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The Craziness of Injury Goals

October 3, 2015 by Admin 1 Comment

The Craziness of Injury Goals I used to work for a company that would budget to have a certain number of lost time injuries and fatalities each year. That may seem unconscionable today but it was not because they wanted or liked to hurt people or didn't care about them, it was for the Boardroom and … [Read more...] about The Craziness of Injury Goals

Filed Under: Risk Management, Safety Statistics Tagged With: fatalities, incidents, injury goals, measuring, risk, statistics

Mining Tragedies – What Could be the Response?

August 6, 2015 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Queensland Mining Tragedies – What Could be the Response? We learned recently that Queensland Mining has its worst rate of fatalities in 20 years in 2014-15. (http://www.internationalcoalnews.com/storyview.asp?storyID=826953720&section=News&sectionsource=s46&aspdsc=yes). Yes, this is … [Read more...] about Mining Tragedies – What Could be the Response?

Filed Under: Mining Safety, Robert Long, Safety Culture, Safety Statistics, Zero Harm Tagged With: fatalities, mining, regulators, statistics, tragedies

Classifications of Workplace Injuries –Why are we Deluding Ourselves?

February 1, 2015 by Goran Prvulovic 1 Comment

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Classifications of Workplace Injuries – Why are we Deluding Ourselves? By Goran Prvulovic, MOccHlth&Saf, CPMSIA, RSP (Aust.) “The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to … [Read more...] about Classifications of Workplace Injuries –Why are we Deluding Ourselves?

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