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How To Write a Safety Report

September 9, 2022 by George Robotham 13 Comments

How To Write a Safety Report OHS professionals write many reports, read many reports and ask others to prepare reports for them. A major sin is long rambling reports that do not get to the point quickly and succinctly! Prepare succinct reports yourself and make it clear that your expectation is that … [Read more...] about How To Write a Safety Report

Filed Under: George Robotham Tagged With: safety communication, Safety Presentations, Safety Procedures, Safety Reflections, safety report

Safety Communications

May 29, 2022 by George Robotham Leave a Comment

Another article by the late George Robotham. You can find more of his work at here: SAFETY REFLECTIONS George’s Safety Reflections - Number 7 Safety communications There is not much point having an excellent safety message if you cannot get it across to the stakeholders. Communications failure is a … [Read more...] about Safety Communications

Filed Under: George Robotham Tagged With: safety communication, safety consultation, Safety Reflections

Risk assessment tips

April 27, 2022 by George Robotham Leave a Comment

George’s Safety Reflections Risk assessment tips The risk management process consists of hazard identification, risk assessment and hazard control. Some people tend to get fixated on the risk assessment part and do not place enough emphasis on hazard control. Personally I find Haddon’s 10 … [Read more...] about Risk assessment tips

Filed Under: George Robotham, Risk Assessment Tagged With: risk assessement, Safety Reflections

How to Give an Unforgettable Safety Presentation

June 3, 2019 by George Robotham 2 Comments

How to Give an Unforgettable Safety Presentation (Failure is not an option) Another Safety Reflection by George Robotham – SEE MORE HERE The following has been assisted by formal learning / Education but largely represents critical reflection on the writer’s personal practice. The people who say … [Read more...] about How to Give an Unforgettable Safety Presentation

Filed Under: Safety Training Tagged With: safety presentation, Safety Reflections

Quirky Things That Work When Trying To Help Others

January 12, 2015 by George Robotham Leave a Comment

Quirky things that work when trying to help others With the current safety theme trending toward HELPING (see Safety as a Helping Profession and I was just trying to help), I thought it timely to republish this post by the late George Robotham who wrote this a few years ago with some input … [Read more...] about Quirky Things That Work When Trying To Help Others

Filed Under: George Robotham, Robert Long, Safety Professional Tagged With: health and safety, help, helping, mentor, problem solving, safety leadership, safety professional, Safety Reflections, safety training

How to have an effective safety committee

December 28, 2014 by George Robotham Leave a Comment

Another article by the late George Robotham. You can find more of his work at here: SAFETY RELECTIONS How to have an effective safety committee Introduction Safety committees are much maligned and often ineffective. They can easily denigrate to a whinge-fest and end up covering topics that should … [Read more...] about How to have an effective safety committee

Filed Under: George Robotham Tagged With: Consultation, effective committee, safety commitee, Safety Committee, Safety Reflections

Marketing Safety

June 6, 2014 by George Robotham 2 Comments

Marketing safety By the late George Robotham Make no bones about it, safety is a product that has to be marketed in ways similar to the ways the products your organisation produces are marketed. A good OHS section on your organisations web site will help. It is best to treat everybody you … [Read more...] about Marketing Safety

Filed Under: George Robotham Tagged With: marketing safety, ohs, Safety Engagement, Safety Presentations, Safety Reflections, safety sense, Safety Shows

Bring Me Solutions Not Problems

June 3, 2014 by George Robotham 16 Comments

Bring Me Solutions Not Problems - Republished One of the more popular posts by the late George Robotham - see all of his work here An ex-manager of mine used to say “Bring me solutions not problems” There is no shortage of people on the various forums talking about various OHS … [Read more...] about Bring Me Solutions Not Problems

Filed Under: George Robotham, Safety Leadership Tagged With: problems, Safety Reflections, safety solutions, solutions

Quick Guide to Auditing OHS Systems

May 30, 2014 by George Robotham 1 Comment

  Quick Guide to Auditing OHS Systems George’s Safety Reflections – by the late George Robotham  There is some confusion in practice between the terms inspection and audit, I distinguish between the two by saying you inspect things and you audit systems. Organisations that are … [Read more...] about Quick Guide to Auditing OHS Systems

Filed Under: George Robotham Tagged With: AS4801, ohs systems, Safety Auditing, Safety Audits, Safety Reflections, Safety Systems

Lessons learnt from my safety jobs

May 17, 2014 by George Robotham 1 Comment

Lessons learnt from my safety jobs Reflection by the late George Robotham  In my 38 years in OHS I have helped my employers cope with the aftermath of 13 fatalities, one case of paraplegia, one major stress case and a very serious burns case. Speaking from personal experience the most devastating … [Read more...] about Lessons learnt from my safety jobs

Filed Under: George Robotham Tagged With: lesson learnt, safety consultant, Safety Jobs, Safety Reflections

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