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The Futility of the Centralised Safety Management System?

March 17, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

Whenever I run the MiProfile diagnostic (https://www.humandymensions.com/services-and-programs/miprofile/) in organizations it always turns out that over 60% of people state that they do not understand the Safety Management System (SMS). With data from over 300 organizations and 60,000 participants … [Read more...] about The Futility of the Centralised Safety Management System?

Filed Under: Due Diligence, Robert Long, Safety systems, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: Due Diligence, safety management systems, sms, swms

Measurement in Safety, You’ve Got it All Wrong

February 10, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 7 Comments

I read a recent article by Alan Quilley (http://www.safetyresults.ca/) on measuring safety by injury rate and was fascinated by the logic. I enjoyed the video on regression to the mean (Prevention of Incidents VS Creating Safety) and the discussion on injury goals. But I thought Alan, you have all … [Read more...] about Measurement in Safety, You’ve Got it All Wrong

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Satire, Safety Statistics, Safety systems, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: bounded rationality, flooding, injury data, measurement, safety management systems, sms

And the Formula is, There is no Formula

December 23, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

A number of disciplines such as engineering, safety and mechanics have very limited focus in training on human uniqueness, people skills, communication, education, learning, motivation and human relationships. When one’s primary training has its focus on ‘things’ such as concrete, steel, … [Read more...] about And the Formula is, There is no Formula

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: formula, safety management systems, safety systems

The next OHS magic bullet to hit us in 2016?

November 8, 2015 by Admin Leave a Comment

The next OHS magic bullet to hit us in 2016? Great question just posted by Wayne Harris on Workplace health and Safety Leadership Linkedin page: We had them all over the last 30 years or so, BBS, Lean BBS, Zero Harm, Transformational Safety, Safe Start, Zero Risk, Transitional OHS, etc. Sometimes … [Read more...] about The next OHS magic bullet to hit us in 2016?

Filed Under: Safety Leadership, Zero Harm Tagged With: 1% safer, BBS, magic bullet, management, one percent safer, safety management systems, Zero Harm

The Hypocrisy of Safety Management Systems For SMEs

May 25, 2015 by Admin Leave a Comment

The Hypocrisy of Safety Management Systems For SMEs At the moment there is a debate raging on a LinkedIn Forum (Ok, its not really raging perhaps just happening) about why SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) don't have comprehensive documented SMS (Safety Management Systems) in place. Of … [Read more...] about The Hypocrisy of Safety Management Systems For SMEs

Filed Under: Safety Procedures, Safety systems, Zero Harm Tagged With: Legislation, safety management systems, SME

Free EBook – Effective Safety Management Systems

May 15, 2015 by George Robotham 4 Comments

Free Ebook Effective Safety Management Systems Last in the Series By the late George Robotham - sadly George passed away suddenly in Sept 2013 - please enjoy his incredible legacy. George’s 7th (and last  Ebook) Effective Safety Management Systems Download The Ebook Here  See details of George’s … [Read more...] about Free EBook – Effective Safety Management Systems

Filed Under: George Robotham, Safety Books Tagged With: Free Safety Stuff, safety Ebooks, safety management system, safety management systems

What Makes a Safety Management System Fly

October 16, 2014 by George Robotham 3 Comments

What Makes a Safety Management System Fly Had quite a bit of interest recently in this article - one of the most popular articles written by the late, great George Robotham – download his free E-Books HERE Original published by the American Society of Safety Engineers, International Safety … [Read more...] about What Makes a Safety Management System Fly

Filed Under: George Robotham, Safety Management Plan, Safety systems Tagged With: safety management system, safety management systems

More on 10 Sure Fire Ways To Stuff Up a Safety Management System

October 8, 2014 by George Robotham 1 Comment

10 Sure Fire Ways To Stuff Up a Safety Management System- Expanded version Article by the late George Robotham GET GEORGE’S FREE SAFETY MANAGEMENT E-BOOK HERE When the original paper was published there was a reader request to expand on the brief points made. This paper is my response to that … [Read more...] about More on 10 Sure Fire Ways To Stuff Up a Safety Management System

Filed Under: George Robotham, Lead and Lag Indicators Tagged With: safety management system, safety management systems, stuff up

New FREE EBook – Broader Management Skills For The OHS Professional

August 3, 2014 by George Robotham 17 Comments

Broader Management Skills For The OHS Professional (And Other Professionals) Well the first free 216 page EBook – “Guidance for the beginning OHS professional” – George Robotham” – was a huge success with over 13,500 copies sent out and still counting! Inspired by the positive feedback, George has … [Read more...] about New FREE EBook – Broader Management Skills For The OHS Professional

Filed Under: George Robotham, Safety Books, Safety Leadership Tagged With: eBook, management skills, safety management systems, safety professional

CONFINED SPACE WORK a personal experience

May 3, 2014 by George Robotham Leave a Comment

What has become clear over the last few years of spitting out these blog posts is that real life personal experience stories are are a shit load more interesting and popular than boring old intellectual white papers, holier than thou opinions and theoretical drivel. George from … [Read more...] about CONFINED SPACE WORK a personal experience

Filed Under: George Robotham Tagged With: confined space, personal experience, safety management system, safety management systems

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