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Speak Up, Reporting and Trust in Safety

July 19, 2021 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Speak Up, Reporting and Trust in Safety One of the most vital characteristics of any organization focused on safety is trust. Without trust, there can be no reliable communication, review of events, learning or reporting. The recent article put out by IOSH on Investigations … [Read more...] about Speak Up, Reporting and Trust in Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: IOSH, reporting, trust

Everything is Green: The delusion of health and safety reporting

August 27, 2017 by Admin 2 Comments

Great article by WHS Lawyer Greg Smith. First published here Quotes from the article: “How do you know the supervisors or managers are not just wandering around practicing random acts of safety, reinforcing unsafe behaviors and generally just pissing everybody off?” "What is your health … [Read more...] about Everything is Green: The delusion of health and safety reporting

Filed Under: Lead and Lag Indicators Tagged With: reporting

WHS Reporting and Due Diligence: Some practical thoughts

March 20, 2017 by Admin 13 Comments

By Greg Smith, WHS Lawyer. First published here Quote from the article: If two people die in an electrical incident at your workplace, nobody cares what your last safety culture survey reveals. You need to demonstrate how the risk of electrocution was managed in your organisation, and whether it … [Read more...] about WHS Reporting and Due Diligence: Some practical thoughts

Filed Under: Due Diligence, Safety Statistics Tagged With: Due Diligence, reporting

Measuring and Reporting on Work Health & Safety

March 16, 2017 by Admin 7 Comments

Greg, the author of this article (first published here), certainly does upset some safety people on Linkedin! He makes an excellent point here – you may get 97%, a big tick or a star for having a plethora of JHAs (or SWMS, JSAs, SOPs etc), another for them being extremely comprehensive and a few … [Read more...] about Measuring and Reporting on Work Health & Safety

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‘False Consciousness’ and Perception in Risk and Safety

April 5, 2014 by Dr Rob Long 7 Comments

Very thought provoking article by Dr Rob Long from Human Dymensions. To quote from the article: The idea that setting absolutist and perfectionist goals followed by punitive measures to achieve those goals, is a bankrupt model for motivation of risk and safety ownership. The model ignores hidden … [Read more...] about ‘False Consciousness’ and Perception in Risk and Safety

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