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
Safety Poem
Christmas Safety Poem
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
The Plan – Corporate Reality Check
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
No Choice, No Say
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
It’s a Risky Christmas
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
Ode To The Safety Professional
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
THE PLAN – HOW STUFF HAPPENS
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
My First Fatality
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
Political Correctness at Trafalgar
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
A BROKEN CHRISTMAS
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