Don’t Make Safety Personal This is one of the silliest safety slogans trending at the moment and of course, like all safety propaganda, it masks critical messages we should be thinking and talking about in tackling risk. One of the great silences in the safety non-profession is not just about an … [Read more...] about Don’t Make Safety Personal
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Safety Fraudulence
Safety Fraudulence What do you do when you have no ethic of risk? You make sh#t up. I was sent a marketing video this week from the National Safety Council (NSC) claiming they had ‘saved 7 million lives’. In the same ideology as ‘safety saves’, we see in this a complete delusion about … [Read more...] about Safety Fraudulence
The 12 Days Of Silly Safety
The 12 Days Of Silly Safety They don't call it the silly season for nothing. You can always rely on the National Safety Council to treat us all like ignorant fools with their version of what they think safety and life are all about! Let’s have a break from dumb olde safety and vision zero over … [Read more...] about The 12 Days Of Silly Safety
A couple of new articles by Phil LaDuke
A couple of new articles by Phil LaDuke Should Safety Pros Be Entrepreneurs? Not that the public outcry about my hiatus from writing the blog has been deafening, I would like you each to know that I have been writing quite a bit, primarily for Entrepreneur magazine. In fact, one of my recent … [Read more...] about A couple of new articles by Phil LaDuke
Australian Standard AS3745-2010
Australian Standard AS3745-2010 The Sydney Morning Herald recently published an article titled: "Fire wardens be alarmed - you could get burnt" Read it here The article discussed the new beefed up Australian Standard on emergency procedures AS3745 and advises that employers seek legal advice in … [Read more...] about Australian Standard AS3745-2010
