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Safety Professionals–The Piggy in The Middle?

June 28, 2023 by Rob Sams 7 Comments

Anyone for a game of Piggy in the Middle….? Republished by request - Check out the new book by Rob Sams Piggy in the Middle, do you remember playing that game when you were a kid? You know, the one where you stand in the middle of a group of friends who continually throw a ball to one another over … [Read more...] about Safety Professionals–The Piggy in The Middle?

Filed Under: Rob Sams, Safety Leadership Tagged With: Drugs and Alcohol, lti, LTIFR, piggy in the middle, safety professional

Measurement and Psychosocial Safety

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

  If you ask the wrong questions, you collect the wrong data Rather than measure what we value, we seem to value what we can measure - Unknown Generalisations are always problematic, because there are always exceptions. However, it is sometimes handy to use generalisations like a story, to … [Read more...] about Measurement and Psychosocial Safety

Filed Under: Lead and Lag Indicators, Psychosocial Safety, Robert Long Tagged With: lti, LTIFR, Psychological Safety, safety acronyms, safety data, Safety Statistics

Looking Forward, Looking Back

June 27, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

This cute little song by Slim Dusty lays out the ultimate challenge for Risk and Safety. So much of what characterizes Safety is about looking backward. Counting data, LTIs, TRIFR and counting lead indicators (positive activity) all focus on the past as if these are an indicator of the future. Most … [Read more...] about Looking Forward, Looking Back

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: BBS, lti, paperwork, trifr

It’s not in the KPI or LTI but the MRI

June 24, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 12 Comments

It’s not in the KPI or LTI but the MRI The assumption of behaviourist psychology that people are the sum of inputs and outputs is the greatest weakness of BBS philosophy. There is plenty of evidence to show that people don’t respond to stimulus either in self interest or in ways that make … [Read more...] about It’s not in the KPI or LTI but the MRI

Filed Under: Positive Safety Stuff, Robert Long, Safety Incentives, Safety Statistics, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: BBS, KPI, lti, MRI

Why Be Rational When the Good Old LTI Superstition Will Do?

June 24, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

Why Be Rational When the Good Old LTI Superstition Will Do? By Dr Robert Long from www.humandymensions.com. One of the greatest irrational superstitions in the safety and risk industry is the mythical link between Lost Time Injuries (LTIs) and culture. The attribution of causal links between LTIs … [Read more...] about Why Be Rational When the Good Old LTI Superstition Will Do?

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: BP Horizen One, lti, LTIFR, safety culture, superstition

Vision Can’t Come from Safety Compliance

March 20, 2018 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Vision Can’t Come from Safety Compliance One of the spin offs, trade-offs and by-products of Vision Zero is a lack of vision. The idea of vision comes from more than just seeing something but rather seeing beyond something. I will be writing about this in my next book Envisioning Risk, Signs and … [Read more...] about Vision Can’t Come from Safety Compliance

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: hero, lti, symbols, vision zero

Courage to Challenge the Great TRIFR and LTIFR Delusion

November 29, 2016 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

Courage to Challenge the Great TRIFR and LTIFR Delusion It was Marx (The German Ideology) who said ‘as individuals express their life, so they are’. At the heart of this aphorism is the idea that what is normalized in a culture comprises what the culture is. One of the things that have become … [Read more...] about Courage to Challenge the Great TRIFR and LTIFR Delusion

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Statistics, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: delusion, lti, LTIFR, trifr

General Motors Stops Using Safety Metrics

November 19, 2015 by Admin Leave a Comment

GM Throws Out the Safety Metrics An interesting article below by EHS Today on some big statements made by GM's Senior Manager for Health and Safety that they are to begin “throwing out the safety metrics”. You will see that their focus is still on counting, measuring and controlling hazards - only … [Read more...] about General Motors Stops Using Safety Metrics

Filed Under: Safety Statistics Tagged With: hazards, lti, measurement

I’ve got a feeling this isn’t right, but…..

August 1, 2015 by Rob Sams 7 Comments

I’ve got a feeling this isn’t right, but….. By Rob Sams “That’s not an LTI. I’m really concerned about this, and we need to change the report straight away! It’s not good that John had to spend a night in hospital and I know that he is fair dinkum. That’s why we did the right thing and got him to … [Read more...] about I’ve got a feeling this isn’t right, but…..

Filed Under: Accidents and Incidents, Rob Sams, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: lti, LTIFR, mental gymnastics, statistics

You Spell the Devil L-T-I and God P-P-E

April 6, 2015 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

This story by Dr Long would seem totally ludicrous if it weren’t true! We hear these stories every day yet those with the most to gain and the ability to change it are the only ones in fear and denial. I wrote previously about The Safety Revolution or the “Tipping Point” coming but in the context of … [Read more...] about You Spell the Devil L-T-I and God P-P-E

Filed Under: Accidents and Incidents, Robert Long, Safety Statistics, Zero Harm Tagged With: absolutes, lti, ppe

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