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When Only More Guilt Will Do

August 6, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

I Chose to Look The Other Way - When Only More Guilt Will Do The idea that I am my brother’s keeper (https://safetyrisk.net/safety-as-a-patriarchal-activity/) is a psychological attachment infused in the theology of safety. How interesting that safety is apparently a ‘choice I make’ yet the … [Read more...] about When Only More Guilt Will Do

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Poems Tagged With: chose to look the other way, guilt, Safety Poem

Christmas Safety Poem

December 1, 2020 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Enjoy our new 2020 Xmas Safety Poem “Safety Tells” (sung to jingle bells) HERE >>>>>>> Christmas Safety Poem – A Hazardman Christmas Republished in 2020 by demand, first published 2016 - enjoy again: News from the UK and reported in the Daily Mail: Elf and safety forces … [Read more...] about Christmas Safety Poem

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Poems Tagged With: christmas message, hazardman, Holiday safety, Safety Poem

The Plan – Corporate Reality Check

June 5, 2018 by Admin Leave a Comment

The Corporate Plan and How $ Happens Republished from a long time ago by request Everyone says that cultural change must start at the top. Does it?. Just found this classic old poem in the archives.  Explains, better than I could, why corporate initiatives (like safety or cultural improvements) … [Read more...] about The Plan – Corporate Reality Check

Filed Under: Safety Poems, Workplace Safety Tagged With: aids, assumptions, bad news, corporate initiatives, darkness, dung, excrement, external consultants, fertilizer, plant growth, poem, Safety Culture, safety improvements, Safety Poem, vice presidents, vigor

No Choice, No Say

August 7, 2017 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

No Choice, No Say One of the great loves of Dumb Down Safety is guilt, binary attribution and projection of deficit views of risk and safety. Unless the curriculum of WHS moves ahead in transdisciplinary way (https://safetyrisk.net/isnt-it-time-we-reformed-the-whs-curriculum/ ), it is not likely … [Read more...] about No Choice, No Say

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Poems, Simplistic Safety Tagged With: choice, safety is a choice, Safety Poem

It’s a Risky Christmas

December 19, 2015 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

It’s a Risky Christmas - A Xmas Safety Poem without the word Safety In it: “So what is the rush to complete stuff before the end of the year about... here is a little poem that puts the highlight on the dangers of rushing to complete at Christmas time; it is about safety without mentioning safety” … [Read more...] about It’s a Risky Christmas

Filed Under: Creativity, Potato Head, Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: christmas, Safety Poem

Ode To The Safety Professional

May 9, 2015 by Admin 18 Comments

Ode To The Safety Professional - an oldie but a goodie This piece of prose was sent in by a reader and something all safety people will relate to. Some of you may have seen it before – I’m sure you will enjoy it again: Ode To The Safety Professional Sandwiched tightly between Top Brass and the … [Read more...] about Ode To The Safety Professional

Filed Under: Safety Clutter, Workplace Safety Tagged With: safety consultants, Safety Humour, Safety Poem, safety pro, safety professional

THE PLAN – HOW STUFF HAPPENS

April 12, 2015 by Admin 4 Comments

THE PLAN - HOW STUFF HAPPENS Some excellent comments on the post: Think Outside The Safety Suggestion Box reminded me again of this piece of prose (seems like this has happened before). In his book “Industrial/Organizational Psychology: An Applied Approach”, Michael Aamodt  suggests that when there … [Read more...] about THE PLAN – HOW STUFF HAPPENS

Filed Under: Safety Management Plan, Safety Poems Tagged With: safety culture, Safety Poem, shit happens, the plan

My First Fatality

December 7, 2014 by Admin 15 Comments

One of our readers asked if we could republish this poem from July 2012, not sure why but I hope it helps: My First Fatality If I can, for once, be a little serious and compassionate….. A fellow Safety Professional, in a brand new role, recently experienced her first fatality. Unfortunately, many … [Read more...] about My First Fatality

Filed Under: Workplace Safety Tagged With: accidents, fatality, first fatality, Safety Poem, safety professional, statistics

Political Correctness at Trafalgar

February 15, 2014 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Political Correctness at Trafalgar Apparently at the 200th Anniversary celebrations of Lord Nelson's famous naval victory over the French and Spanish at the Battle of Trafalgar, an actor dressed as Nelson, posed for pictures on the River Thames at Greenwich. But before he was allowed to board a … [Read more...] about Political Correctness at Trafalgar

Filed Under: Risk Aversion Tagged With: nelson, political correctness, Safety Poem, trafalgar

A BROKEN CHRISTMAS

December 3, 2013 by Admin Leave a Comment

New and timely Safety Poem sent in by a reader: A BROKEN CHRISTMAS   T'was the night before Christmas and now she's all alone. Because her husband had an accident at work and didn't come home. He was killed because he took a shortcut and of course he knew better. He knew the … [Read more...] about A BROKEN CHRISTMAS

Filed Under: Safety Poems, Workplace Safety Tagged With: Holiday safety, Safety Poem

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