OMG! – We Must Ban Christmas – For Safety Reasons In anticipation of your Xmas celebrations at home - have you prepared risk assessments, work method statements, first aid kits, emergency procedures, competency based training for all presents and guest induction packages for your … [Read more...] about OMG–We Must Ban Christmas–For Safety Reasons
Leadership in safety – Trust
Leadership in safety – Trust If people do not trust those leading safety change there will never be wholehearted adoption of the leaders approach. People may agree to the leaders face but do little to advance the leaders ideas, innovative ways to sabotage the leader quite often occur in a … [Read more...] about Leadership in safety – Trust
The Development Of Leadership Competency
The Development Of Leadership Competency - A Personal Journey George Robotham provides a unique perspective on Safety Leadership based on his many years in some pretty heavy duty safety roles. I don’t have fancy statistics or convoluted research papers to prove it but I reckon commitment of … [Read more...] about The Development Of Leadership Competency
Young Worker Safety
Young Worker Safety Photo: Colorado Historical Society Working with young people brings unique safety challenges to the OHS professional, supervisors and managers. Workers 15-24 have a 75% greater chance of being killed on the job, often their accidents happen in the first 2 weeks of … [Read more...] about Young Worker Safety
Alternatives to the hierarchy of hazard controls
Alternatives to the hierarchy of hazard controls The traditional wisdom when developing hazard controls is to use the Hierarchy of Controls. The author’s experience is that a better result will be achieved by using either Haddon’s 10 Countermeasures or the A.C.I.R.L. 9 Box Model. The main advantage … [Read more...] about Alternatives to the hierarchy of hazard controls
Safety on Facebook
Safety on Facebook No this isn't about reminding you that you should be careful about what you post as your 500 so called “friends” have 500 hundred pseudo friends who have 500 friends etc (as I recently pointed out to my son!)…………. This time last year I could not have seen myself writing about … [Read more...] about Safety on Facebook
is it do as I say or say as I do?
is it do as I say or say as I do? Do Safety People switch off when they get home? A simple but interesting and new discussion and reality check on the Work Health Safety Leadership Forum on LinkedIn You might also enjoy: Safety “Professionals” Behaving Badly Just a question: Do we practice … [Read more...] about is it do as I say or say as I do?
Safety People – What do you do?
Safety People - What do you do? I have just enjoyed reading the latest post on the Safety Differently Blog (extract below) and I am sure that I am not alone in feeling a little squirmy when people say: “so what do you do” – I think it would be easier if I were a Mechanic or a Lawyer (maybe not), … [Read more...] about Safety People – What do you do?
Six Tips to Improve your Safety Observations
Six Tips to Improve your Safety Observations More great pearls of wisdom from the Mining Man Safe Behaviour Observation programs have become one of the most important safety tools in the mining work place. Here are Mining Man's six tips to improve your safe work observations - making them easier … [Read more...] about Six Tips to Improve your Safety Observations
Effective Safety Incentive Programs
Safety Incentive Programs – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly A little collection of the best web articles to help you decide which safety incentives work the best - or at least help you avoid having to do any real work for a while Battery Cables (one of my favourites) Busy managers … [Read more...] about Effective Safety Incentive Programs