The Committee on Chemical Safety is well aware of the possible negative perception of the word you understand its meaning as used in this document, you may, at your discretion, replace it with alternatives. Examples of alternative terms include safety survey, safety consultation, safety assessment, field observation, field assessment, or operational survey. Throughout this manual, the concept of environment, health, and safety is intended, but for the sake of simplicity, safety is matter what term(s) you use, you should assign significant importance to the assessment of safety practices in the workplace