Compliance is Never JUST Compliance If you want to get risk and safety people excited in a frenzy just write against compliance. Since writing about compliance two days ago (https://safetyrisk.net/you-dont-want-a-compliance-culture/) I have been swamped with responses. What is this fixation with … [Read more...] about Compliance is Never JUST Compliance
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Fall Harness–The Latest Dumb Safety Photo To Go Viral
Truck Fall Harness–The Latest Dumb Safety Photo To Go Viral This the latest “safety fail” photo currently going viral on social media. A guy unloading a table-top truck, decked out head-to-toe in all the PPE imaginable including a fall arrest harness which obviously isn't going to work very … [Read more...] about Fall Harness–The Latest Dumb Safety Photo To Go Viral
The Regression of Safety and the Dangers of Hypercompliance
The Regression of Safety and the Dangers of Hypercompliance – Essential reading Click on the image to download the entire article Thanks to Alan Quilley for sharing this significant piece by Judith Erickson and Dave Rebbit, which makes for “Mandatory Reading”, on his Safety Results blog. Alan … [Read more...] about The Regression of Safety and the Dangers of Hypercompliance
Rethinking safety prosecutions part 2
Rethinking safety prosecutions part 2 Update by Greg Smith – First published here Some time ago I wrote a post about the value of criminal prosecutions for safety breaches as part of effective safety management. The post is available HERE. A discussion about the nature of “safety prosecutions” … [Read more...] about Rethinking safety prosecutions part 2
Do we need to rethink safety prosecutions?
Do we need to rethink safety prosecutions? A brilliant article by Greg Smith first published here Extract: I have seen a number of recent posts and comments on various sites, noting where company executives have been prosecuted and jailed for health and safety breaches. The general tone of the … [Read more...] about Do we need to rethink safety prosecutions?