Mr. Ron McKinnon is an internationally experienced and acknowledged safety professional. He has been extensively involved in international research concerning the cause, effect, and control of accidental loss, near-miss reporting, accident investigation, and safety culture change for the last 37 years. He is the author of “Cause, Effect, and Control of Accidental Loss”, “Safety Management: Near Miss Identification, Recognition and Investigation”, and “Changing the Workplace Safety Culture” published by CRC Press, as well as “Changing Safety’s Paradigms”, published by Government Institutes.

Ron holds the Diploma in Safety Management from Technikon SA, South Africa, a teaching Diploma, a Management Development Diploma (MDP) from the University of South Africa, and an M.Sc. in Safety and Health Engineering from Columbia Southern University, USA. He is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP).