Winning The Hearts And Minds Of Workers In Relation To Safety - Advice To Managers, Supervisors And Safety People Classic post by the late George Robotham Image Source A manager in Nigeria, of all places, approached me to give some advice on getting the workers on side in safety. Rightly or … [Read more...] about Winning The Hearts And Minds Of Workers In Relation To Safety
Positive Safety Stuff
Thinking Out Loud (if commenting online isn’t for you)
Thinking Out Loud (if commenting online isn’t for you) Social media, including Blogs, Facebook, Company Websites and LinkedIn for example, can be a source of useful information and ideas. By the same token, sharing, discussing and expressing your views via these forums can be scary and at times … [Read more...] about Thinking Out Loud (if commenting online isn’t for you)
The Ethics of Safety
A very popular article by Dr Rob Long from the recent past: The Ethics of Safety Quote: The key to the effectiveness of an ethic in safety is the humanization of others and the building of relationships. It is strange that the vice of intolerance is advocated in the workplace but we would never … [Read more...] about The Ethics of Safety
The Error Diary
The Error Diary Just discovered this quirky website “The Error Diary”. Sign up and reveal your daily errors on line or you can hashtag (sounds like I know what that means but I have no idea?) #errordiary from Twitter. They also collect and publish articles about error from the world of medicine, … [Read more...] about The Error Diary
Safety Career Highlight
Safety Career Highlight The experience I had yesterday was a very special moment in my career and life and I’m still buzzing. I had the incredible honour of speaking at the launch of the new book Following-Leading in Risk by Dr Robert Long and Craig Ashhurst. The lead up to the event was a … [Read more...] about Safety Career Highlight
Dancing Traffic Light
Dancing Traffic Light A creative and effective safety idea sent in by John Wettstein from safetystrategies.ca who writes: Hi Dave; Some creative fun safety controls for risk management ... In a test which was done in Lisbon, Portugal see how the pedestrians actually wait for a green light to … [Read more...] about Dancing Traffic Light
Deadly Fishing Lures
Deadly Fishing Lures This article isn’t about SAFETY, unless you are a fish, in which case it’s about as close to 100% Harm as you can get. But it is an article about RISK, its about chucking it all in, taking a big risk and following your passion - and recognising those who do. I went to a … [Read more...] about Deadly Fishing Lures
Safety Potato in The US
Safety Potato in The US Our own Safety Potato (see Potato Head Risk and Safety) was the inspiration for a Potato Head safety initiative at printing company in Connecticut. They write: Hi, I was ‘volunteered’ and somehow became Lead of Safety here at Liturgical Publications. I have attached a … [Read more...] about Safety Potato in The US
Creative Safety – How can I become more creative?
Creative Safety - How can I become more creative? A common element of any safety system is to list and analyze hazards as part of a risk assessment process. But, when asked to think outside the square and come up with new actions to solve a problem, our brains go blank, get stuck in a rut and … [Read more...] about Creative Safety – How can I become more creative?
A Positive Safety Story
A Positive Safety Story Had a great response to yesterdays post: Isn’t Safety Supposed to be a Positive Thing?. This one is from Daniel Kirk: Positive safety story for you. Some time ago now the Construction company I was part of won a tender for the earthworks associated with a new underground … [Read more...] about A Positive Safety Story