One of the most amusing aspects of the Heinrich myth (https://safetyrisk.net/?s=Heinrich) is the sub-title of his book: A Scientific Approach. Of course, such is not the case. This is typical of Safety that most often seems to name what it is, by what it is not. The first place to start in … [Read more...] about The Non-Science of Heinrich
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The Great Heinrich Hoax
The Great Heinrich Hoax Perhaps the greatest evidence that Safety is not a profession is the acceptance by the industry of hoaxes and myths. There is no greater hoax in the safety industry than the myth that injury data or injury rates have any connection at all to causality or the management of … [Read more...] about The Great Heinrich Hoax
Hoodwinked by Heinrich
Hoodwinked by Heinrich I have written before about the Heinrich Hoax and Delusion (https://safetyrisk.net/ration-delusions-and-heinrichs-hoax/), the Heinrich Hoodoo (https://safetyrisk.net/the-heinrich-hoodoo/) and Heinrich Propaganda (https://safetyrisk.net/the-heinrich-hoodoo/). All this critique … [Read more...] about Hoodwinked by Heinrich
Deconstructing the Myth of Heinrich
One of the most significant factors that enables the mythology of Heinrich in Safety is that people don’t read Heinrich, can’t access Heinrich and have no expertise in Historiography. Most often in Safety those profess some expertise in: History, Culture, Neuroscience, Habits or Psychology, have no … [Read more...] about Deconstructing the Myth of Heinrich
Ratio Delusions and Heinrich’s Hoax
Ratio Delusions and Heinrich’s Hoax There’s no doubt that founding interests in safety emerged from insurance and engineering. The concocted rubbish of Heinrich in 1931 was founded in mechanistic assumptions of apportioning blame and responsibility for compensation. It is from this foundation that … [Read more...] about Ratio Delusions and Heinrich’s Hoax
The Heinrich Hoodoo
The Heinrich Hoodoo If there was ever a disastrous start to the birth of an industry it has to be safety. When Herbert Heinrich published Industrial Accident Prevention in 1931 he launched an industry that would be obsessed with numerics, metrics, counting and misattribution. Most of what Heinrich … [Read more...] about The Heinrich Hoodoo
A Fountainhead of Safety? – The Australian Institute of Heinrich and Skinner
History never says goodbye - It really means see you later Eduardo Galeano A Karl Marx essay, The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon is the source of a renowned quote from many historians…….History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce. It reflects and aligns with Hegel’s philosophy … [Read more...] about A Fountainhead of Safety? – The Australian Institute of Heinrich and Skinner
Heinrich’s Propaganda
Guest post by one of the USA based students in The Centre for Leadership and Learning in Risk (CLLR) online program https://cllr.com.au/online-courses-overseas-students/ Heinrich’s Propaganda Virtually everyone that works in the safety industry has seen and is familiar with “The Hienrich pyramid”. … [Read more...] about Heinrich’s Propaganda
Heinrich–Industrial Accident Prevention
Heinrich – Industrial Accident Prevention I am embarrassed to admit that it was only a few years ago that I stopped extolling the virtues of Heinrich and his Pyramid – hey it was a simple concept, sort of made sense and the punters loved it! Please forgive me - Dave If you haven't yet seen the … [Read more...] about Heinrich–Industrial Accident Prevention
Poor Old George Griffiths
I was recently on holiday at Hill End (https://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/country-nsw/bathurst-area/hill-end ), a preserved gold mining town from the 1860s just 3 hours west of Sydney (https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/hill-end-historic-site). You can find out more about … [Read more...] about Poor Old George Griffiths