Paper Safe By Greg Smith. I am happy to announce my new book, Paper Safe: the triumph of bureaucracy in safety management is available. It seems to me that at some point health and safety management has lost its way. Rather than being concerned about protecting workers and others from the … [Read more...] about Paper Safe
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The Template Trap and Paper Safety
Safety is a printing business not a risk management business. As long as you have put the right paperwork in place and completed it the right way (usability mapping - https://safetyrisk.net/paperwork-and-usability-in-tackling-risk/ ) then all is well. How delightful to find the right template, fill … [Read more...] about The Template Trap and Paper Safety
Paper Safe is not Due Diligence
Paper Safe is not Due Diligence Next Due Diligence Workshop: Due Diligence Workshop Sydney 20,21 February 2019 I met Bob yesterday, a Construction Manager deeply shaken by an incident that happened on site with the possibility of multiple fatalities. Like many incidents in building and … [Read more...] about Paper Safe is not Due Diligence
Proof of Safety is not Through Paperwork
The excesses of paperwork in the risk and safety industry is evidence of the mythology that paperwork demonstrates safety. Similarly the idea that numerics and metrics demonstrate safety is based on the same delusion. All data whether quantitative or qualitative is interpreted, there is no such … [Read more...] about Proof of Safety is not Through Paperwork
Evidence, Proof and Paperwork in Safety
Evidence, Proof and Paperwork in Safety I was with a client yesterday and all the nonsense safety mythology surfaced the moment I suggested that they not record certain acts and activities. The anxiety hit the roof, ‘but Rob how can we ‘prove’ we undertook the activity and how can we prove its … [Read more...] about Evidence, Proof and Paperwork in Safety
‘Paper Systems’ and Safety Management Systems
‘Paper Systems’ and Safety Management Systems By Matt Thorne from WHS Concepts I have been consulting in risk and safety in Adelaide for over 10 years and am often asked to help ‘revitalise’ an organisations Safety Management System. Most people contact me about ‘risk and safety issues’ but people … [Read more...] about ‘Paper Systems’ and Safety Management Systems
The Safety Paperwork Myth
Great article by Health and Safety Lawyer Greg Smith recent published here on his blog: My Safety Thoughts. Look out for Greg’s new book, co-authored with Dr Rob Long (due out in June): “Risky Conversations, The Law, Social Psychology and Risk” – I’ve had a sneak preview and it is an absolute … [Read more...] about The Safety Paperwork Myth
Safety’s for sale and so is toilet paper!
It hit the fan when Gab Carlton published Where To Put the Port-a-loo is a Hazard!. I wonder if there will be the same gut reaction to Keith McCabe’s latest post on LinkedIn Pulse or do “Toilet Safety Police” really have nothing to go on? LOL Safety’s for sale and so is toilet paper! Every … [Read more...] about Safety’s for sale and so is toilet paper!
Proving Safety
One of the best safety articles I've read on Linkedin in a long, long time. By Greg Smith (Author of "Papersafe" - https://amzn.to/3wNDPTv ) Proving Safety Here is an interesting question. What would safety management look like in your organisation if you did not have to “prove” it? Would you … [Read more...] about Proving Safety
NATIONAL SAFETY DAY/WEEK IN INDIA 2023
INDIAN NATIONAL SAFETY DAY/WEEK - 2023 This time each year we get 10’s of 1000’s of extra hits each day for search terms like “Safety Slogans in Hindi”, “Hindi Safety Posters” and “Unsafe Photos”. This is due to the lead up to National Safety Week in India. The objectives and suggested activities … [Read more...] about NATIONAL SAFETY DAY/WEEK IN INDIA 2023
