Good Luck to the Luck Deniers How was Donald Horne to know in 1964 that when he wrote a simple little book called The Lucky Country he would sell over 2 million copies? That was lucky, a case of the right book at the right time. The book describes Horne’s understanding of what it means to be … [Read more...] about Good Luck to the Luck Deniers
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Injury Rates, what do they mean for Boards and Risk and Safety Practitioners
Injury Rates, what do they mean for Boards and Risk and Safety Practitioners Today's drop with Matt Thorne from RiskDiversity, Dave Whitefield from Semiosphere and Andrew Thornhillfrom Clarity Enabled, all of us in 3 Small Chat Rooms. “Injury Rates, what do they mean for Boards and … [Read more...] about Injury Rates, what do they mean for Boards and Risk and Safety Practitioners
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 Legislation … [Read more...] about Safety Legislation Is Our Biggest Accident?
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 and creating the … [Read more...] about New Construction Safety Video Is A Pleasant Surprise
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 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
I’ve got a feeling this isn’t right, but…..
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…..
Injury Response
Injury Response I’ve had several conversations with safety people about response to events and incidents on site. One mate on a tier 1 site explains the Safety Advisor role as simply ‘demoralising’. So I thought I would try to mimic the typical safety spud head response to an … [Read more...] about Injury Response
Positive Performance Indicators
Positive Performance Indicators - The better way of measuring safety performance? By the late great George Robotham Quotable Quote "A health & safety problem can be described by statistics but cannot be understood by statistics. It can only be understood by knowing and feeling the pain, … [Read more...] about Positive Performance Indicators
Major safety technical lessons learnt
Article by the late George Robotham. In his words: “I think this is the most potentially useful to other safety people paper that I have ever produced” Major safety technical lessons learnt In my 38 years in OHS I have helped my employers cope with the aftermath of 13 fatalities, one case of … [Read more...] about Major safety technical lessons learnt
Forget Injuries—They Have Nothing to Do With Safety
Forget Injuries—They Have Nothing to Do With Safety Latest blog by Phil LaDuke – see the whole post here Phil says: A while back I presented The Seventh Value at an international safety conference and after my talk a member of the audience challenged my assertion that the absence of injuries … [Read more...] about Forget Injuries—They Have Nothing to Do With Safety
