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Safety Is A Job Not A Sacred Calling

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Safety Is A Job - Not A Sacred Calling Exclusive by Phil LaDuke. Please pay a visit to his blog: https://philladuke.wordpress.com/  and follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Philladuke vocation (voh-key-shuh n) /voʊˈkeɪ ʃən/ noun 1. a particular occupation, business, or profession; calling. 2. a strong impulse or inclination to follow a particular activity or career. 3. a divine c … [Continue reading...] about Safety Is A Job Not A Sacred Calling

Resilience and Safety

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Resilience and Safety By Phil La Duke – first published HERE Last week I watched a video posted by a LinkedIn contact Carsten Bush. Those of you who are fortunate enough to know Carsten know that he is on top of his game when it comes to safety and he brings a lot of insight to his posts. He posted a 12 minute video of a talk by Johan Bergström The video makes some pretty profound points an … [Continue reading...] about Resilience and Safety

Much ado about nothing? Section 44 of the WA Mines Safety & Inspection Act

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Much ado about nothing? Section 44 of the WA Mines Safety & Inspection Act Article by Greg Smith first published HERE For a long time now I have been concerned about how section 44 of the Mines Safety & Inspection Act is marketed to the WA mining industry as an important part of supervisors’ obligations. Section 44 is, for the most part, an administrative provision that does not c … [Continue reading...] about Much ado about nothing? Section 44 of the WA Mines Safety & Inspection Act

Can There be a Feminist Safety?

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Can There be a Feminist Safety? Yesterday the media ran hot with the advent of the first female star of Dr Who . The reports extracted every ounce of gender stereotyping possible in the name of journalism. What it highlighted was the continued misunderstanding in our society of feminism, gender and confusion about social politics. Feminism is not just about being female and masculinism is not … [Continue reading...] about Can There be a Feminist Safety?

Safety Isn’t Sexy, and it Shouldn’t Be!

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Safety Isn’t Sexy, and it Shouldn’t Be! It’s amazing how some people in safety spend more energy trying to rebrand and market the product than reflect and change the nature of the product. Everyone knows that the word ‘safety’ conjures up associations with words like ‘dumb’, ‘embuggerance’, ‘dollard’, ‘checklisting’, ‘policing’ and ‘bullying’. If you want to kill conversation at a party just tell … [Continue reading...] about Safety Isn’t Sexy, and it Shouldn’t Be!

Selective and Slow Harm is not Zero Harm

Selective and Slow Harm is not Zero Harm Every time I go onto a zero harm site it is interesting to see what they stock in vending machines and what language is spoken on site about selective methods of harm. The three most culturally accepted substances of harm are sugar, salt and alcohol. The consumption of these substances is culturally endorsed on every zero harm site I have visited. Indeed, … [Continue reading...] about Selective and Slow Harm is not Zero Harm

Accidents Happen Because You Don’t Put Safety First

Accidents Happen Because You Don’t Put Safety First This is the language and logic of Worksafe Victoria (http://worksafenews.com.au/news/item/571-farmers-urged-to-put-safety-first-as-fatalities-soar.html). Apparently farmers put safety last or second and that’s why farmers get injured. If only farmers got the hierarchy right there would be no harm. If only this simplistic, binary and naïve appr … [Continue reading...] about Accidents Happen Because You Don’t Put Safety First

When You Don’t Know What to do in Safety, Have Another Blitz!!!

When You Don’t Know What to do in Safety, Have Another Blitz!!! There’s nothing more reliable in safety than a blitz. This is because people don’t care about safety, are dumb about safety and want to hurt themselves. There is nothing more obvious to Safety than the effectiveness of a blitz, this is why they have one every year and this guarantees that nothing changes and everything remains the sam … [Continue reading...] about When You Don’t Know What to do in Safety, Have Another Blitz!!!

Keep Your Nose Out Of My Homelife

Keep Your Nose Out Of My Homelife By Phil La Duke and first published HERE For many people working in the safety field, safety is less a job than an obsession. For some safety is the zealous pursuit of safety in all circumstances—at work, at home, at play; everywhere. In this approach lies the path to madness. We need to focus on worker safety; only when we have achieved complete safety in the … [Continue reading...] about Keep Your Nose Out Of My Homelife

A Person Without Integrity Is Nothing

A Person Without Integrity Is Nothing Some interesting thoughts By Phil La Duke on plagiarism in Safety – in what other “Profession” would plagiarism be so rife or considered an entitlement? First published HERE (and republished with permission) I don’t own a high white horse, so I won’t climb up on one. That having been said that I am again going to rave and rant about something that is tr … [Continue reading...] about A Person Without Integrity Is Nothing