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Flooding is Dangerous, and I don’t Mean the Water….

July 25, 2022 by Rob Sams 12 Comments

Flooding is Dangerous, and I don’t Mean the Water…. Parts of the east coast of Australia have experienced heavy rain over recent weeks and it has become common to read headlines of flash flooding causing road closures, cars washed away and sadly a man in Sydney was killed when he was swept into a … [Read more...] about Flooding is Dangerous, and I don’t Mean the Water….

Filed Under: Rob Sams, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: bounded rationality, flooding, paperwork, procedures, records, safety policy, Safety Procedures

Measurement in Safety, You’ve Got it All Wrong

October 23, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 7 Comments

I read a recent article by Alan Quilley (http://www.safetyresults.ca/) on measuring safety by injury rate and was fascinated by the logic. I enjoyed the video on regression to the mean (Prevention of Incidents VS Creating Safety) and the discussion on injury goals. But I thought Alan, you have all … [Read more...] about Measurement in Safety, You’ve Got it All Wrong

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Satire, Safety Statistics, Safety systems, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: bounded rationality, flooding, injury data, measurement, safety management systems, sms

Are You on The Safety Teat?

April 22, 2021 by Matt Thorne 1 Comment

Are You on The Safety Teat? A short while ago I was helping an associate fill out a third party platform for Safety, lets call the platform DN4. DN4 is both a software application and a supposed new design in how safety should be reported. My work was as an advisor to an organisation, for the … [Read more...] about Are You on The Safety Teat?

Filed Under: Matt Thorne, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: bounded rationality, paperwork

Construction workers safer when they ditch the manual: study

March 30, 2016 by Admin 6 Comments

Construction workers safer when they ditch the manual: study We all know (or suspect) that safety manuals really aren’t designed for ease of worker use and effectiveness but rather to comply with legislation, to pass audits and win tenders – the very cynical may use terms like “Cover Your Arse”. … [Read more...] about Construction workers safer when they ditch the manual: study

Filed Under: Construction Safety, Safety systems Tagged With: bounded rationality, Construction safety, heuristics

Bounded Rationality–How Can Too Much Safety Be Bad For You?

June 15, 2015 by Admin 8 Comments

Bounded Rationality – How Can Too Much Safety Be Bad For You? Someone just sent me a safety slogan: “Safety – It’s Never Enough”, normally I would just brush it off as another meaningless, demoralising aphorism but it got me thinking……Join me in reflecting back over the last few serious incidents … [Read more...] about Bounded Rationality–How Can Too Much Safety Be Bad For You?

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