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Christmas Safety Poem

December 1, 2020 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Enjoy our new 2020 Xmas Safety Poem “Safety Tells” (sung to jingle bells) HERE >>>>>>> Christmas Safety Poem – A Hazardman Christmas Republished in 2020 by demand, first … [Read more...] about Christmas Safety Poem

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Poems Tagged With: christmas message, hazardman, Holiday safety, Safety Poem

Eat Your Veggies Little Timmy, This Safety Asparagus is Good for You

August 29, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

Eat Your Veggies Little Timmy, This Safety Asparagus is Good for You It’s no longer amazing, when Safety doesn’t know what to do it comes up with some crazy PR shlock to feed to the masses or some … [Read more...] about Eat Your Veggies Little Timmy, This Safety Asparagus is Good for You

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: dumb ways to die, hazardman, mums for safety, pickled

Hazardman Disappears

February 27, 2017 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Hazardman Disappears!! Safety is one of those activities that is excellent at addition but very poor at subtraction. As we most often see, even with the most obscene, unethical and dumb idea in … [Read more...] about Hazardman Disappears

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: hazardman

The Convenience of Complacency

October 23, 2015 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

The Convenience of Complacency One of the cultural characteristics of the safety industry is fundamental attribution error . It seems that safety seeks blame before it breathes, you certainly need to … [Read more...] about The Convenience of Complacency

Filed Under: Construction Safety, Robert Long, Simplistic Safety, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: complacency, hazardman, irrational, linkedin

Safety Utopia as Abuse

October 21, 2015 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

Safety Utopia as Abuse Hugh Mackay (the Good Life) writes about helicopter parenting as a form of abuse. He calls the delusional quest for perfection ‘the Utopia Complex’. More and more research is … [Read more...] about Safety Utopia as Abuse

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: fallibility, hazardman, risk aversion, safety utopia

Safety Entitlement and Compulsory Safety Mis-Education

January 24, 2015 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

Safety Entitlement and Compulsory Safety Mis-Education Image Source As things continue to remain unchanged in the safety sphere safety people turn to the schooling system for the next bite at the … [Read more...] about Safety Entitlement and Compulsory Safety Mis-Education

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: binary thinking, education, hazardman, Safety, School Safety

The Colour of Safety

November 1, 2014 by Dr Rob Long 23 Comments

The Colour of Safety It’s been a while since I bought a set of colouring pencils, but I bought a set this week. Oh, you say, that’s not unusual, you probably bought them for your grandchildren? … [Read more...] about The Colour of Safety

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: arational, colour, hazardman, psychological, unconscious mind

When You Don’t Know About Safety Hire a Marketing Agency

October 27, 2014 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

When You Don’t Know About Safety Hire a Marketing Agency It seems to be the trend that when you don’t know about safety you engage a marketing agency. This is certainly the case with Melbourne Metro … [Read more...] about When You Don’t Know About Safety Hire a Marketing Agency

Filed Under: Robert Long, Simplistic Safety Tagged With: dumb ways to die, hazardman, marketing safety

Understanding Conscience and Safety

June 20, 2014 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Understanding Conscience and Safety Conscience refers to an unconscious sense of ethics, most often associated with intuition and implicit knowledge. One’s conscience refers to a way of ethical … [Read more...] about Understanding Conscience and Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Simplistic Safety, Social Psychology of Risk, Wicked Problems Tagged With: conscience, hazardman, Safety, Safety dementia

Injured Workers Become Super Heroes

May 4, 2014 by Admin 1 Comment

Injured Workers Become Super Heroes???? Well its been a while since we heard from Hazardman (see Hazardman Wont Save You), the super hero able to control human behaviour, able to remove all risk from … [Read more...] about Injured Workers Become Super Heroes

Filed Under: Accidents and Incidents Tagged With: hazardman, super hero, workplace accidents

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