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Safety Hits a Snag

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Safety Hits a SnagThe media and social media in Australia recently lit up over the overcooked Bunnings directive that sausage sizzle volunteers must place onions beneath the sausages in order to prevent slips and falls in their stores – supported by the trite platitude that safety is their “number one priority”. Funny that Bunnings are quite happy to send inexperienced DIYers home with a 9” … [Continue reading...] about Safety Hits a Snag

In Coal Blood

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In coal bloodSociety cares for the individual only so far as he is profitableSimone de Beauvoir 1The Queensland parliament select committee report into the resurgence of black lung provides an anatomy of yet another disaster in Australia’s mining industry. During numerous public hearings harrowing statements from victims and their dependents left committee members and other attendees … [Continue reading...] about In Coal Blood

All Care and No Care!

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All Care and No Care!Time and time again we are bombarded with articles and ‘research’ prescribing how to be more resilient. I came across this article the other day about care workers and resilience (https://hellocaremail.com.au/resilience-aged-care-workers-caring-people-living-dementia/) that highlighted the traits a care worker needs in order to ‘care’. This came to my focus because a good … [Continue reading...] about All Care and No Care!

The Bunnings Banger Bungle

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The Bunnings Banger BungleNo wonder people think that safety is the industry of stupidity. Oh, here comes the safety nerd, the dork wrapped in orgiastic delight in the myth of hyper-safety. Here comes the risk averse wrecker and fun police worried about petty pissy safety (https://safetyrisk.net/petty-pissy-zero-harm/) whilst real risk (https://www.humandymensions.com/product/real-risk/) remains … [Continue reading...] about The Bunnings Banger Bungle

Social Psychology of Risk in Canada

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Social Psychology of Risk in CanadaWhat a wonderful few weeks in Canada at Vancouver, Whistler and Calgary. So much fun sharing the work of SPoR and challenging boundaries and practice in safety.This is the second visit to Canada and momentum is growing in interest to humanize safety practice.The workshops this time had a focus on the SPoR Culture Cloud and unpacking a sophisticated … [Continue reading...] about Social Psychology of Risk in Canada

You Are Not Alone!

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You Are Not Alone!Did you realize that loneliness is at epidemic proportions? (https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/modern-mentality/201807/what-you-need-know-about-the-loneliness-epidemic). Why is this so? In a society infused with social media where people have hundreds of ‘friends’ and Instagram followers people are more lonely than ever. Is this an individual problem or a social problem? … [Continue reading...] about You Are Not Alone!

Suicide Prevention – a Social Psychological Perspective

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Suicide Prevention - a Social Psychological PerspectivePrelude: In June 2013, I joined the first cohort of students in post-graduate studies in the Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR), a program developed and presented by Dr Robert Long and Craig Ashhurst. After 5 years participating in a ‘learning adventure’ and through much ‘social sensemaking’, I offer the blog below as a reflection of this … [Continue reading...] about Suicide Prevention – a Social Psychological Perspective

Compliance in the Name of Good

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Compliance in the Name of GoodIt’s hard to imagine a time of when science, theology and political power were one and the same. This was the world of Europe in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.The enlightenment is most identified with rejection of clericalism, religious authority, schism, persecution in the name of good and, coercion spun as obedience.Those who battled against the tyrannies … [Continue reading...] about Compliance in the Name of Good

The Safetyization of Normal Life

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The Safetyization of Normal LifeOne of the delusions of safetyism is the naive belief that safetyism works for normal fallible people. One of the delusions of Zeroism is the idiocy of speaking absolutes to fallible people. Strangely safetyization is only a workplace thing, no one lives this nonsense at home. No one runs their home or family on the principles of hyper-safety.When I was doing … [Continue reading...] about The Safetyization of Normal Life

How To Write a Safety Report

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How To Write a Safety ReportOHS professionals write many reports, read many reports and ask others to prepare reports for them. A major sin is long rambling reports that do not get to the point quickly and succinctly! Prepare succinct reports yourself and make it clear that your expectation is that others do likewise. If you receive a long report ask the author for a succinct summary of the … [Continue reading...] about How To Write a Safety Report

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