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Life Saving Rules

August 28, 2021 by Matt Thorne 3 Comments

Life Saving Rules A conversation with Dave Whitefield, Andrew Thornhill and Matthew Thorne Key points: "They come from a good place……….but have unintended consequences.”"Decouple Rules from the Outcome”"Trajectory of blame and punishment if we are not careful." 3 Small Chat Rooms #2.mp4 from … [Read more...] about Life Saving Rules

Filed Under: 3 Small Chat Rooms, Matt Thorne Tagged With: golden safety rules, lifesaving rules

Comply

September 11, 2018 by James Parkinson Leave a Comment

Comply I have been involved with safety in Australia for the past 10 years. In that period I would like to think I have grown and learned, or would it be better to say tried, to understand what drives and motivates people to do certain things. I’ve heard on several different job sites I have been … [Read more...] about Comply

Filed Under: Compliance Tagged With: compliance, golden safety rules

Safety as a Worldview

November 2, 2015 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

Safety as a Worldview It is interesting observing the discourse (transmission of power) in safety regarding version 1, 2 or 3 as if Safety is about a ‘style’ of engagement and activity. A recent article by Kevin Jones highlights the problem (Golden Rules, ethics, leadership and workplace safety). … [Read more...] about Safety as a Worldview

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Differently, Safety Leadership, Social Psychology of Risk, Wicked Problems Tagged With: golden safety rules, leadership, safety 2, world view

Safety Golden Rules, Leadership and Ethics

November 1, 2015 by Admin 1 Comment

Safety Golden Rules, Leadership and Ethics We all know how massively complicated, confusing and unwieldy Safety Management Systems have become (see Measuring Safety, You’ve Got It All Wrong). Many companies (co-incidentally those who have created these convoluted behemoths of safety systems) have … [Read more...] about Safety Golden Rules, Leadership and Ethics

Filed Under: Safety Leadership, Safety Legislation, Safety Professional Tagged With: ethics, golden safety rules, leadership, morals

The 10 Definitive Rules For Safety Culture Improvement

May 24, 2015 by Admin 3 Comments

The 10 Definitive Rules For Safety Culture Improvement: I really did want to stop at 10 but 11 is such an underrated number and rule No11 provides a great summary and round up of the top 10. After 30 years in risk and safety and 6 years posting 3000 articles and reading all the awesome comments on … [Read more...] about The 10 Definitive Rules For Safety Culture Improvement

Filed Under: Compliance, Just Culture, Safety Culture, Zero Harm Tagged With: golden safety rules, rules, safety culture, Zero Harm

A Culture of Care (and sackings…)

May 3, 2015 by Rob Sams 1 Comment

Sighhhh.......every time I publish one of these true stories I am inundated with private emails from people telling similar stories and their disdain for these aspects of safety - but they fear speaking up about it. Rebelling against the ridiculous and harmful side of safety is interpreted by the … [Read more...] about A Culture of Care (and sackings…)

Filed Under: Rob Sams, Safety Culture, Safety Leadership, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: Contractor Induction, golden safety rules, safety culture, safety first, Zero Harm

Golden Safety Rules

January 5, 2015 by Admin 2 Comments

There are Safety Rules and there are Golden Safety Rules. Following the news about two BHP workers sacked for breaching "Life Saving Rules" then being reinstated when the courts determined that their sacking was unfair (see the story here). I thought it may be timely to republish this article I … [Read more...] about Golden Safety Rules

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