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To Err is Human, You Better Believe It

January 13, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

I was sent this classic today (https://www.shponline.co.uk/culture-and-behaviours/dominic-cooper-to-err-is-human-or-is-it/ ). I get so much safety nonsense sent to me it is hard to keep up. When you have no linguistic sense nor understanding of an ethic of personhood, it’s so easy to write … [Read more...] about To Err is Human, You Better Believe It

Filed Under: Human Error, Robert Long Tagged With: to err is human

Human Factors Factors

December 13, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 19 Comments

Human Factors Factors Someone sent me an email today with an opportunity to present on ‘human factors’ and risk. Whilst I understand the ‘human factors’ approach I don’t think it understands the social psychology of risk. The term ‘human factors’ has a focus on humans as factors within a system, … [Read more...] about Human Factors Factors

Filed Under: Human Error, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: behaviour, Ergonomics, human factors

The Fallibility Factor

November 5, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Isn’t it strange that we read everywhere in safety about ‘Human Factors’ but never about the Fallibility Factors. Fallibility is the character, status, quality, nature and the enduring permanence of being a human person. Fallibility is essential for learning and risk. Fallibility is the … [Read more...] about The Fallibility Factor

Filed Under: Human Error, Robert Long Tagged With: AIHS BoK, fallibility, human factors, safety factors

Risk Homeostasis Theory–Why Safety Initiatives Go Wrong

July 28, 2022 by Admin 9 Comments

My favourite quote is in relation to racing drivers on normal roads and why they have more crashes and get more fines: “At their level of skill, driving like an average driver may be intolerably boring. Imagine being a master of Beethoven and all you are allowed to play is “Twinkle, twinkle, little … [Read more...] about Risk Homeostasis Theory–Why Safety Initiatives Go Wrong

Filed Under: ALARP, Human Error, Psychological Health and Safety, Risk Homeostasis, Safety Procedures, Wicked Problems Tagged With: go wrong, initiatives, risk homeostasis, satisficing

When There is no Fix?

June 12, 2021 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

When There is no Fix? One of the favourite words of the safety sector is ‘controls’. Hazards and controls, that’s the scope of safety. However, the moment one engages in an ethic of risk one learns that life and being are not that simple. There is no objective, neutral notion of risk without … [Read more...] about When There is no Fix?

Filed Under: critical thinking, Ethics, Human Error, Robert Long Tagged With: AIHS BoK on Ethics, fix

Causation Concoctions

May 27, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

The AIHS Bok on Causation commences with the following: ‘If safety management is effective, then there should be an absence of accidents. Conversely, if accidents are occurring then effective safety management must be absent’ (p.1). The assumptions in these statements are of course not declared in … [Read more...] about Causation Concoctions

Filed Under: Human Error, Robert Long, Wicked Problems Tagged With: AIHS BoK, bowtie, causation, Energy Causation Model, hazards, transdisciplinary approach

CFA Fixville – No one here gets out alive

July 21, 2019 by Bernard Corden Leave a Comment

Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards Aldous Huxley 1 The Country Fire Authority (CFA) has legislative responsibility for handling fire and other related emergencies throughout regional Victoria in Australia. It employed a significant … [Read more...] about CFA Fixville – No one here gets out alive

Filed Under: Bernard Corden, Human Error Tagged With: CFA, firefighters, PFAS

To Err is Human, To Forgive Divine

January 29, 2017 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

To Err is Human, To Forgive Divine The fixation of Safety with this little phrase and its misreading by the industry shows so clearly that the safety industry lacks the ability to think critically about error. A recent debate at an SIA conference (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnMLHjrSFJw ) … [Read more...] about To Err is Human, To Forgive Divine

Filed Under: Human Error, Robert Long Tagged With: human error

A Critique of Pure Reason

October 12, 2016 by Dr Rob Long 47 Comments

A Critique of Pure Reason - (With Apologies to Immanuel Kant) There is not a week goes by without someone suggesting I should read James Reason or that I haven’t read James Reason. I am also advised that I don’t read James Reason properly because somehow all worldviews must be in agreement, … [Read more...] about A Critique of Pure Reason

Filed Under: Human Error, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: James Reason, Swiss Cheese Model, Zero Harm

There is Another Ethic than Zero Accidents

October 4, 2016 by Admin 2 Comments

Editors note: In a comment in the article “The Worm at The Core” a reader directed me to an article by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in which they decree that “Accidents are not approved or permitted”  - That statement really did something to me so this article by Dr Rob Long was very … [Read more...] about There is Another Ethic than Zero Accidents

Filed Under: Ethics, Human Error, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: ethics, zero accident, Zero Harm

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