Rony Jabour brings SAFE Tour to Rio for Brazil safety professionals

Rony Jabour will bring the SAFE Tour to Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 18, 2026, with two sold-out sessions for Brazil’s occupational safety community. The event is designed to go beyond compliance training and focus on leadership, communication and career growth for safety professionals.

Why it matters: - The Rio de Janeiro stop shows demand in Brazil for workplace safety training that also covers leadership, business strategy and communication. - Safety professionals in Brazil’s SST field often need more than technical knowledge to influence workers, managers and company owners. - The event’s quick sellout suggests Brazilian professionals want development that helps them advance their careers and lead safer workplaces.

What happened: - Rony Jabour, founder and CEO of United Safety Net, is bringing the SAFE Tour to Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 18, 2026. - The event is aimed at Brazil’s occupational safety and health professionals. - Two sessions were scheduled, and both reached full capacity in less than 24 hours. - The audience includes occupational safety technicians, engineers, consultants, educators, supervisors and other SST professionals.

The details: - Jabour is a Brazilian-born entrepreneur and international speaker based in the Boston area. - He has served as an OSHA-authorized Outreach Trainer since 2008. - Jabour has trained more than 50,000 workers and professionals in workplace safety, leadership and injury prevention. - The Rio program will mix occupational safety education with leadership, communication, emotional intelligence, business strategy and professional growth. - The event will also focus on how safety professionals can become more effective leaders inside their organizations. - Jabour’s message centers on the idea that safety depends on workers going home safely every day, not on paperwork. - Jabour’s professional education includes Master Certificates in Risk Management and Safety and Health from the University of Texas and executive education at Harvard University in risk analysis and leadership and management for environmental health and safety. - He has spoken at conferences, educational programs and industry events across the United States, Latin America, Europe and Africa. - In 2020, the National Safety Council named Jabour among its Rising Stars of Safety.

Between the lines: - Jabour’s work reflects a broader shift in workplace safety toward multicultural communication and leadership, not just compliance. - He argues that a technically correct safety program will fail if workers do not understand it, trust the messenger or see it as relevant to their job. - His approach treats cultural, linguistic and communication barriers as safety risks. - The SAFE Tour extends the lessons Jabour developed in the United States back to Brazil. - The strong response in Rio suggests Brazilian safety professionals are open to a wider conversation about influence, business priorities and personal development. - Build Safe Connection, Jabour’s other event, is the largest Brazilian construction and occupational safety event held outside Brazil. - Build Safe Connection brings together Brazilian construction owners, safety professionals, industry leaders and service providers in the United States.

What's next: - Additional SAFE Tour events are expected to be announced in other Brazilian cities as the initiative expands. - Jabour’s Rio sessions will add to his broader effort to position safety professionals as strategic leaders, not only rule enforcers. - The event will bring Brazil’s safety community into a discussion about the future of the profession and the leadership skills it now demands. - More information is available on Rony Jabour's Instagram.