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Posted on April 30, 2018April 30, 2018

The Tyranny of Metrics

The Tyranny of Metrics This is the title of a very easy to read book on the obsession of metrics by Jerry Z. Muller. It should be mandatory reading for anyone in the safety industry. 'The challenges of ‘tick and… Read the rest
Posted on February 22, 2018June 23, 2018

The Safety Data Delusion

The Safety Data Delusion   I read with amusement the Safety Institute of Australia (SIA) piece on 20 February  that endorses the nonsense of safety metrics. Framed as ‘news’, this non-news is anti-safety and anti-cultural intelligence. There is no data… Read the rest
Posted on May 22, 2017June 23, 2018

Safety Legislation Is Our Biggest Accident?

Safety Legislation Is Our Biggest Accident? Ken Roberts www.1on1safety.com I mentioned in an earlier article I’d explore the Legislator’s role in contemporary workplace safety. Being one for strategy and vision-setting, I searched for an underlying principle that our current safety… Read the rest
Posted on February 1, 2017July 26, 2019

New Construction Safety Video Is A Pleasant Surprise

New Construction Safety Induction Video is a Very Pleasant Surprise Thanks to John Wettstein from safetystrategies.ca for sharing this. Whilst most Tier 1 organisations are stuck in a vicious circle of tradition, sunk cost, fear, control, over confidence, paperwork, numbers… Read the rest
Posted on November 29, 2016March 13, 2019

Courage to Challenge the Great TRIFR and LTIFR Delusion

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… Read the rest

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Coronavirus (covid-19) resources

The Semiotics of COVID-19 and the Social Amplification of Risk

What can we learn from the semiotics of the Coronavirus crisis? Semiotics is the study of signs and symbol systems and how they emerge from and penetrate the human unconscious. Semiosis is the study of how these symbols systems/myths create… Read the rest

Safety Pandemic

Does anybody really believe this silly platitude that I spotted plastered all over our local McDonalds this morning? I’m not sure how many bugs are harbouring and multiplying behind them? Some thoughts from Linkedin: Keeping the restaurant clean and employees… Read the rest

Let thy factsheet be thy shield

Special Guest post by Mindful Millie Last week I read a statistic (it was on the internet so it must be true) that Google searches about domestic violence had increased by 75 per cent since the first recorded COVID-19 cases… Read the rest

Working From Home Health and Safety Tips – Covid-19

Working From Home Safety Tips – Coronavirus https://safetyrisk.net/covid-19-work-from-home-safety-checklists-and-risk-assessments/  Working from home, or telecommuting, is becoming compulsory (furloughed) in the wake of social isolation due to the COVID-19 virus spread. I’ve done it for years and, despite the disadvantages, I couldn’t imagine… Read the rest

Beware False Profits and Messiahs in Safety

One of the frightening by-products of the coronavirus crisis is the rise of Linkedin legends and OHS messiahs. Along with fish ‘n chip senators and Sky News propaganda we now have OHS experts launching into the ‘unprecedented’ Covid-19 space as … Read the rest

Covid-19 and the Hierarchy of Control

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 … Read the rest

On Confinement

Thanks to Rob Long for sharing this article from https://www.theschooloflife.com/thebookoflife/on-confinement/ . A great read for all those furloughed at the moment and perhaps feeling like you are missing out on something: At some point in the 1650s, the French philosopher… Read the rest

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Covid-19 Returning To Work Safety, Transitioning, Start Up And Re Entry Plans

How’s the Hot Desking Going Covid?

imageOne of the benefits of the Covid-19 epidemic is a total rethink about how we live and work (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-28/coronavirus-could-reshape-how-australians-work-forever/12097124 ).

 

Expertise by Regurgitation and Re-Badging

One of the fascinating things about the Coronavirus pandemic is watching Safety morph into epidemiology expertise. I would like a dollar for every flyer, presentation, podcast, powerpoint, checklist template, toolbox talk and poster set that had jumped into my inbox… Read the rest

 

The Stress of Stasis

One of the challenging things about the Coronavirus crisis is stasis. For those without work and confined to home, for those in self-isolation, it’s like life is frozen in time. ‘Stay at home’ is the mantra. The trouble is, in… Read the rest

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