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Top 10 Things About Safety and Risk That Only a Handful of People Know

June 1, 2022 by Admin 48 Comments

Top 10 Things About Safety and Risk That Only a Handful of People Know Republished by request  Here are 10 and a bit things about safety that I plucked from some recent blog posts, that singularly or collectively only a handful of people may know. Or, if they knew them, perhaps did not know … [Read more...] about Top 10 Things About Safety and Risk That Only a Handful of People Know

Filed Under: Humble Inquiry, Risk Homeostasis, Semiotics, Workplace Safety Tagged With: 1% safer, one percent safer, Safety, Zero Harm

Safety Culture Survey Tool

April 24, 2022 by Admin 1 Comment

Safety Culture Survey Tool Please read some of the articles in our Safety Culture Silences series First We’ve written and published many articles about the importance of safety culture and how to sell safety (see them all here). Whilst we believe that safety culture is completely dependant on the … [Read more...] about Safety Culture Survey Tool

Filed Under: Workplace Safety Tagged With: Safety Culture, safety culture survey

Take 5 Safety Drills

May 14, 2021 by Barry Spud 5 Comments

Take 5 Safety Drills Take 5 Safety Drills are five minute safety drills developed for quick practice of safety protocols.  The drills consist of general topics like health, wellness, safety communications, disasters, safety equipment, and responses.  Additional drills for specific … [Read more...] about Take 5 Safety Drills

Filed Under: Workplace Safety Tagged With: Take 5

Near Miss or Near Hit

August 1, 2020 by Admin 6 Comments

Near Miss or Near Hit One of the Great Misnomers of Nomenclature in Safety. A very difficult one for most organisations to get their heads around. Do we report, don’t we report, do we just ignore it? This article is probably the best I have ever seen on the subject and well worth a read. As the … [Read more...] about Near Miss or Near Hit

Filed Under: Lead and Lag Indicators, Workplace Safety Tagged With: incident reporting, near hit, near miss

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, we should never focus on zero. (David Collins from www.safetyrisk.net  once said: “I believe … [Read more...] about People and Safety

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

Safety Geeks Sexy Calendar

October 3, 2018 by Admin Leave a Comment

Safety Geeks Sexy Calendar 2018 Perfect Xmas gift for the Safety Geek in your life. 2018 Calendar Available Here … [Read more...] about Safety Geeks Sexy Calendar

Filed Under: Safe Sex, Workplace Safety Tagged With: safe sex, safety calender, safety geeks, Safety Humour, safety posters, sexy calender

Bad ’air day

September 11, 2018 by Bernard Corden Leave a Comment

Bad ’air day Nike, Inc. is an American multinational corporate behemoth and growth company, which uses the religion of sport in a furtive attempt to move the world forward. The organisation proselytises an equitable and sustainable future, where everyone thrives on a healthy planet and level … [Read more...] about Bad ’air day

Filed Under: Bernard Corden, Workplace Safety Tagged With: manufacturing processes, nike

The Plan – Corporate Reality Check

June 5, 2018 by Admin Leave a Comment

The Corporate Plan and How $ Happens Republished from a long time ago by request Everyone says that cultural change must start at the top. Does it?. Just found this classic old poem in the archives.  Explains, better than I could, why corporate initiatives (like safety or cultural improvements) … [Read more...] about The Plan – Corporate Reality Check

Filed Under: Safety Poems, Workplace Safety Tagged With: aids, assumptions, bad news, corporate initiatives, darkness, dung, excrement, external consultants, fertilizer, plant growth, poem, Safety Culture, safety improvements, Safety Poem, vice presidents, vigor

This Is Not A Blog About Gun Violence

February 23, 2018 by Phil LaDuke Leave a Comment

This Is Not A Blog About Gun Violence By Phil La Duke and first published here: https://philladuke.wordpress.com/2018/02/19/this-is-not-a-blog-about-gun-violence/ This won’t be a blog about gun violence or school shootings. While these things are horrific and the subject of heated blame throwing … [Read more...] about This Is Not A Blog About Gun Violence

Filed Under: Workplace Safety Tagged With: rules and responsibilities

The Importance of Health and Safety Signs at Work

September 18, 2017 by Admin 1 Comment

The Importance of Health and Safety Signs at Work Probably best to read this post first: What Do Safety Signs Do to Us? One of the biggest tasks faced in ensuring good health and safety practice is the communication of information. It is vital that everyone concerned understands risks and how they … [Read more...] about The Importance of Health and Safety Signs at Work

Filed Under: Workplace Safety Tagged With: safety signs, safety signs at work

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