There is little more that is entertaining than seeing Safety parade its myths as ‘principles’. Most of the time it’s just confirmation bias of some form of safety indoctrination. A classic example is anchored to the myths of safety investigations and its popular models like ICAM, 5whys, Tap … [Read more...] about The Myths of Safety Investigations and the Taste of Sausages
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Supreme Court Destroys Behavioural Safety Myth in $950,000 Ruling
By Craig Tonks on Linkedin. Original article HERE Three Warning Signs Your Operation Has the Same Fatal Risk Pattern Supreme Court Destroys Behavioural Safety Myth in $950,000 Ruling Every week I hear manufacturing executives talk about behavioural safety as their silver bullet to drive down … [Read more...] about Supreme Court Destroys Behavioural Safety Myth in $950,000 Ruling
Safe Work Australia Continues to Perpetuate Safety Mythology
Safe Work Australia Continues to Perpetuate Safety Mythology In December 2014 Safe Work Australia published Work Health and Safety Perceptions: Construction Industry. Despite the intentions of the report yet again Safe Work Australia continues to perpetuate safety mythology just as it does by … [Read more...] about Safe Work Australia Continues to Perpetuate Safety Mythology
How to Make Safety Culture Myths True
We know that knowledge of mythology is an essential aspect of understanding culture, except in the safety industry. At the foundation of all myth sits an element of truth that is symbolised and made true by a group, regardless of the evidence. This is certainly the case in the many myths that … [Read more...] about How to Make Safety Culture Myths True
Santa, Myths and Regulators.
Santa, Myths and Regulators. I was at a building site yesterday and up pulled a ute full of cases of beer, gifts for loyal and faithful service. A few weeks ago the same company hired a cruise boat for a Christmas party complete with endless alcohol and strippers as a way of saying thanks to the … [Read more...] about Santa, Myths and Regulators.
You Can’t ‘Bust’ Myths
One of the assumptions of the popular TV show Mythbusters (https://iview.abc.net.au/show/mythbusters) is that myths are falsehoods, this is not so. The idea of the show is to use the so-called ‘tools of science and engineering’ to ‘bust’ false beliefs. The purpose of the TV show is entertainment so … [Read more...] about You Can’t ‘Bust’ Myths
Myth, Objectivity and the Subjectivity of Language in Safety
We all speak language unconsciously. This is because language is embodied from birth. We don’t need to think about what to say and process thought/language like a computer. We speak what we want to say most often without thinking. The words come out as we think and most often, we hear what we think, … [Read more...] about Myth, Objectivity and the Subjectivity of Language in Safety
Causation Myths, Stop Looking for Linear and Root Cause
One of the most dangerous things about the safety curriculum is its indoctrination about causation. Many of the semiotics of causation such as the swiss-cheese (Reason) and dominos (Heinrich), are simply not true. Both models are completely made up and don’t exist in reality. The reality of life … [Read more...] about Causation Myths, Stop Looking for Linear and Root Cause
Culture Cloud Tour – Myths Symbols Semiotics and Religion
‘I’ve never seen an industry more religious than the Risk and Safety industry, Particularly because the nature of saving lives is a form of soteriology’ Salvation Theology; An introduction to Soteriology by Joseph Thomas Soteriology: The fundamental idea contained in the English … [Read more...] about Culture Cloud Tour – Myths Symbols Semiotics and Religion
The Wisdom of Semiotics, Myth and Poetics in Risk
In my study I have figure of a monkey holding a bottle of wine: See Figure 1. Money and Wine. Figure 1. Monkey and Wine The wine bottle bears the image of Ned Kelly and serves as a reminder of the many myths that have been created about him. The semiotics of New Kelly can be found … [Read more...] about The Wisdom of Semiotics, Myth and Poetics in Risk