple question, maybe, but the answers are as diverse and specific as the nature of safety leadership itself.

As part of the 2024 National Safety & Salary Survey, EHS Today solicited open-ended answers to the “biggest challenge” question, leading to a wide range of challenges from the 631 participants in the survey.

We chose a selected group of comments to give you an insight into the minds of safety professionals. While many said basically the same thing, i.e., “We need more time/help/money,” quite a few respondents focused on specific challenges that illustrate how dedicated they are, and often, how frustrated they are.

Take a look at the slideshow that follows, and then feel free to add your own “biggest challenge” in the comments section below.

More findings from the survey:
• You Knew This Job Was Dangerous When You Took It
• Working Hard for the Money: Results from the 2024 National Safety & Salary Survey
• Workplace Safety Is Job One

About the Author

Dave Blanchard | Editor-in-Chief / Senior Director of Content

During his career Dave Blanchard has led the editorial management of many of Endeavor Business Media's best-known brands, including IndustryWeek, EHS Today, Material Handling & Logistics, Logistics Today, Supply Chain Technology News, and Business Finance. In addition, he serves as senior content director of the annual Safety Leadership Conference. With over 30 years of B2B media experience, Dave literally wrote the book on supply chain management, Supply Chain Management Best Practices (John Wiley & Sons, 2021), which has been translated into several languages and is currently in its third edition. Prior to joining Endeavor/Informa/Penton, he spent a decade covering the artificial intelligence industry. He is a frequent speaker and moderator at major trade shows and conferences, and has won numerous awards for writing and editing. He is a voting member of the jury of the Logistics Hall of Fame, and is a graduate of Northern Illinois University.