Injury Rates and the Danger of Eating Sultanas We read recently of the rise in car crashes In Australia caused by eating sultanas. Of course you have to laugh because this is the same binary logic … [Read more...] about Injury Rates and the Danger of Eating Sultanas
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Measurement in Safety, You’ve Got it All Wrong
I read a recent article by Alan Quilley (http://www.safetyresults.ca/) on measuring safety by injury rate and was fascinated by the logic. I enjoyed the video on regression to the mean (Prevention of … [Read more...] about Measurement in Safety, You’ve Got it All Wrong
Making the World fit the Safety Worldview
Making the World fit the Safety Worldview One of the drivers of the work of Martin Heidegger was his reaction to the determinist and reductionist view of Rene Descartes . The Cartesian worldview … [Read more...] about Making the World fit the Safety Worldview
Safety is an Art
Safety is an Art Safety has much more to do with Art, History and Philosophy than it has to do with Science, Engineering and Law. I recently wrote The Target Drives the Method about the subjectivity … [Read more...] about Safety is an Art
Forecasting Safety
Forecasting Safety Here’s the challenge for anyone who holds to the mantra ‘all accidents are preventable’. Ask them to predict how long it will be in their organisation or any organisation for that … [Read more...] about Forecasting Safety
The Problem With ZERO Goals and Results
The Problem With ZERO Goals and Results By Alan Quilley I've been doing a great deal of thinking and writing about the variety of associated problems with using injury data to support the belief … [Read more...] about The Problem With ZERO Goals and Results
