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Safety Leadership Essentials

January 7, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

Safety Leadership Essentials   A friend showed me a four day course they had to attend for their company titled ‘Safety Leadership’. As I looked through the materials I couldn’t see anything I thought resembled ‘leadership’ in safety. The course was cover to cover with the fundamentals of … [Read more...] about Safety Leadership Essentials

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Leadership, Simplistic Safety, Wicked Problems Tagged With: Heinrich’s pyramid, safety culture, Safety Goals, safety leadership, safety legislation

Tape Down Those Leads

October 22, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 5 Comments

Tape Down Those Leads One of the things that is curiously entertaining in safety is a lack of proportionality and critical thinking. I often present in facilities where arrangements have not been considered for how workshops are presented, including: lighting, power leads, power points, desks, … [Read more...] about Tape Down Those Leads

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Robert Long, Safety Legislation, Safety Professional, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: critical thinking, safety legislation

Safety Legislation Is Our Biggest Accident?

May 22, 2017 by Ken Roberts 2 Comments

Safety Legislation Is Our Biggest Accident? Ken Roberts www.1on1safety.com I mentioned in an earlier article I’d explore the Legislator’s role in contemporary workplace safety. Being one for strategy and vision-setting, I searched for an underlying principle that our current safety Legislation … [Read more...] about Safety Legislation Is Our Biggest Accident?

Filed Under: Safety Legislation Tagged With: evolution, LTIFR, safety legislation

Safety Disconnect and the Dreamworld Tragedy

October 29, 2016 by Admin 5 Comments

A commentary by WHS Lawyer Greg Smith – first published here: https://mysafetythoughts.com/2016/10/29/welcome-to-the-intellectual-vacuum-that-is-political-comment-on-whs/ Welcome to the intellectual vacuum that is political comment on WHS Today (29 October 2016) the ABC had an article on the … [Read more...] about Safety Disconnect and the Dreamworld Tragedy

Filed Under: Safety Legislation Tagged With: Dreamworld, safety legislation

What is Reasonably Practicable?

May 17, 2014 by Safety Nerd 4 Comments

Is reasonably practicable practical? Okay, so this seems like a hand on heart definition – meaning….your honour……(hand on heart) I have done everything reasonably practicable that someone in my position would be expected to do. Under the current NSW Act, you can use reasonably practicable as a … [Read more...] about What is Reasonably Practicable?

Filed Under: Safety Legislation Tagged With: reasonably practicable, safety legislation, WHS

25 Ways to stuff up a Safety Management System

April 25, 2014 by George Robotham 4 Comments

Today is probably the most important national occasion in Australia and NZ. ANZAC Day – 25 April – marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. The day our combined forces landed on the beaches at Gallipoli in 1915 … [Read more...] about 25 Ways to stuff up a Safety Management System

Filed Under: George Robotham, Lead and Lag Indicators Tagged With: adult learning principles, continuous improvement philosophy, developing goals, george robotham, implementing change, law principles, leading indicators, management commitment, safety culture, safety legislation, safety management system, Safety Reflections, Safety Systems, safety tips, using adult learning principles

The toughest safety assignment I have had

October 21, 2013 by George Robotham Leave a Comment

The toughest safety assignment I have had By the late George Robotham George gets a call from a management consultant, can I commit a bit of time to review a company’s Safety Management System? Said yes and was told 2 of the company directors want to meet me before going ahead. I think they must … [Read more...] about The toughest safety assignment I have had

Filed Under: George Robotham, Safety Leadership, Safety Legislation Tagged With: safety audit, Safety Auditing, safety leadership, safety legislation, Safety Reflections

Harmonisation of Australia’s Safety Legislation

September 28, 2013 by George Robotham Leave a Comment

George’s Safety Reflections - Number 1 This was the first many articles by legendary late Safety Guru, George Robotham Harmonisation of Australia’s safety legislation Quotable Quote "A health & safety problem can be described by statistics but cannot be understood by statistics. It can only … [Read more...] about Harmonisation of Australia’s Safety Legislation

Filed Under: George Robotham, Safety Legislation Tagged With: harmonisation, safety legislation, Safety Reflections

Cost of Harmonisation

September 22, 2013 by Admin Leave a Comment

Costs of Harmonisation to Business Excellent article from Safety At Work Blog. Extract: Australian lawyer Andrew Douglas has provided a frank assessment of the OHS harmonisation process instigated by the Australian government to reduce red tape and administrative costs of safety.  In Smart … [Read more...] about Cost of Harmonisation

Filed Under: Safety Legislation Tagged With: harmonisation, safety legislation

National OHS Harmonisation

August 27, 2013 by Admin 1 Comment

National OHS Harmonisation - Your Questions Answered….. Guest Posting from Everything OHS – click HERE to read all of their other great articles, news and updates     What are the new laws? Safe Work Australia is developing model work health and safety laws as part of an … [Read more...] about National OHS Harmonisation

Filed Under: Safety Legislation Tagged With: harmonisation, ohs, safety legislation, whs, WHS, WHSO

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