This presentation is a true story about a safety culture change that was brought about by the presenter when he was contracted as Manager: Safety, Health and Environment to a major organization. This assignment turned out to be the presenter’s greatest challenge to date and the presentation relates to the situation and culture as they were in the beginning, the change process and factors that aided, and hindered, the change process and the achievements of the safety culture shift. It deals in real terms with the politics involved in safety culture change. The presentation is filled with actual scenarios and real-life encounters that were experienced during this period. It tells of a multi-cultural workforce and the safety and management politics that hampered the introduction of a safety system and the conflict that arose as a result of these internal politics. The speaker’s emotions will show when he tells of the fatalities that occurred within a week during his third month at the organization and the consequences of these deaths. Ron explains how he overcame his “Darkest hour” after a major showdown with an executive. A highlight of the presentation will be the relating of the small successes that were achieved and how certain key strategies were used to get the buy-in to the safety system. The presentation ends with a list of safety achievements that are unbelievable considering the rocky start to the safety culture change process.