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Mining Safety

Window Dressing, Theatre and More of The Same

March 30, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Window Dressing, Theatre and More of The Same We read the sad news of yet another fatality in mining in the Zero Harm in Leadership state. Of course, zero ideology is anti-leadership and … [Read more...] about Window Dressing, Theatre and More of The Same

Filed Under: Mining Safety, Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: paperwork

Let’s Reset the Last Reset that Reset the Reset

October 1, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

Let’s Reset the Last Reset that Reset the Reset What does Safety do when things go wrong? It has reset which of course is not a re-set. We saw this with the second to last reset the Brady Review … [Read more...] about Let’s Reset the Last Reset that Reset the Reset

Filed Under: Mining Safety, Robert Long Tagged With: safety reset

Selective Harm for Rio Tinto

June 10, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 13 Comments

Image Source When you make your raison d'être (reason for being) the counting of injuries then one loses all perspective and vision. When you mantra is ‘zero harm’ we all know that means - ‘selective … [Read more...] about Selective Harm for Rio Tinto

Filed Under: Mining Safety, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: rio tinto, zero vision

Dulce et decorum est

April 26, 2020 by Bernard Corden 1 Comment

When the rich wage war, it’s the poor who die Jean-Paul Sartre 1 The Karijini National Park in the Pilbara region of Western Australia is an impressive tourist destination surrounded by enchanting … [Read more...] about Dulce et decorum est

Filed Under: Bernard Corden, Mining Safety Tagged With: Asbestos, Wittenoom

Brady Review, Nothing New, No Way Forward

February 8, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 32 Comments

One of the things that Safety does well is keep the doors closed to critical thinking outside of its own paradigm. Dialogue within the discipline of safety is tight, engaging similar worldviews, … [Read more...] about Brady Review, Nothing New, No Way Forward

Filed Under: Ethics, Mining Safety, Robert Long Tagged With: AIHS BoK on Ethics, Brady Review, mining safety

What is a Safety Reset?

August 3, 2019 by Dr Rob Long 26 Comments

After four fatalities in a short period of time in the ACT in 2011 the regulator launched an inquiry into safety into the building and construction industry.  This resulted in the Getting Them Home … [Read more...] about What is a Safety Reset?

Filed Under: Mining Safety, Robert Long, Safety Reset Tagged With: safety reset

The Compliance Conundrum

July 22, 2019 by Dr Rob Long 8 Comments

  The challenge of compliance is also a challenge to critical thinking, this is one of the many paradoxes in risk and safety. When we comply or an organization seeks compliance this is all well … [Read more...] about The Compliance Conundrum

Filed Under: Mining Safety, Robert Long, Safety Culture, Safety Legislation, Safety Reset, Zero Harm Tagged With: compliance, mining safety, paradox, safety reset

In Coal Blood

November 15, 2018 by Bernard Corden 6 Comments

In coal blood Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable Simone de Beauvoir 1 The Queensland parliament select committee report into the resurgence of black lung provides an … [Read more...] about In Coal Blood

Filed Under: Bernard Corden, Health, Mining Safety Tagged With: black lung, coal dust, coal mine

It’s alright ma I’m only bleeding

September 28, 2018 by Bernard Corden Leave a Comment

It’s alright ma I’m only bleeding A healthy loyalty is not passive and complacent but active and critical Harold Laski 1 The 21st October 2016 commemorated half a century since the Aberfan … [Read more...] about It’s alright ma I’m only bleeding

Filed Under: Bernard Corden, Mining Safety, Safety Statistics Tagged With: aberfan

Too much Cash and no panache

April 27, 2018 by Bernard Corden Leave a Comment

Too much Cash and no panache by Bernard Corden Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees Jean-Paul Sartre On 30th December 1969, following the Farmington mining disaster and threat … [Read more...] about Too much Cash and no panache

Filed Under: Bernard Corden, Mining Safety, Safety Leadership, Safety Legislation Tagged With: black lung

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