Which one is safer; and why?. (a) A safe person. (b) A safe workplace.

Although both are inevitable for having a safe working environment. I would recon safe person as the most important.

A safe person will always

1. Assess and control all the risk before starting a job

2.  Will do only those activities for which he is authorized

3. Will report all incidents(including near misses, unsafe conditions, Unsafe acts)

4. Will follow safety provisions and adhere to required PPEs

So a safe person will lead to a safe place. And if a safe system already exists then to have safe people will be a boost to safety culture.

Always work places and systems are designed to be safe and the persons if not competent enough they cause the system fails as the only weak point for any safe work place is human errors