Blast Beats and a Banjo JHSC

[Banjo Warning Riff] [Verse 1] She came back Monday with a paperback, Yellow notes stuck down the side, Said, “We need engagement from everyone, Everybody’s on this ride.” Seven red tags on the scaffold, Guards and lockouts out of date. I said, “We’ve got a hazard register.” She said, “Let’s reframe the state.” [Pre-Chorus] I drew the panels, locks and loads, She drew a circle round my tone. Bad news crawls through minutes slowly While good news sprints in on its own. [Fiddle Scrape] [Chorus] It’s on the sheet! It’s on the sheet! Every checkbox has a tick. Forklifts fishtail down the loading bay, But the meeting notes look slick. Lean in louder, take ownership Of controls you don’t control. Welcome to the Joint Health, Safety Checklist rodeo. It’s on the sheet! [Verse 2] You handed us a plastic vest And called it “empowered to act.” “That sounds a little resistant. Let’s unpack that as a soft fact.” We documented every near miss, Every barricade and zone. Then somebody changed production, Somebody else grabbed their phone. [Pre-Chorus] If physical risk becomes an attitude And every hazard needs a spin, You can laminate each form you’ve got— It won’t make the system win. [Chorus] It’s on the sheet! It’s on the sheet! Every column’s coloured green. Oil is pooling where the ladders lean, But the audit score’s pristine. Lean in louder, take ownership Of controls you don’t control. Welcome to the Joint Health, Safety Checklist rodeo. It’s on the sheet! [Metal Breakdown] ACCOUNTABILITY! [Gang] WITHOUT AUTHORITY! OWNERSHIP! [Gang] WITHOUT CONTROL! COMPLIANCE! [Gang] PRIORITIZE! RAISE THE RISK! [Gang] MIND YOUR TONE! [Lead] If the hazard cannot be eliminated— Have you tried a poster? [Banjo Blast] [Gang] A POSTER IS NOT A CONTROL MEASURE! [Bridge - Half-Time Stomp] One by one the old hands vanished, And the toolbox talks calmed down. No more awkward little questions, No more tradesfolk hanging round. They called the silence “engagement,” Called the burnout “moving on,” Then outsourced all the know‑how And asked where the know‑how had gone. [Female] Joint Health and Safety— [Lead] Till somebody disagrees. [Female] Behavioral coaching— [Lead] While the workload never leaves. [Both] J‑H‑S‑C, Come take a walk with me. [Final Chorus] It’s on the sheet! It’s on the sheet! Every metric says we’re clean. Every fall has an owner, Every owner has a screen. Authority flows upward, Accountability below. We leaned into the hazard signs Till there was nobody left to know. It’s on the sheet! Let the banjo testify: You can bury every signal, But the signal doesn’t die. [Outro - Instruments Drop] It’s on the sheet. [Spoken] Must be a worker problem.