Literature relative to safety management and safety climate is reviewed and discussed. Emphasis is on the role of managers in organisational safety. Recognised is that while there are managers who incorporate safety into their management and decision styles, many do not. Via consideration of factors such as management decision styles, reasons behind lack of management involvement in safety are explored. The authors describe a project that has developed a method to increase management awareness by involving them in a simple safety assessment process. Development of the process and strategies used are briefly outlined.