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I’m just not that into safety anymore

December 30, 2022 by Rob Sams Leave a Comment

Read the sequel to this article: I’m Still Not That Into Safety Our most popular article out of 3007! Why do you think that is? Rob's courage and honesty has certainly touched some nerves! I’m just not that into safety anymore I have spoken with a number of Managers over the past few months who have … [Read more...] about I’m just not that into safety anymore

Filed Under: Positive Safety Stuff, Relationships, Rob Sams, Safety Culture, Safety Procedures, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: compliance, not into safety, people, safe workplace

Building High Performance Safety Cultures

December 27, 2022 by Mark Taylor 7 Comments

Building High Performance Safety Cultures (More than ‘the way we do things around here’) What is a Safety Culture? First published here: http://safetyma.myob.net/news/building-high-performance-safety-cultures/162354 If you ask most business leaders to describe their company’s safety culture, … [Read more...] about Building High Performance Safety Cultures

Filed Under: Safety Culture, Safety Procedures Tagged With: high performance, safety culture

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

How to Write Safety Procedures

June 30, 2021 by George Robotham Leave a Comment

Lots of discussion about these currently on OHS Forums, my thoughts are that we should only have one set of procedures that include any safety, not a work instruction and say a SWMS. Procedures MUST be written by or with the people doing the job and regularly reviewed – no better training!! I have … [Read more...] about How to Write Safety Procedures

Filed Under: George Robotham, Safety Procedures Tagged With: Safe work method statement, safe working procedures

Tick n’ Flick-Set n’ Forget

September 29, 2020 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Tick n’ Flick-Set n’ Forget Two of the active cultural by-products of excessive paperwork and Papersafe safety (https://www.waylandlegal.com.au/post/paper-safe) are Tick n’ Flick-Set n’ Forget. Tick n’ Flick-Set n’ Forget are co-joined heuristics people develop as habits for completing something … [Read more...] about Tick n’ Flick-Set n’ Forget

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Procedures Tagged With: Dreamworld, papersafe, tick n flick

Presentation Tips for Safety People

July 29, 2020 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Presentation Tips for Safety People Please also consider our latest learning article: Learning Styles Matter What is the point of knowing the Act, regulation, systems, procedures and standards if you either can’t communicate or help others learn? Poor pedagogy (theory of teaching) is one of the … [Read more...] about Presentation Tips for Safety People

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Procedures, Safety Training Tagged With: learning, pedagogy, Safety Presentations, teaching, tips

Process or Outcome?

July 10, 2020 by Admin Leave a Comment

Posted a couple of years go by Greg Smith here (https://www.waylandlegal.com.au/post/process-or-outcome) but worth sharing again Process or Outcome? Today I was reading a LinkedIn post lamenting the state of health and safety management, evidenced by too many "safety stickers" on a piece of … [Read more...] about Process or Outcome?

Filed Under: Safety Procedures Tagged With: outcomes, process

Safety How?

July 9, 2020 by Admin 2 Comments

Latest from Greg Smith, author of Paper Safe: Hi everyone. Apologies that I have been so inactive on LinkedIn lately, but I have been busy trying to finalise my next book - Reasonably Practicable: cases and commentary, which is designed to help safety managers understand all the elements which go … [Read more...] about Safety How?

Filed Under: Safety Differently, Safety Procedures Tagged With: paper safe

Proof of Safety is not Through Paperwork

June 16, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 17 Comments

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

Filed Under: Psychological Health and Safety, Robert Long, Safety Procedures Tagged With: paperwork

The Safety Fool’s Errand

February 15, 2020 by Admin 5 Comments

Not often these days you read gem on Linkedin. But I found one this morning by Bob Cummins (but blame me for the silly title above): To most people, most often, procedures, policies, life saving rules, courses, briefings, posters, signs, instructions, dictates, stand-downs, disciplinaries, … [Read more...] about The Safety Fool’s Errand

Filed Under: Safety Procedures Tagged With: policy and procedures

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