This term is hilarious! Never heard it, but the practice is very familiar and its great it is being addressed!

 

I experienced this hugely in the festival space. Whilst safety and risk assessments are highly regarded, because they are turning over large amounts of staff and activating different spaces every year, safety can become a bit disjointed/inconsistent in practice.

 

I wonder how many Marie Kondo jokes there will be when considering safety clutter😊

 

 

Rosie Dwyer

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From: Lynda de Koning via All staff - PAC Australia <allstaff@ask.paca.org.au>
Sent: Thursday, 26 March 2026 9:57 AM
To: allstaff@ask.paca.org.au; Katherine Connor <katherine@paca.org.au>
Subject: [PAC Team] Re: Safety Clutter

 

Not something I've directly come across, but certainly something I can understand. 

 

If an employee feels its onerous or unnecessary and doesn't see the link to their safety, I would expect follow on impact is that employees may just ignore the procedures ...

 

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From: Katherine Connor via All staff - PAC Australia <allstaff@ask.paca.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, 25 March 2026 18:18
To: allstaff@ask.paca.org.au <allstaff@ask.paca.org.au>
Subject: [PAC Team] Safety Clutter

 

 

Hey Team,

 

Another interesting thing that came up in the PAPA led Technical Workforce Safety project meeting earlier today that I meant to share at the teams meeting, was the concept of “Safety Clutter”. It was a really interesting conversation and there are a number of venues looking to address it, so I thought I’d bring it up with the team – I’ve come across the practice before, but not the term, so was curious to hear about anyone else’s experiences and if they’ve been in an organisation in recent years that have tried to address safety clutter.

 

What is Safety Clutter, and how can it be reduced.

 

Anyone come across this, or have any thoughts on the concept?

 

Cheers,

Katherine

 

 

Katherine Connor

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Executive Director | PAC Australia | +61 (0) 419 428 412 | paca.org.au