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Make Your Safety Slogan Social

February 2, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Make Your Safety Slogan Social Safety is a profoundly social activity. We see this in the many slogans in safety that emphasize connections to family and loved ones as a reason for safety. However, … [Read more...] about Make Your Safety Slogan Social

Filed Under: Covid-19, Robert Long, Safety Slogans & Pictures, Semiotics Tagged With: safety first, safety slogans

What’s in a Safety Mantra?

February 26, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

What’s in a Safety Mantra? One of the characteristics of the safety industry is the repetition of process, rituals and language attributed to have salvic purpose, to save lives. Any examination of … [Read more...] about What’s in a Safety Mantra?

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Slogans & Pictures, Zero Harm Tagged With: 1% safer, safety mantra

The Seduction of Slogans in Safety

January 19, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

The Seduction of Slogans in Safety One of the popular resources on this blog site is safety slogans. Whilst many of these slogans are clever and make a point, we also need to be mindful of what … [Read more...] about The Seduction of Slogans in Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Slogans & Pictures, Semiotics Tagged With: Safety Slogans and Quotes

Why Do We Love Stupid Safety Photos

December 14, 2020 by Barry Spud Leave a Comment

Why Do We Love Stupid Safety Photos? In the world of safety management, why do we find it so appealing to watch videos or photos of people committing unsafe acts and doing stupid things at home or … [Read more...] about Why Do We Love Stupid Safety Photos

Filed Under: Safety Photos, Safety Pictures, Safety Slogans & Pictures Tagged With: adulthood, concrete block, decorum, Free Safety Stuff, horizontal ladder, human makeup, management professionals, old drivers, safety goggles, Safety Management, Safety Pictures, Safety Signs, sense development, skill set, Stupid safety photos, stupid things, unsafe acts, valid reasoning, vertical ladder

Researchers Reveal the Top 10 Most Effective Safety Slogans Of All Time

July 27, 2020 by Barry Spud 14 Comments

Using a new iphone app, a team of social psychology experts has analysed every meaningless aphorism and every condescending platitude ever displayed in the workplace to come up with a list of the most … [Read more...] about Researchers Reveal the Top 10 Most Effective Safety Slogans Of All Time

Filed Under: Safety Satire, Safety Slogans & Pictures Tagged With: safety slogans

Slogan Power

May 12, 2020 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Many people underestimate the power of slogans because they function like metaphors and in many ways are hidden in language. It is impossible for humans to communicate without using either. The … [Read more...] about Slogan Power

Filed Under: Covid-19, Robert Long, Safety Slogans & Pictures Tagged With: metaphors, military, soldier on

When Slogans Don’t Work

May 11, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

One of the many slogans that have been circulated about during the Covid-19 crisis is: ‘we’re all in this together’. In an interesting take on this slogan … [Read more...] about When Slogans Don’t Work

Filed Under: Covid-19, Robert Long, Safety Slogans & Pictures, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: coronavirus slogans

Zero Plus Infinity Times 10 = ?

March 9, 2020 by Admin 28 Comments

Zero Plus Infinity Times 10 = ? Following Dr Rob Long’s recent article Semiotics and Safety about the mindless gobbledygook that is terms like “Beyond Zero” and “Target Zero”, and the negative … [Read more...] about Zero Plus Infinity Times 10 = ?

Filed Under: Safety Slogans & Pictures, Semiotics, Zero Harm Tagged With: safety slogans, zero accident, Zero Harm

Safety Acronym

October 28, 2019 by Admin Leave a Comment

Enacting Safety? Thanks to Rob Long for this SAFETY reverse acronym (backronym). Compare this to some of the more traditional ones below and it’s no wonder they say that safety is 30 years behind … [Read more...] about Safety Acronym

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Slogans & Pictures Tagged With: backronym, safety acronyms

Safety – Not The Number One Priority

September 1, 2018 by Admin Leave a Comment

This article recently resurfaced on social media and created quite a divisive stir in the safety community! Although I admit my bias, there seems to be a swing away from such platitudes - is safety … [Read more...] about Safety – Not The Number One Priority

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