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Psychosocial Health Conversations – Three

March 10, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

  With Narelle Stoll, Greg Smith, Dr Craig Ashhurst and Dr Robert Long In this third conversation on Psychosocial Health/Risk NOT ‘Hazards’ we tackle the subject of care, caring and Duty of Care. FIRST VIDEO: HERE SECOND VIDEO: HERE You can watch the video here: Psychosocial … [Read more...] about Psychosocial Health Conversations – Three

Filed Under: Psychosocial Safety, Robert Long Tagged With: duty of care, hazards, nursing

Incrementalism, Catastrophism and All That’s In-between

December 3, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 19 Comments

Dr Rob Long has posted many articles on the dangers of zero harm here. This is perhaps the heaviest argument he has ever written against zero – WARNING: Some traditional safety people may be offended or find themselves performing some complex mental gymnastics! Incrementalism, Catastrophism and … [Read more...] about Incrementalism, Catastrophism and All That’s In-between

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: bird, catastrophism, hazards, heinrich, incrementalism, near misses

The Enemy of Safety – Humans

August 13, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Read the AIHS Promo here: AIHS promo In the good tradition of insane propositions from Safety sponsored by the Australian Institute of Health and Safety (AIHS), we have the clanger for all seasons - Humans are a ‘hazard’. Just think critically about this proposition (which Safety never does) and … [Read more...] about The Enemy of Safety – Humans

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: AIHS, AIHS BoK on Ethics, hazards, humans

Causation Concoctions

May 27, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

The AIHS Bok on Causation commences with the following: ‘If safety management is effective, then there should be an absence of accidents. Conversely, if accidents are occurring then effective safety management must be absent’ (p.1). The assumptions in these statements are of course not declared in … [Read more...] about Causation Concoctions

Filed Under: Human Error, Robert Long, Wicked Problems Tagged With: AIHS BoK, bowtie, causation, Energy Causation Model, hazards, transdisciplinary approach

Process or Outcome?

March 22, 2018 by Admin Leave a Comment

Process or Outcome? Latest by Greg Smith on his blog: MY SAFETY THOUGHTS Today I was reading a LinkedIn post lamenting the state of health and safety management, evidenced by too many “safety stickers” on a piece of machinery. A commenter noted that the situation was “absolute madness“, which … [Read more...] about Process or Outcome?

Filed Under: Safety systems Tagged With: hazards, process

The De-Ethicization of the Object in Safety

August 14, 2016 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

The De-Ethicization of the Object in Safety It’s obvious that objects attack people. When anything happens in an industry, the first response is to ban the object. That naughty object jumped out from nowhere and attacked me. So, it’s because objects attack people that we need to register as many … [Read more...] about The De-Ethicization of the Object in Safety

Filed Under: Hazards, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: banned, hazard register, hazards

General Motors Stops Using Safety Metrics

November 19, 2015 by Admin Leave a Comment

GM Throws Out the Safety Metrics An interesting article below by EHS Today on some big statements made by GM's Senior Manager for Health and Safety that they are to begin “throwing out the safety metrics”. You will see that their focus is still on counting, measuring and controlling hazards - only … [Read more...] about General Motors Stops Using Safety Metrics

Filed Under: Safety Statistics Tagged With: hazards, lti, measurement

What is Your Risk iCue?

November 4, 2015 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

What is Your Risk iCue? When we think of the concept of intelligence we often think of a person’s IQ. The idea of an Intelligence Quotient is not reliable and only tests certain selected forms of literacy constrained by cultural biases. For example: the early settlers in Australia deemed that the … [Read more...] about What is Your Risk iCue?

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Risk Management, Safety Videos, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: hazards, IQ, risk aversion, risk icue

The Power of Pyramids

August 31, 2014 by Phil LaDuke 7 Comments

The Power of Pyramids: How Using Outmoded Thinking about Hazards Can Be Deadly I really enjoyed this recent blog by Phil LaDuke. It's understood by modern, thinking safety people that most injuries are not caused by unsafe acts and that reducing the frequency of injuries will not automatically … [Read more...] about The Power of Pyramids

Filed Under: Phil LaDuke, Safety Leadership Tagged With: hazards, heinrich pyramid

How Will Your Job Kill You

May 9, 2014 by Phil LaDuke 6 Comments

How Will Your Job Kill You? Exclusive by Phil La Duke. Check out his blog: http://philladuke.wordpress.com/ If you die in on the job, statistically, it will be in a way that you probably don’t worry to much about. When it comes to safety, most of us exercise the most care protecting ourselves from … [Read more...] about How Will Your Job Kill You

Filed Under: Phil LaDuke Tagged With: Dangerous Jobs, driving, exposure, falling, Hazard Control, hazard identification, hazards, job kill you

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