Humanising Safety and Embracing Real Risk
Top 10 Simple Things You Can Do To Dramatically Improve Safety – TODAY!You will probably not find many of these in text books or regulations Enjoy the rest of the article >>>>>
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 subconscious meanings they prime, a very despondent safety person sent us this photo. Is it any wonder many are saying – I‘m Just […]
How Do You Know If You Are Leading in Risk and Safety? The current marketing at ANU has caught on to the trend in describing one’s self as a ‘thought leader’ (See Youtube Video). You can join a thought leaders group, buy a thought leaders app and even ‘engineer’ a thought leader. Some have caught […]
Health & Safety Consultants See – they do have a sense of humour! Thanks to SJ from Riskology Consulting If you can relate to this poster then you will love: Ode To The Safety Professional A light-hearted look at the characteristics of a good OHS Professional
On Safe Lines have announced some QSHE business software updates. TIRA Standard (Task Inventory and Risk Assessments) – Current Version 1.03 Work on version 2 of TIRA (Standard edition) is almost complete and it is expected to be released shortly. Enhancements include; 1. Duplicate complete records (which will also allow you to create template risk […]
In his latest article Rob Long decided to actually write the way that some people like to be ‘told’. I challenge you all to check if you do have a smartphone addiction and a “FOMO”. Anyway, you are sure to enjoy this latest article by Rob. Smart Phone Addiction, FOMO and Safety at Work I […]
Safety Isn’t Sexy, and it Shouldn’t Be! It’s amazing how some people in safety spend more energy trying to rebrand and market the product than reflect and change the nature of the product. Everyone knows that the word ‘safety’ conjures up associations with words like ‘dumb’, ‘embuggerance’, ‘dollard’, ‘checklisting’, ‘policing’ and ‘bullying’. If you want […]
The Disembodied Human and Persons in Safety One of the weaknesses of the positivist ideology (https://safetyrisk.net/the-paradox-of-positivism-for-safety/) that dominates safety is the behaviourist notion that humans are objects that simply respond to inputs and outputs. Wouldn’t it be neat and tidy if humans could be controlled like machines, hence the attractiveness of this ideology to safety. […]
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