Injury Rates, what do they mean for Boards and Risk and Safety Practitioners Today's drop with Matt Thorne from RiskDiversity, Dave Whitefield from Semiosphere and Andrew Thornhillfrom … [Read more...] about Injury Rates, what do they mean for Boards and Risk and Safety Practitioners
Safety Statistics
FIGJAM Safety
FIGJAM Safety I get one of these silly dumb memes in my inbox each week. Yet on going evidence of the unprofessional dumb nature of Safety. Nothing is more dangerous to safety than the arrogance, … [Read more...] about FIGJAM Safety
Injury Rates Are Up, You’re Sacked
Injury Rates Are Up, You’re Sacked One of the perpetually grand delusions of Safety is that injury rates define safety. I have known some amazing, skilled, caring and helping people in safety over … [Read more...] about Injury Rates Are Up, You’re Sacked
The Delusion of Numbers and a Number of Delusions
The Delusion of Numbers and a Number of Delusions I have a friend who was recently threatened with the sack for challenging the delusion that injury rates represent something, safety. The attribution … [Read more...] about The Delusion of Numbers and a Number of Delusions
Injury Rates and the Danger of Eating Sultanas
Injury Rates and the Danger of Eating Sultanas We read recently of the rise in car crashes In Australia caused by eating sultanas. Of course you have to laugh because this is the same binary logic … [Read more...] about Injury Rates and the Danger of Eating Sultanas
Desensitization, Statistics and the Psychic Numbing of Numerics
One of the lessons Safety continually doesn’t learn is that numerics, metrics and statistics desensitize people to caring. This is known as psychic numbing and has been well researched by Slovic and … [Read more...] about Desensitization, Statistics and the Psychic Numbing of Numerics
Safety Whack-A-Mole… Blindfolded
by Jason Maldonado Sorry, Jason. She’s going to need bed rest!!!! I’d been sitting in a crowded waiting room for hours with Julie, one of the executive assistants on my project. Julie was a sweet … [Read more...] about Safety Whack-A-Mole… Blindfolded
Quantifying the Unquantifiable
In every workshop I conduct the issue of measures, a STEM view of evidence and ‘controls’ are always raised. This week was no exception. I find it so amusing that the industry has this fixation with … [Read more...] about Quantifying the Unquantifiable
People and Safety
When we look at people as people and not as a number, we will start to see them as people that are doing the same, thing we are doing. Supporting a family and making a living. Since we are all human, … [Read more...] about People and Safety
Haters gonna hate…….
When you are surrounded by Safety methodology it’s sometimes hard to believe that 2020 is almost upon us. A well intentioned “safety professional”, from a multinational building materials company, … [Read more...] about Haters gonna hate…….
