Perception is reality—Lee Atwater
 
Recent headlines, even in our industry’s trade publications, have highlighted injuries, settlements and fines often associated with “at-risk behaviors” while rarely mentioning that textile services companies have reduced mishaps by more than 50% over the past six years with reportable injury and illness rates (TRIR) falling 42% and days away or restricted or transferred work (DART) dropping 33%. These improvements are direct results of the industry’s efforts to improve safety through corporate and association initiatives through the TRSA Safety Committee and the resources available at www.SafeTRSA.org.
 
Regardless of the tremendous ...