Humanising Safety and Embracing Real Risk
Following a recent fatality at a residential construction site, the WorkOver Authority commissioned me to undertake an independent, unbiased root cause investigation to help them confirm what they already knew and to justify further action against those even remotely involved.
As a result of my findings, industrial manslaughter charges will … Learn more >>>>>
Republished by request……….
An incident occurs at work, the well entrenched procedures quickly kick into play – first aid provided, forms filled in, reports to management, find the cause (sometimes causes), change operating procedures (they must have been wrong), issue Safety Alert and … Learn more >>>>>
To quote Greg Smith (WHS Lawyer) from the video below and from the must read book Risky Conversations, The Law, Social Psychology and Risk:
… Learn more >>>>>“……..in my view, the notion of root cause and root cause analysis has done more
It has been said that our seduction with the notion of root cause analysis has done more damage to safety and risk that anything else – there is likely never going to be a definitive root cause for anything – and how … Learn more >>>>>
By Phil La Duke – first published here: https://philladuke.wordpress.com/
Phil says: “We tend to think of injuries in terms of a long string of events, the Domino Theory, if you will. But some hazards are likely to kill us and others will … Learn more >>>>>
