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A Picture Tells a Thousand Lies in Safety

October 20, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 8 Comments

‘A picture is worth a thousand words’ ‘Seeing is believing’ These are common aphorisms about photographic media and images. Unfortunately, these aphorisms have never been true. No image is objective or neutral but rather carries a story that must be interpreted. Now, more than ever with … [Read more...] about A Picture Tells a Thousand Lies in Safety

Filed Under: critical thinking, Psychological Health and Safety, Robert Long, Semiotics, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: aphorisms, media, paperwork

Paperwork and Usability in Tackling Risk

August 3, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

Most workers don’t ‘use’ paperwork, they just sign it just as many workers don’t read paperwork they just give it the ‘tick and flick’. The idea of excessive paperwork in safety is much more a middle management problem than a worker problem. The real decisions on the job where the greatest risk is … [Read more...] about Paperwork and Usability in Tackling Risk

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Clutter, Safety systems, Social Psychology of Risk, Wicked Problems Tagged With: AIHS BoK, Document Usability, paperwork, transdisciplinarity

Flooding is Dangerous, and I don’t Mean the Water….

July 25, 2022 by Rob Sams 12 Comments

Flooding is Dangerous, and I don’t Mean the Water…. Parts of the east coast of Australia have experienced heavy rain over recent weeks and it has become common to read headlines of flash flooding causing road closures, cars washed away and sadly a man in Sydney was killed when he was swept into a … [Read more...] about Flooding is Dangerous, and I don’t Mean the Water….

Filed Under: Rob Sams, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: bounded rationality, flooding, paperwork, procedures, records, safety policy, Safety Procedures

Paper Safe

July 23, 2022 by Admin Leave a Comment

Paper Safe By Greg Smith. I am happy to announce my new book, Paper Safe: the triumph of bureaucracy in safety management is available. It seems to me that at some point health and safety management has lost its way. Rather than being concerned about protecting workers and others from the … [Read more...] about Paper Safe

Filed Under: Safety Books, Safety systems Tagged With: greg smith, paperwork, safety paradox

Looking Forward, Looking Back

July 7, 2022 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

Window Dressing, Theatre and More of The Same

March 30, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Window Dressing, Theatre and More of The Same We read the sad news of yet another fatality in mining in the Zero Harm in Leadership state. Of course, zero ideology is anti-leadership and anti-learning and it seems there’s not much learning going on in mining Queensland. We learned in 2020 that … [Read more...] about Window Dressing, Theatre and More of The Same

Filed Under: Mining Safety, Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: paperwork

Safety Cosmetics

October 18, 2021 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Safety Cosmetics One of the grand activities of keeping up with safety systems is keeping up appearances. The idea that paperwork obesity is a healthy thing is a strange cultural myth in the safety industry (https://vimeo.com/162034157 ). If in doubt, add more in. It is a strange belief in the … [Read more...] about Safety Cosmetics

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Clutter, Zero Harm Tagged With: cosmetics, iCue, paperwork

The Myth of the SWMS Manifesto

October 16, 2021 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The Myth of the SWMS Manifesto I’d like a dollar for every mail I get telling stories about what is considered necessary in a Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS). It seems that Safety is far more attentive to safety mythology (something that is made symbolically true, that isn’t) than what is … [Read more...] about The Myth of the SWMS Manifesto

Filed Under: Risk Assessment, Robert Long, Safety Myths, Work Method Statements Tagged With: papersafe, paperwork, swms

Are You on The Safety Teat?

April 22, 2021 by Matt Thorne 1 Comment

Are You on The Safety Teat? A short while ago I was helping an associate fill out a third party platform for Safety, lets call the platform DN4. DN4 is both a software application and a supposed new design in how safety should be reported. My work was as an advisor to an organisation, for the … [Read more...] about Are You on The Safety Teat?

Filed Under: Matt Thorne, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: bounded rationality, paperwork

What You Profess in Safety

February 9, 2021 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

What You Profess in Safety There is no separation between claiming the word ‘professional’ and what you profess. What one professes determines if one is profess-ional regardless of whether one likes to claim the word as a brand or not (https://safetyrisk.net/not-a-professions-bootlace/ ). … [Read more...] about What You Profess in Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Professional, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: language, paperwork

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