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Safety Justifies Anything and Everything

May 8, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 17 Comments

Safety Justifies Anything and Everything Once we have the safety moral high ground we can offend anyone, because we care about them? Once I have this moral high ground I can manipulate data for my own ends, I can police others, crusade and oppress others because, in the name of care, I must drive … [Read more...] about Safety Justifies Anything and Everything

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: Bullying, Safety, Safety Overkill, Zero Harm

Safety Fundamentalism

September 10, 2015 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Is there such a thing as safety fundamentalism? The concept of fundamentalism was originally coined in reference to a rigid theological movement in the USA in 1905 upholding the literal interpretation of the Bible. More generally, fundamentalism refers to rigid ‘faith like’ exclusivity in thinking … [Read more...] about Safety Fundamentalism

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: safety campaign, Safety Culture, Safety Fundamentalism, Safety Overkill, safety professional

It’s a Safety Requirement

October 26, 2014 by Dr Rob Long 8 Comments

It's a Safety Requirement! For some years now the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has had a Safety Myth Busters Challenge Panel - their mission is to expose stories about ridiculous decisions taken, wrongly, in the name of health and safety. Visit their website. You may also like this recent … [Read more...] about It’s a Safety Requirement

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Robert Long Tagged With: Safety Overkill, safety requirement

Complexity and safety

October 16, 2014 by George Robotham 3 Comments

Complexity and Safety Popular discussion topic at the moment – republished guest post by the late George Robotham Introduction Early in my safety career it became obvious to me that safety is about the people and not about the things and artefacts. It is not about the safety management systems, … [Read more...] about Complexity and safety

Filed Under: George Robotham, Safety Leadership Tagged With: complexity, Safety, safety leadership, Safety Overkill

What is OHS?

July 27, 2014 by George Robotham 1 Comment

What is Occupational Health and Safety? One of the original Articles by the late George Robotham  Good question that I do not have a good answer to, but have a few observations- OHS is the science / art / wizardry / bloody hard game of convincing stakeholders at all levels to identify … [Read more...] about What is OHS?

Filed Under: George Robotham Tagged With: occupational health and safety, ohs, Safety, Safety Management, Safety Overkill, WHS

Health and Safety Overkill

May 6, 2014 by Admin 6 Comments

Health and Safety Overkill You will also love our "THIS TOASTER IS HOT" page In searching for more ammunition to fight my “OHS is Bull$#/t” Cause (see recent article). I came across this gem on the Workplace Law Bookshop Website: "In a culture where £200 is spent on teaching employees how to make … [Read more...] about Health and Safety Overkill

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Safety Pictures Tagged With: ohs overkill, Safety Overkill, Safety Pictures, Safety Signs, Stupid safety photos

Free Ebook – When Is Safety Too Much Safety?

March 16, 2014 by Peter Ribbe 2 Comments

When Is Safety Too Much Safety? A tongue in cheek look into our daily safety Latest free Safety Ebook by Peter Ribbe. Peter’s Ebooks have proven very popular for their conciseness and practicality – DOWNLOAD PETER’S OTHER FREE SAFETY EBOOKS FROM HERE DOWNLOAD HERE: [download id="40124"]  "Salus … [Read more...] about Free Ebook – When Is Safety Too Much Safety?

Filed Under: Peter Ribbe, Safety Books Tagged With: safety awareness, safety ebook, Safety Overkill, too much safety

Why my safety threatens the safety of wildlife

March 13, 2014 by Admin 12 Comments

Why my safety threatens the safety of wildlife Great recent article on the Safety Differently Blog Posted by Terry Reis Terry writes about something we all lament, about a time, not so long ago, when safety wasn’t the painful and, often times, ridiculous burden it is today. It was something you … [Read more...] about Why my safety threatens the safety of wildlife

Filed Under: PPE, Risk Aversion Tagged With: ppe, Safety, Safety Overkill, wildlife

Safety Gets Dumber

March 7, 2014 by Admin 6 Comments

Safety Gets Dumber Another one for our HOT TOASTER PAGE. This sign was photographed by a reader in the room of a major city Hotel. I know that some people are concerned about picking up nasties like tinea and planters warts from public showers. When I was in the Army we showered in thongs … [Read more...] about Safety Gets Dumber

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Safety Photos, Safety Pictures Tagged With: hotel, safety get dumber, Safety Overkill, Safety Pictures, Slipping and Tripping

There has to be a better way

February 4, 2014 by Admin 5 Comments

There has to be a better way to say it? I was recently enjoying a great day at the local pool when I spotted this massive, confronting sign - kinda killed the fun for me! For starters it isn’t worded correctly – the top message implies that the parents weren’t properly supervised! I can get … [Read more...] about There has to be a better way

Filed Under: Safety Photos Tagged With: better way, Child Safety, responsible parents, Safety Overkill, swimming pool, Swimming Pool Safety

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