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Positive Performance Indicators

May 30, 2014 by George Robotham 5 Comments

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 … [Read more...] about Positive Performance Indicators

Filed Under: George Robotham, Lead and Lag Indicators, Positive Safety Stuff, Zero Harm Tagged With: incident data, LTIFR, performance indicators, personal damage, safety performance, safety slogan, Safety Statistics

permanently life altering personal damage occurrences

May 3, 2014 by George Robotham 5 Comments

The permanently life altering personal damage occurrences (Accidents) I have been associated with by the Late George Robotham Introduction During my 38 years involvement in OHS I have been … [Read more...] about permanently life altering personal damage occurrences

Filed Under: George Robotham, Semiotics Tagged With: accidents, personal damage

Accident Investigation

October 6, 2013 by George Robotham Leave a Comment

Accident investigation summary By the late George Robotham The term accident is an emotionally laden term that implies blame. I prefer to use the term personal damage occurrence. Summary of the … [Read more...] about Accident Investigation

Filed Under: George Robotham Tagged With: Accident Investigation, personal damage, Safety Reflections

Accident Investigation Models

April 22, 2013 by George Robotham 1 Comment

Personal damage occurrence (Accident) Investigation Models Guest Post by George Robotham Introduction Personal damage occurrences (“Accidents”) may be a source of learning and improvement for the … [Read more...] about Accident Investigation Models

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Analysis of “Accident” experience

January 30, 2013 by George Robotham Leave a Comment

  Analysis of “Accident” experience Many organisations analyse their “Accident” experience in the hope of gaining insight into how to prevent their problems. Most organisations will not have … [Read more...] about Analysis of “Accident” experience

Filed Under: George Robotham Tagged With: personal damage, Safety Reflections, taxonomy

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