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The Certainty of Uncertainty

September 12, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

The Certainty of Uncertainty I have written recently on the nature of uncertainty (https://safetyrisk.net/radical-uncertainty/) and its relationship to risk. I have also written about a psychosis … [Read more...] about The Certainty of Uncertainty

Filed Under: Covid-19, Mental health, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: BBS, choice, safety is a choice, uncertainty

Why Safety Isn’t a Choice You Make

November 15, 2019 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

We know from child development that everything that is learned by doing becomes committed to body memory. From as young as three months children commit actions to muscle memory and this makes actions … [Read more...] about Why Safety Isn’t a Choice You Make

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: choice, safety is a choice, STEM

The Great Safety is a Choice Delusion

December 14, 2017 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The Great Safety is a Choice Delusion The simplistic worldview about choice plagues the safety industry into the nonsense slogan ‘safety is a choice you make’. The delusion centres around an … [Read more...] about The Great Safety is a Choice Delusion

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Slogans & Pictures, Simplistic Safety, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: choice, safety choice, safety is a choice, safety slogan

No Choice, No Say

August 7, 2017 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

No Choice, No Say One of the great loves of Dumb Down Safety is guilt, binary attribution and projection of deficit views of risk and safety. Unless the curriculum of WHS moves ahead in … [Read more...] about No Choice, No Say

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Poems, Simplistic Safety Tagged With: choice, safety is a choice, Safety Poem

Who is Responsible?

October 15, 2015 by Dr Rob Long 5 Comments

Who is Responsible? This is the question that consumes safety and it most often leads to blame, finding fault and superiority. This is evident in the language of the ‘safety is a choice’ discourse ( … [Read more...] about Who is Responsible?

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: care, choice, fallibility, responsibility

Is Safety a Choice You Make?

April 17, 2015 by Dr Rob Long 7 Comments

Is Safety a Choice You Make? One of the things safety seems good at doing is developing illogical slogans and sayings. Some examples are: ‘all accidents are preventable’ and ‘safety is no accident’. … [Read more...] about Is Safety a Choice You Make?

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, Robert Long, Safety Slogans & Pictures, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: all accidenst preventable, be careful, choice, safety a choice, safety first, safety is a choice

Is Choice The First Casualty in the Worker’s Compensation War?

August 16, 2014 by James Ellis 9 Comments

Introducing our latest awesome Author: James Ellis from The Framework Group Is Choice The First Casualty in the Worker’s Compensation War? Every day we make decisions based on insufficient … [Read more...] about Is Choice The First Casualty in the Worker’s Compensation War?

Filed Under: Social Psychology of Risk, Workers Compensation Tagged With: choice, deci, higgins, safety is a choice, Workers Compensation

Safety is not Just a Choice

March 21, 2014 by Dr Rob Long 13 Comments

Safety is not Just a Choice Guest post by Dr Rob Long from Human Dymensions  The trouble with simplistic approaches to the complexities of human decision making and risk is the fictional projection … [Read more...] about Safety is not Just a Choice

Filed Under: Robert Long, Simplistic Safety, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: choice, safety is a choice, safety is a choice, workplace fatalities, Zero Harm

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