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Injury Rates, what do they mean for Boards and Risk and Safety Practitioners

September 3, 2021 by Matt Thorne 6 Comments

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

Filed Under: Safety Statistics Tagged With: injury rates, LTIFR

FIGJAM Safety

June 18, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

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

Filed Under: critical thinking, Robert Long, Safety Statistics Tagged With: FIGJAM

Injury Rates Are Up, You’re Sacked

May 16, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

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

Filed Under: Ethics, Robert Long, Safety Statistics Tagged With: AIHS BoK, injury rates

The Delusion of Numbers and a Number of Delusions

April 25, 2021 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Statistics Tagged With: numbers, poetics

Injury Rates and the Danger of Eating Sultanas

March 23, 2021 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Statistics Tagged With: injury data

Desensitization, Statistics and the Psychic Numbing of Numerics

April 11, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

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

Filed Under: Covid-19, Robert Long, Safety Statistics, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: coronavirus, desensitisation, numerics

Safety Whack-A-Mole… Blindfolded

March 27, 2020 by Admin Leave a Comment

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

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Quantifying the Unquantifiable

December 13, 2019 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

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

Filed Under: Risk Assessment, Risk Management, Robert Long, Safety Statistics, STEM Tagged With: measurement, risk matrix

People and Safety

November 29, 2019 by James Parkinson 4 Comments

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

Filed Under: Safety Statistics, Workplace Safety, Zero Harm Tagged With: numbers, people and safety

Haters gonna hate…….

November 9, 2019 by Admin 10 Comments

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…….

Filed Under: Safety Statistics, Simplistic Safety Tagged With: injury boards, score boards

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