Safety Myths and Misconceptions Another classic article in the series by the late George Robotham *This paper draws heavily on the work of Brisbane OHS consultant Geoff McDonald. Quotable Quote "A health & safety problem can be described by statistics but cannot be understood by statistics. … [Read more...] about Safety Myths and Misconceptions
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Some Myths and Truths About Safety Management
Safety Management Series - Some Myths and Truths About Safety Management <br />By Alan Quilley</p> <p>I'd like to introduce a few truths and dispel some myths I've come to discover in my three and a half decades working in the safety management arena. Some of these you will know … [Read more...] about Some Myths and Truths About Safety Management
The Myths and Facts Around the Work At Heights Regulations
The Myths and Facts Around the Work At Heights Regulations – UK Guest Post The Work at Height Regulations were introduced into the UK on 6 April 2005 and subsequently amended on the same date in April 2007. Initially focussed on protecting workers at a height who could be at risk from … [Read more...] about The Myths and Facts Around the Work At Heights Regulations
Myth Busting! The Real Deal Of Health and Safety Laws
Myth Busting! The Real Deal Of Health and Safety Laws. If you ever want a cheap and easy headline, drop in the phrase “health and safety red tape” or “compensation culture”; these phrases sell. They sell news stories – whatever media you're working in – and they sell votes. Politicians love them … [Read more...] about Myth Busting! The Real Deal Of Health and Safety Laws
What is a Safety and Risk ‘Thinking Group’?
What is a Safety and Risk ‘Thinking Group’? When we take time out to critically think through, and challenge, the ‘norm’ in risk and safety, we open up our eyes, and importantly our minds, to new thinking and innovation when we use our imagination to better discern risk In my last post Some … [Read more...] about What is a Safety and Risk ‘Thinking Group’?
KamiKaze Safety and The Breath of God
I was chatting with a young person the other day and they brought a drink with them. I normally don’t read the text on cans of drink but was struck by what I read on this can. You can see the can in Figure 1. Breath of God Figure 1. Breath of God Wow, so I drink this energy drink that is … [Read more...] about KamiKaze Safety and The Breath of God
The Folly of Zero
There’s nothing like contradiction and hypocrisy to demolish credibility. Talk is cheap and spin is easy. This is the way of zero ideology (https://www.humandymensions.com/product/zero-the-great-safety-delusion/). Folly is the foolishness of a façade compared to the substance of reality. Any … [Read more...] about The Folly of Zero
Safety as a Blessing Scam
It’s so easy to fall victim to a scam. We generally want to believe the best in people or find ourselves in a situation where things make sense but mask a hidden reality. I fell victim to the Netflix scam myself, quite easily. When scammers know enough about you, human psychology and common … [Read more...] about Safety as a Blessing Scam
Visual and Verbal Mapping of Risk in SPoR
One of the methods of SPoR is visual and verbal mapping. We call this method iCue© (https://safetyrisk.net/beginner-intermediate-and-advanced-icue-skills/) and it is being successfully implemented around the globe in many organisations. In our book It Works! A New Approach to Risk and Safety … [Read more...] about Visual and Verbal Mapping of Risk in SPoR
Understanding the Nature of Performance and HOP
The best way to understand the nature of performance is NOT through safety or business studies. The modern interpretation of performance through the lens of safety and business studies is mechanistic, behaviourist and a total distraction from a real understanding of performance. If we go back to … [Read more...] about Understanding the Nature of Performance and HOP
