Humanising Safety and Embracing Real Risk
Deleuze rightly states that the idea of common sense is: a dogmatic, orthodox and moral image of thought.
To recognise this is the first step in critical thought. If one cares to think about presuppositions in suppositions, then one is well on the way to … Learn more >>>>>
If there was ever a disastrous start to the birth of an industry it has to be safety. When Herbert Heinrich published Industrial Accident Prevention in 1931 he launched an industry that would be obsessed with numerics, metrics, counting and misattribution.
Most of what Heinrich concocted was … Learn more >>>>>
I had a call from a mate this week, the board of his company have been mesmerised by a presentation of the latest advances in safety. So I asked to see a copy of this presentation expecting some astounding research and scintillating stuff taking safety into the future. So what … Learn more >>>>>
by Phil La Duke. First published on his blog HERE
Safety is not a humanitarian effort. We all know the story of the days of yore when the loss of life—from building the pyramids to building the … Learn more >>>>>
Virtually everyone that works in the safety industry has seen and is familiar with “The Hienrich pyramid”. The pyramid, and its underlying ideology, permeates virtually every … Learn more >>>>>
