Stop Talking About Safety Rob Long wrote an article last year (The Sound of Safety), where he said: I think sometimes the word ‘safety’ get’s so abused and overstated that it becomes the ‘killjoy’ word. Unless of course you are a ‘zero harm advisor’ and you have totally killed off the word, … [Read more...] about Stop Talking About Safety
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Why Doing All the Right Things Sometimes Fall Flat
Why Doing All the Right Things Sometimes Fall Flat Article by Phil LaDuke on his blog PHIL LA DUKE'S BLOG Phil says: Mimicking the practices of the world's safest companies often results in lacklustre results. I've spent a fair amount of time exploring and pondering the reasons why and … [Read more...] about Why Doing All the Right Things Sometimes Fall Flat
Semiotics and Safety
Semiotics and Safety I read with interest a conference proposed for November 2014 entitled ‘Beyond Zero Harm, Human Factors Safety’. The subtitle of the conference is ‘Humanising impacts in safety operations to reengineer safety approach for enhanced productivity and business profitability’. Oh … [Read more...] about Semiotics and Safety
Spud Head Safety Diagnostics
Spud Head Safety Diagnostics What is a Spud Head? FIND OUT HERE I was at a conference last week where people were presented with supposed diagnostics that could determine in someone was a risk taker. The general idea was to run people through the diagnostic tool, and weed out the risk takers. Or, … [Read more...] about Spud Head Safety Diagnostics
What Can The Executive Suite Expect From Safety Professionals
What Can The Executive Suite Expect From Safety Professionals Latest article By Phil La Duke on his Blog http://philladuke.wordpress.com/ About a year ago, one of my Facebook friends, a nurse, posted a frothy meme about nurses. “we’re not maids, we’re not you’re kids baby-sitters…” and it went … [Read more...] about What Can The Executive Suite Expect From Safety Professionals
The Madness Of Measuring Nothing
The Madness Of Measuring Nothing First published Phil La Duke on his blog See the whole article here Phil says: In a business climate where every company seems to live and die by its metrics one important business element is often over looked, or worse yet is misleading business leaders. Safety … [Read more...] about The Madness Of Measuring Nothing
Debunking the Myth of The Inevitability of Injuries
Debunking the Myth of The Inevitability of Injuries Like this? More of Phil’s work here Recently I wrote a blog article that defending, ostensibly, zero-injury goals; it was a ruse, a bait and switch, a verbal slight of a hand. It’s not that I wanted to mislead anyone, not really. I meant the … [Read more...] about Debunking the Myth of The Inevitability of Injuries
DEMING AND THE 14 POINTS OF WORKPLACE SAFETY
I cut my teeth in the manufacturing and construction industries and was introduced to the works of Deming at an early age. I got to meet the great man and his philosophies made absolute sense to me, helped by the fact that I knew of not many others. I never realised how powerful his stuff was til I … [Read more...] about DEMING AND THE 14 POINTS OF WORKPLACE SAFETY
Measuring Health and Safety Performance
A Review of Commonly-Used Performance Indicators By Jerome E. Spear, CSP, CIH How an organization measures performance undoubtedly influences organizational behavior. However, measuring safety is difficult because it is difficult to predict the impact that new safety metrics will have … [Read more...] about Measuring Health and Safety Performance
18 Ominous Signs of a Deteriorating Culture of Safety
18 Ominous Signs of a Deteriorating Culture of Safety Latest from Digicast Workplace Communicator Blog. Download their free checklist! As a business or safety leader, you know how important it is to have a high functioning workplace safety culture. After all, if you a have an optimal … [Read more...] about 18 Ominous Signs of a Deteriorating Culture of Safety