The Safety Worldview and the Worldview of Safety, Testing Due Diligence Following the World Congress on Safety and Health 2017 (https://safetyrisk.net/no-evidence-for-the-religion-of-zero/) I begin to wonder just how more absurd the safety industry can become. It is clear from the Congress that safety is now the filter through which one views life rather than, life being […]
Due Diligence
But We Have Safety Systems in Place
But We Have Safety Systems in Place One of the most successful myths of Safety is that one is protected by having systems in place. What we learned from Greg Smith in Risky Conversations, The Law, Social Psychology and Risk (https://www.humandymensions.com/product/risky-conversations/) was that having a system in place means nothing in court unless one can […]
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Health and Safety Assurance – a response
A follow up to a recent article by Greg Smith – essential reading for managers, supervisors and safety people!! Health and safety assurance – a response DECEMBER 15, 2017 ~ MY SAFETY THOUGHTS I was recently in a conversation on LinkedIn which stemmed from a post I put up, asking about “assurance” in health and […]
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3 Steps to Xmas Holiday Safety Management
Latest article by WHS Lawyer Greg Smith first published here. The message is clear: Your current WHS system probably isn’t working as well as you think it is (nor is anyone else’s) and your current lead and lag indicators are unlikely to prove the effectiveness of Safety Management and will be of little interest to […]
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Developing Assurance in Risk and Safety
Developing Assurance in Risk and Safety One of the learnings of the CLLR Due Diligence Program is the importance of developing assurance. A signature at the bottom of a risk assessment sometimes doesn’t mean much more than the person knows how to sign their name. Collecting multiples of risk assessments and signatures like some tier […]
