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Why Would You Want to be a Safety “Geek’ or Hero?

August 6, 2023 by Prof. Robert Long Leave a Comment

I find this fixation on identity AS Safety so amusing (https://safetyrisk.net/the-mental-illness-of-identifying-as-safety/). When I meet people in real professions, they never introduce themselves as Teacher Tom or Doctor Debbie or Lawyer Lousie. Similarly, real professionals never identify with … [Read more...] about Why Would You Want to be a Safety “Geek’ or Hero?

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: safety geek, safety hero, safety nerd

Toolbox Talk Show–PPE

March 13, 2015 by Safety Nerd 13 Comments

Toolbox Talk Show – PPE Sarah Jane (The Safety Nerd) is making a series of videos and podcasts covering some of the basic fundamentals of safety. This is the first one (below) and you will be able to see them all here: http://www.riskologyconsulting.com.au/podcast SJ has also been blogging for … [Read more...] about Toolbox Talk Show–PPE

Filed Under: PPE, Safety Videos, Toolbox Talks Tagged With: podcast, ppe, safety nerd, Toolbox Talks

What Safety Means to Me

May 23, 2014 by Safety Nerd 14 Comments

Why Safety Is Important to Me Been lots of heated discussions and chest beating and on this site and Safety Forums lately which is really healthy but I thought that, just for a moment, we should all step back, take a deep breath, let the dust settle and take a moment to reconsider what safety is … [Read more...] about What Safety Means to Me

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