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Common Sense is Non Sense

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 7 Comments

Common Sense is Non Sense Latest article by Dr Rob Long following on from Phil LaDukes article: https://safetyrisk.net/the-greatest-threat-to-safety-might-be-your-safety-training/ I highly recommend Rob’s other Articles HERE and his new book: For The Love of Zero On Tuesday 12 March 2013, … [Read more...] about Common Sense is Non Sense

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Training Tagged With: common sense, Safety, safety training

The Non-Science of Safety Science

June 24, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 5 Comments

The Non-Science of Safety Science By Dr Rob Long We seem to throw words about in the safety community like hoop-la at a school fete.  This not only applies to the use of the word ‘culture’ but also to destructive terminology that undermines the sensibility of understanding risk.  Expressions … [Read more...] about The Non-Science of Safety Science

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: can do, common sense, safety science, Zero Harm

Is there “Common Sense” in safety?

June 24, 2023 by Peter Ribbe 1 Comment

Is there “Common Sense” in safety? When an accident or incident occurs in a work place, one of the first things one hears are statements like, he has no common sense or he should have used his common sense, but really, what is meant by “Common Sense?” The Wikipedia states that the term “Common … [Read more...] about Is there “Common Sense” in safety?

Filed Under: Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: common sense

Is Safety the Empire of Non-Sense?

December 27, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Is Safety the Empire of Non-Sense? They say that the repetition of something makes people confirm that it is true. Is the case with safety discourse? As this blog site looks at the power and rule of the empire of non-sense we might ask, what is ‘the force’? More and more I observe the … [Read more...] about Is Safety the Empire of Non-Sense?

Filed Under: FIFO, Risk Aversion, Robert Long, Simplistic Safety, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: common knowledge, common sense, risk aversion

Common Sense Non-Sense

September 20, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The recent comments by Jacob Rees-Mogg regarding the Grenfell Fire disaster highlight the nonsensical mythology of believing in common sense. Rees-Mogg like many use this mythology of common sense as an excuse for blaming. Indeed, the language of ‘common sense’ is one of the grand delusions of the … [Read more...] about Common Sense Non-Sense

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: common sense, grenfell fire

The Dangers of Common Sense Language in Safety

July 1, 2021 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The Dangers of Common Sense Language in Safety I have written previously as far back as 2015 about the dangers of common sense language: https://safetyrisk.net/non-common-sense-mythology/ https://safetyrisk.net/the-common-sense-fallacy/ … [Read more...] about The Dangers of Common Sense Language in Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: common sense, humble enquiry

Do the Right Thing, It’s Common Sense

July 20, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Do the Right Thing, It’s Common Sense Wouldn’t it be easy and simple if risk was black and white and safety was as easy as ‘check your gut’ (AIHS BoK) and ‘do the right thing’ (Just Culture). Unfortunately, it’s not and talking about ‘common sense’ and other such useless language helps no … [Read more...] about Do the Right Thing, It’s Common Sense

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: common sense, habit, heuristics, just culture, Raffery Rules

Common Sense is Remarkably Uncommon

November 8, 2019 by Matt Thorne 6 Comments

In my various jobs that I have had throughout the years I found myself working for Woolworths, a major supermarket chain in Australia and New Zealand with various arms including Liquor, hotels, insurance and variety stores https://www.woolworthsgroup.com.au/page/about-us/our-brands. Woolworths had a … [Read more...] about Common Sense is Remarkably Uncommon

Filed Under: Matt Thorne, Mental health Tagged With: common sense

All Injuries are Preventable and Other Silly Safety Sayings

June 20, 2016 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

quotable quote: “The use of silly and meaningless safety language matters, it creates a distraction and delusion that safety and risk are being addressed. We may feel good about speaking such words but they dumb down culture and distract people from taking safety seriously”. All Injuries are … [Read more...] about All Injuries are Preventable and Other Silly Safety Sayings

Filed Under: ALARP, Robert Long, Safety Leadership, Safety Slogans & Pictures, Semiotics, Zero Harm Tagged With: be careful, common sense, injuries preventable, safety first, Zero Harm

10 New Safety Axioms For The 21st Century

December 21, 2015 by Alan Quilley 6 Comments

Time to Lose the Illogical Chants and Support New Evidence-Based Safety Axioms Excellent article by Alan Quilley recently posted HERE We’re quickly approaching 2016, almost 90 years after Heinrich created some axioms about safety that have mostly proven themselves to be false or needing some … [Read more...] about 10 New Safety Axioms For The 21st Century

Filed Under: Alan Quilley, Safety Differently Tagged With: axioms, common sense, heinrich

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