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How Do Workers Make Decisions?

October 23, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

How Do Workers Make Decisions? This is the question on the tongue of Safety but has no idea of an answer. I saw a video recently about ‘predicting behaviour in safety’. This was a slick piece of multimedia that probably cost hundreds of thousands of dollars with executives speaking and sports … [Read more...] about How Do Workers Make Decisions?

Filed Under: Behaviour Based Safety, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Unconscious Tagged With: AIHS BoK on Ethics, behaviourist, collective unconscious, decisions, human error

Desperados waiting for a train

December 14, 2019 by Admin Leave a Comment

No one to follow and nothing to teach Except that the goal falls short of the reach Leonard Cohen – The Goal 1 Any research or discussions regarding transport disasters across Australia will inevitably recall the horrific but often forgotten bus crashes that occurred on the northern coast of News … [Read more...] about Desperados waiting for a train

Filed Under: Bernard Corden, Road Safety Tagged With: bus crash, human error

Human Error is Unpreventable

October 14, 2017 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Human Error is Unpreventable The ideology of zero creates the most absurd language and symbols. I read yesterday about a group in a government department who were hauled off to a zero harm campaign indoctrination session, complete with a forced ‘commitment statement to zero harm’ at the end. The … [Read more...] about Human Error is Unpreventable

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: human error

To Err is Human, To Forgive Divine

January 29, 2017 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

To Err is Human, To Forgive Divine The fixation of Safety with this little phrase and its misreading by the industry shows so clearly that the safety industry lacks the ability to think critically about error. A recent debate at an SIA conference (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnMLHjrSFJw ) … [Read more...] about To Err is Human, To Forgive Divine

Filed Under: Human Error, Robert Long Tagged With: human error

Just Shut The Gates?

June 24, 2016 by James Parkinson 6 Comments

Just Shut The Gates? Another pondering from sharp end for discussion – by James Parkinson from www.safety-consultant.com.au In the safety field I have learned to accept that not all things can be controlled the way some people would like to think they can be. In saying this, it brings me to … [Read more...] about Just Shut The Gates?

Filed Under: Human Error, Zero Harm Tagged With: fallibility, human error, shutdown

Learning Doesn’t Provide Immunity

September 24, 2015 by Rob Sams 7 Comments

Learning Doesn’t Provide Immunity Just because I’ve learnt a little about how I make decisions and judgments, it does not mean that I will always make better decisions. I know that I am vulnerable in my decision-making and that it is thick with bias. Perhaps the best I can hope for is to recognise … [Read more...] about Learning Doesn’t Provide Immunity

Filed Under: Bias, Learning, Rob Sams Tagged With: biases, human error, learning

Situational Awareness and Human Error

May 19, 2015 by Admin Leave a Comment

Situational Awareness and Human Error An interesting article by Sidney Dekker on the Safety Differently Blog: Is It 1947 Yet? Neither Lieutenant Nathan Poloski’s body, nor his F/A-18 Hornet were ever found in waters almost three miles deep. All that was located in the Western Pacific after his … [Read more...] about Situational Awareness and Human Error

Filed Under: Accidents and Incidents, Human Error Tagged With: human error, incident investigation, situational awareness

The Error Diary

May 3, 2015 by Admin Leave a Comment

The Error Diary Just discovered this quirky website “The Error Diary”. Sign up and reveal your daily errors on line or you can hashtag (sounds like I know what that means but I have no idea?) #errordiary from Twitter. They also collect and publish articles about error from the world of medicine, … [Read more...] about The Error Diary

Filed Under: Human Error, Learning, Positive Safety Stuff Tagged With: errors, fallibility, human error, resilience

Reverse Engineering Safety Offerings

October 1, 2014 by Phil LaDuke Leave a Comment

Reverse Engineering Safety Offerings By Phil La Duke – see the whole article here Extracts: I don’t have all the answers; not about safety and not about anything else. Furthermore, as much as it may seem to the contrary, I don’t even THINK that I have all the answers, but there are people in … [Read more...] about Reverse Engineering Safety Offerings

Filed Under: Phil LaDuke, Safety Leadership Tagged With: engineering safety, human error, judgement

Safety and Human Error

October 2, 2013 by George Robotham 1 Comment

Safety and Human Error George’s Safety Reflections – classic post by the late George Robotham When you pick up the newspaper and listen to the television or radio you will find terms like driver error, human error and pilot error used frequently as if this was the definitive reason why … [Read more...] about Safety and Human Error

Filed Under: George Robotham, Human Error Tagged With: human error, safety errors, safety hazards, Safety Reflections, unsafe acts

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