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The 5 Ways We Identify Hazards

November 12, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 10 Comments

The 5 Ways We Identify Hazards – Updated Hazards are objects and in themselves don’t harm anyone. An object only becomes a hazard when a human engages with it, until then it remains a potential hazard. One can focus as much on displacement of energies and damaging energies as one wants but unless … [Read more...] about The 5 Ways We Identify Hazards

Filed Under: Hazards, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: hazard identification, human judgement, identify hazards, regulations, standards

Barry Spud’s Hazard Control Tips

August 28, 2020 by Barry Spud Leave a Comment

Barry Spud’s Hazard Control Tips - The Hierarchy Of Hazard Control Barry Spud tells: “The Hierarchy of Hazard Control (I call it the “HOHC”) is the one of the main weapons, in the Safety Crusader’s arsenal, in the war on lost time injuries. It takes a certifiable Safety Expert like myself to know … [Read more...] about Barry Spud’s Hazard Control Tips

Filed Under: Hazards, Risk Management, Safety Humor, Zero Harm Tagged With: barry spud, hierachy of control, HOC, Zero Harm

Hazard as a Concept

June 1, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

When thinking about hazards one needs a transdisciplinary view. Unfortunately you won’t get such a view from the AIHS BoK on Hazards. It is of course no surprise that the AIHS BoK claims to have explored such a view eg. ‘The multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary nature of OHS created inherent … [Read more...] about Hazard as a Concept

Filed Under: Hazards, Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: AIHS BoK, hazard as a concept, transdisciplinarity

White Lung

November 5, 2018 by Bernard Corden 2 Comments

White Lung If there were no bad people there would be no good lawyers Charles Dickens 1 Asbestos is a generic term for a naturally occurring substance that includes six silicate minerals with distinctive elongated fibrous crystals. The soft flexible fibres are easily extruded into a tensile … [Read more...] about White Lung

Filed Under: Bernard Corden, Hazards, Health Tagged With: Asbestos, Mr Ffuffy, white lung

The Illusion Of Hazard Identification

September 15, 2016 by Admin 9 Comments

The Illusion Of Hazard Identification Thanks to John Wettstein from safetystrategies.ca for suggesting this latest viral image and its link to hazard spotting. I remember, many years ago, when I was a very dissonant Safety Consultant, being able to walk onto any site and spot a plethora of … [Read more...] about The Illusion Of Hazard Identification

Filed Under: Hazards, Investigation, Risk Assessment Templates, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: hazard identification, illusion

The De-Ethicization of the Object in Safety

August 14, 2016 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

The De-Ethicization of the Object in Safety It’s obvious that objects attack people. When anything happens in an industry, the first response is to ban the object. That naughty object jumped out from nowhere and attacked me. So, it’s because objects attack people that we need to register as many … [Read more...] about The De-Ethicization of the Object in Safety

Filed Under: Hazards, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: banned, hazard register, hazards

9 Great Reasons Why You Should Stop Doing Hazard Inspections

June 10, 2016 by Admin 9 Comments

9 Great Reasons Why You Should Stop Doing Hazards Inspections Rob Sam’s recent article: How I Feel About Risk was posted on a few LinkedIn Groups. It was initially well received, but, almost as expected, the conversations have degenerated into discussions about the best ways to do hazard … [Read more...] about 9 Great Reasons Why You Should Stop Doing Hazard Inspections

Filed Under: Hazards, Humble Inquiry Tagged With: checklists, hazard hunt, hazard inspection

Push or Pull – It’s Not Your Fault – It’s a Norman Door!

April 8, 2016 by Admin 1 Comment

The Art Of Human Centred Design Have you ever struggled to open a door only to discover that you were pushing when the sign clearly says “PULL” – its not your fault, rather, faulty design. This is called a ‘Norman Door’ and they open into some good lessons for Safety. One of the most common safety … [Read more...] about Push or Pull – It’s Not Your Fault – It’s a Norman Door!

Filed Under: Hazards, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: affordance, hazard inspection, human design

Is Treating all Hazards the Same Endangering Lives?

February 17, 2016 by Phil LaDuke 22 Comments

Is Treating all Hazards the Same Endangering Lives? By Phil La Duke - first published here: https://philladuke.wordpress.com/ Phil says: “We tend to think of injuries in terms of a long string of events, the Domino Theory, if you will. But some hazards are likely to kill us and others will be … [Read more...] about Is Treating all Hazards the Same Endangering Lives?

Filed Under: Hazards, Phil LaDuke, Safety Clutter Tagged With: hazard controls, root cause analysis

Where To Put the Port-a-loo is a Hazard!

June 26, 2014 by Gabrielle Carlton 41 Comments

Where To Put the Port-a-loo is a Hazard! I was on a worksite last year and came across this port-a-loo! Nothing too unusual or out of place considering it was a construction site. This toilet was put in this position as an afterthought. They had erected the office area with male toilets out the … [Read more...] about Where To Put the Port-a-loo is a Hazard!

Filed Under: Gabrielle Carlton, Hazards, Safety Culture Tagged With: checklists, hazard, housekeeping

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