I Just Don’t Know I was talking with a friend recently who works in risk and safety. They shared a story about how a relatively serious incident had occurred at their company and despite a very thorough and detailed examination of the events that lead up to and followed the incident, the reason(s) … [Read more...] about I Just Don’t Know
Investigation
Safety Investigation – Whodunit?
Safety Investigations - Whodunit? Nothing is better for a successful TV series than a whodunit. The popularity of CSI and a host of shows demonstrates how much we like to be clever in hindsight. In safety investigations it’s a whodunit, whatwasdunit, howtheydunit and, whytheydunit. When I look at … [Read more...] about Safety Investigation – Whodunit?
Investigating Our Batting Collapse
Investigating Our Batting Collapse I’m a cricket fan. I have been all my life and it’s one of the highlights of the year for me when my best mates and I head to a day or two watching the cricket, it’s an annual pilgrimage. You might not be surprised then to learn that as a ‘cricket tragic’ I … [Read more...] about Investigating Our Batting Collapse
Nobody Ever Said Safety Would Be Easy
First published here on Phil LaDuke’s Blog Phil says: In safety we are surrounded by people who are looking for simple solutions to complex problems and often these people include safety professionals themselves. In this months post I look at applying Occam's Razor (The simplest explanation is … [Read more...] about Nobody Ever Said Safety Would Be Easy