National statistics reveal that hardly 15 percent of industrial reportable accidents are connected to a breach of law. In other words, legislation and enforcement alone will not solve the problems faced in the sectors of industrial safety and occupational health. Education and training might. With this background in mind, the Government of Goa took up a progressive and welfare-oriented socio-economic measure to create awareness along with the industries and their workers on topics of great importance. As a result of this, the Institute of Safety, Occupational Health, and Environment were set up in the year 1986-Safety Training Centre was the nomenclature then, it serves a State that is on the threshold of rapid and diversified industrialization, but a State, let it be stressed, that is rated as the most environmentally aware of the country. The output of the center/Institute has been evaluated by several experts and the general opinion is that the achievements were remarkable. If one visitor thought the Institute’s library was better than any (he) encountered” in his long and enlightened experience, another visitor, an American expert in public health, was of the view that ” the Institute’s presence in the industrial community has set an example to be copied in other countries”. We are conscious, however, that the Institute has still a long way to go.