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Hoodwinked by Heinrich

June 25, 2021 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Hoodwinked by Heinrich I have written before about the Heinrich Hoax and Delusion (https://safetyrisk.net/ration-delusions-and-heinrichs-hoax/), the Heinrich Hoodoo … [Read more...] about Hoodwinked by Heinrich

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: AIHS BoK, heinrich, Heinrich’s pyramid

Ratio Delusions and Heinrich’s Hoax

May 28, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Ratio Delusions and Heinrich’s Hoax There’s no doubt that founding interests in safety emerged from insurance and engineering. The concocted rubbish of Heinrich in 1931 was founded in mechanistic … [Read more...] about Ratio Delusions and Heinrich’s Hoax

Filed Under: Ethics, Robert Long Tagged With: heinrich, Heinrich’s triangle

The Voodoo of The Hoodoo

April 9, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

The Voodoo of The Hoodoo 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 … [Read more...] about The Voodoo of The Hoodoo

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: heinrich, hoodoo, voodoo

The Heinrich Hoodoo

April 8, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 12 Comments

The Heinrich Hoodoo 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 … [Read more...] about The Heinrich Hoodoo

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: dominoes, heinrich, pyramids, Taylorism

Advancing Backwards in Safety

August 22, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

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 … [Read more...] about Advancing Backwards in Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture Tagged With: 1% safer, Bradley Curve, culture, heinrich, one percent safer, transdisciplinarity

Why Do Anything About Injuries When You Can Pretend to Take Action Instead?

December 10, 2018 by Phil LaDuke 8 Comments

Why Do Anything About Injuries When You Can Pretend to Take Action Instead? by  Phil La Duke. First published on his blog HERE Safety is not a humanitarian effort. We all know the story of the days … [Read more...] about Why Do Anything About Injuries When You Can Pretend to Take Action Instead?

Filed Under: Behaviour Based Safety, Phil LaDuke Tagged With: BBS, heinrich

Heinrich’s Propaganda

October 4, 2018 by Admin 4 Comments

Guest post by one of the USA based students in The Centre for Leadership and Learning in Risk (CLLR) online program https://cllr.com.au/online-courses-overseas-students/ Heinrich’s … [Read more...] about Heinrich’s Propaganda

Filed Under: CLLR Tagged With: heinrich

Heinrich–Industrial Accident Prevention

June 13, 2017 by Alan Quilley 2 Comments

Heinrich – Industrial Accident Prevention I am embarrassed to admit that it was only a few years ago that I stopped extolling the virtues of Heinrich and his Pyramid – hey it was a simple concept, … [Read more...] about Heinrich–Industrial Accident Prevention

Filed Under: Alan Quilley, Safety Professional, Simplistic Safety Tagged With: accident prevention, heinrich, Industrial accident

10 New Safety Axioms For The 21st Century

December 21, 2015 by Alan Quilley 6 Comments

Time to Lose the Illogical Chants and Support New Evidence-Based Safety Axioms Excellent article by Alan Quilley recently posted HERE We’re quickly approaching 2016, almost 90 years after Heinrich … [Read more...] about 10 New Safety Axioms For The 21st Century

Filed Under: Alan Quilley, Safety Differently Tagged With: axioms, common sense, heinrich

Incrementalism, Catastrophism and All That’s In-between

June 7, 2015 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 … [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

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