There are Safety Rules and there are Golden Safety Rules. Following the news about two BHP workers sacked for breaching "Life Saving Rules" then being reinstated when the courts determined that their sacking was unfair (see the story here). I thought it may be timely to republish this article I … [Read more...] about Golden Safety Rules
Who Decides What is Ugly?
Who Decides What is Ugly? The way I go about my work has changed significantly over the past few years. When I think back to 2010, my work could best be described as mechanistic and routine. I worked in ‘health and safety’ and that mostly meant developing, and then assessing systems and processes … [Read more...] about Who Decides What is Ugly?
New Year’s Resolutions for Safety Professionals
New Year's Resolutions for Safety Professionals Latest article by Phil LaDuke from his blog http://philladuke.wordpress.com/ Phil says: “if we want to grow professionally I find it useful for us to stop and reflect on what we do and how we do it. So for the second consecutive year I propose New … [Read more...] about New Year’s Resolutions for Safety Professionals
An Unlearning Safety Journey
An Unlearning Safety Journey This will be my last post for 2014 and it was inspired a comment made by Rob Sams recently on On Alan Langstone’s Article: Just Distract You (please read this first). You will see that Alan has only just started his journey of unlearning the traditional safety approach … [Read more...] about An Unlearning Safety Journey
Just distract you!
A terrific article by Alan Langstone on LinkedIn Pulse – Alan has just started on the unlearning/learning journey but making great progress Just distract you! Traditional safety has been about rules, discipline and pyramids of power(the high up the ladder the more you know) and pyramids of data … [Read more...] about Just distract you!
How to have an effective safety committee
Another article by the late George Robotham. You can find more of his work at here: SAFETY RELECTIONS How to have an effective safety committee Introduction Safety committees are much maligned and often ineffective. They can easily denigrate to a whinge-fest and end up covering topics that should … [Read more...] about How to have an effective safety committee
Charging into Mediocrity
Charging into Mediocrity “Half a league, half a league. Half a league onwards” are words from the first line of Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem about “The Charge of the Light Brigade”. The poem tells the story of a brigade of 600 men, who rode on horseback into the “valley of death” for half a league. … [Read more...] about Charging into Mediocrity
Santa, Myths and Regulators.
Santa, Myths and Regulators. I was at a building site yesterday and up pulled a ute full of cases of beer, gifts for loyal and faithful service. A few weeks ago the same company hired a cruise boat for a Christmas party complete with endless alcohol and strippers as a way of saying thanks to the … [Read more...] about Santa, Myths and Regulators.
Worlds Largest Collection of Free Safety Stuff
Worlds Largest Collection of Free Safety Stuff I used to call myself “The Robin Hood of Safety” when I first started this blog. I collected all the safety slogans, safety pictures, risk assessment forms and safety checklists I could find and stuck ‘em all in one place. It was a big hit with all the … [Read more...] about Worlds Largest Collection of Free Safety Stuff
Latest Dolphyn Newsletter
This year I Unsubscribed to dozens of safety newsletters (See Isn’t Safety Supposed to be a Positive Thing). Every time I opened these newsletters I was confronted by fines & punishments, legislative updates, death & injury, PPE and the latest snake oil – I was learning absolutely … [Read more...] about Latest Dolphyn Newsletter