How do I speak up about an unsafe pace at work?

You have learned to work safely, and that took real effort. But safety is not only about your own hands. When the pace pushes past what is safe, staying quiet starts to feel like the safe choice, even though it is not. That fear is understandable. Speaking up can cost you. Here is the truth worth holding onto: the danger does not go away because you said nothing. It just waits. And if something happens, you will wish you had spoken. You are not being difficult by naming a real risk. You are doing the harder, braver part of the job. Start small and factual. Pick one specific thing and tell one person who can act on it, plainly, without accusation. Not the whole system at once, just the one thing you can point to today. You do not have to win the argument. You only have to put the truth on the table where it can be seen.