Whilst some models are helpful they are never accurate. Models are symbols/myths that convey a semiotic purpose but in themselves ought not to be considered absolute. This is why we find metaphors and symbols helpful, neither are scientific or accurate but serve as a guide that is interpreted. Such … [Read more...] about There is no Hierarchy of Controls
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Hierarchy of Controls versus Haddon’s 10 Countermeasures
Hierarchy of Controls versus Haddon’s 10 Countermeasures Article by George Robotham - B.Ed. (Adult & Workplace Ed.), Grad. Cert. Management of Organisational Change, Grad. Dip. Occupational Hazard Management. The traditional wisdom when developing hazard controls is to apply the Hierarchy of … [Read more...] about Hierarchy of Controls versus Haddon’s 10 Countermeasures
Alternatives to the hierarchy of hazard controls
Alternatives to the hierarchy of hazard controls The traditional wisdom when developing hazard controls is to use the Hierarchy of Controls. The author’s experience is that a better result will be achieved by using either Haddon’s 10 Countermeasures or the A.C.I.R.L. 9 Box Model. The main advantage … [Read more...] about Alternatives to the hierarchy of hazard controls
Stand Behind The Yellow Line – Do Engineering Controls Affect Risk?
Standing on a train platform this morning I noticed that the old authoritative “STAND BEHIND THE YELLOW LINE” had been replaced with something a little more personable (see below, as opposed to ‘in front of this you get a fine’) and it reminded me of this article by Gab Carlton from a few years ago … [Read more...] about Stand Behind The Yellow Line – Do Engineering Controls Affect Risk?
The Hierarchy of Control and Covid-19
Guest Post by John Wettstein from Safety Strategies The below graphic ‘Hierarchy of Controls’ is a standard system promoted by the majority in safety as a reference for control to minimize or eliminate exposure to hazards. The below graphic how to apply the ‘Hierarchy of Controls’ during a … [Read more...] about The Hierarchy of Control and Covid-19
Why Is The Hierarchy Of Control So Ineffective?
Why Is The Hierarchy Of Control So Ineffective Time to commit ‘Safety Sacrilege’! Where would Safety be without it’s Sexy Curves and Pyramids? See also: Risk and Safety Matrices and the Psychology of Colour For most, safety is about controlling hazards and the tool of choice is the Hierarchy of … [Read more...] about Why Is The Hierarchy Of Control So Ineffective?
FREE RISK ASSESSMENT FORMS, CHECKISTS, REGISTERS, TEMPLATES and APPS
FREE SAFETY Ebooks HERE >>>>>>> Huge collection of free risk assessment advice, tips, forms, templates, Risk Registers, Checklists, completed examples, apps and guidelines Disclaimer: To quote Dr Rob Long: "Unfortunately, many of the tools available to people in the safety … [Read more...] about FREE RISK ASSESSMENT FORMS, CHECKISTS, REGISTERS, TEMPLATES and APPS
If You Can’t Manage Fallibility, You’ll Never Tackle Psychosocial Health
As long as Safety is founded in the nonsense of injury rate counting and zero, it will never ever be able to tackle the challenges of psychosocial health. The fundamental problem for Safety is, it doesn’t know what to do with fallibility, mortality, vulnerability, corporeal being and … [Read more...] about If You Can’t Manage Fallibility, You’ll Never Tackle Psychosocial Health
7 Golden Rules that are NOT Golden
The more you look into the so called ‘7 golden rules of zero’, the more you realise just how much zero toxifies the process of tackling risk. Have a look at the checklist with so called ‘golden rule’ two and have a look at the language. What is noticed first is that all of this is just … [Read more...] about 7 Golden Rules that are NOT Golden
How to be a Safety Extremist
We recently witnessed extremism in safety when the AIHS Visions conference espoused an extremist understanding of persons: ‘humans as hazards’. We also saw recently Safety espousing not a change in safety fundamentalism, but simply making fundamentalism more ‘fun’. The more Safety pursues the … [Read more...] about How to be a Safety Extremist