Humanising Safety and Embracing Real Risk
Barry Spud tells: “The Hierarchy of Hazard Control (I call it the “HOHC”) is the one of the main weapons, in the Safety Crusader’s arsenal, in the war on lost time injuries. It takes a certifiable Safety Expert like … Learn more >>>>>
One of the interesting things we do in SPoR workshops is an audit of language, just a simple psychoanalysis of words associated with a key word. For example, ask any group what they associate with the language of ‘safety’ and … Learn more >>>>>
Safety Crusaders the world over are congratulating each other, and feeling very relevant for finding a way to adapt their favourite, overly simplistic model to controlling the spread of Covid-19.
As we all know, “The primary cause of incidents is unsafe behaviour” – just what we need to hear during … Learn more >>>>>
Time to commit ‘Safety Sacrilege’! Where would Safety be without it’s Sexy Curves and Pyramids?
See also: Risk and Safety Matrices and the Psychology of Colour
For most, safety is about controlling hazards and the tool of … Learn more >>>>>
Article by George Robotham – B.Ed. (Adult & Workplace Ed.), Grad. Cert. Management of Organisational Change, Grad. Dip. Occupational Hazard Management.
The traditional wisdom when developing hazard controls is to apply the Hierarchy of Controls-Elimination, Substitution, Engineering, Administrative, … Learn more >>>>>
