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Safety Systems

Who Said We Don’t Need Systems?

August 5, 2024 by Dr Rob Long 31 Comments

What a strange sense of logic to fixate on the absence of something (injury) as a demonstration of the presence of something else (safety). Such a proposition misunderstands the dynamic of risk and being human. Who Said We Don’t Need Systems? I find it interesting that when some people read what … [Read more...] about Who Said We Don’t Need Systems?

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Wicked Problems Tagged With: maturity, Safety Systems

Making Objects Safe or People Safe

June 2, 2024 by Dr Rob Long 5 Comments

Making Objects Safe or People Safe   I often ask people in risk and safety training as my first question, ‘When you walk on site, what are you looking for?’ It was no different this week and I got the usual answer ‘hazards!’ A number of people in the group had many years as inspectors, … [Read more...] about Making Objects Safe or People Safe

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: objects, people and safety, safety checklists, safety professional, Safety Systems, Zero Harm

A Comparison of Safety Paradigms

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

A paradigm is a distinct set of concept and thinking that result in distinct practices. In recent times it has occurred to coroners at inquests, auditors and government that poor safety culture has a central role in normalising unsafe practice. Inspectors and auditors are now ever mindful that … [Read more...] about A Comparison of Safety Paradigms

Filed Under: Psychological Health and Safety, Psychosocial Safety, Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: Psychological Safety, safety culture, Safety Engagement, safety paradigm, Safety Paradigms, safety professional, safety programs, Safety Systems

Real Harm, Real Risk and The Safety Way

June 27, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Real Harm, Real Risk and The Safety Way One of the by-products of the zero delusion is the way it focuses the safety industry on petty ‘pissy’ risk. As long as Safety adores and identifies as Zero (https://visionzero.global/ ), it can never mature, understand risk or be professional. Whilst … [Read more...] about Real Harm, Real Risk and The Safety Way

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: Safety Systems

Balancing Tight and Loose Coupled Systems

April 13, 2023 by Rob Sams 20 Comments

Balancing Tight and Loose Coupled Systems My last two articles on art and helping, generated feedback and questions that are worthy of further explanation. Amongst the feedback was that I ‘systems bash’ when I write about risk and safety. Firstly, while I can understand how people may feel that I … [Read more...] about Balancing Tight and Loose Coupled Systems

Filed Under: Rob Sams, Safety systems Tagged With: loose coupled systems, Safety Systems, tight coupled systems, weick

Safety Silver Bullet

April 13, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

Latest article by Dr Robert Long which attacks the idea that one can solve a safety system problem by simply building ever expanding safety systems! Oh and a little swipe at BBS and Zero Harm! If you liked this article then you should read the whole series: CLICK HERE. I highly recommend you check … [Read more...] about Safety Silver Bullet

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Leadership, Wicked Problems, Zero Harm Tagged With: 1% safer, BBS, one percent safer, safety culture, safety slogan, Safety Systems, silver bullet, Zero Harm

But We Have Safety Systems in Place

November 15, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

But We Have Safety Systems in Place One of the most successful myths of Safety is that one is protected by having systems in place. What we learned from Greg Smith in Risky Conversations, The Law, Social Psychology and Risk (https://www.humandymensions.com/product/risky-conversations/) was that … [Read more...] about But We Have Safety Systems in Place

Filed Under: Due Diligence, Robert Long, Safety systems Tagged With: Due Diligence, Safety Systems

Safety Engagement with Workspace, Headspace and Groupspace

October 25, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 8 Comments

So much of what we do in safety takes its focus on workspace. We call this the physical or ‘primary’ dimension of safety. This is easy to administer and regulate because what is required is visible and accountable through checklists matched to regulations. Most safety walks and observations are … [Read more...] about Safety Engagement with Workspace, Headspace and Groupspace

Filed Under: Psychosocial Safety, Robert Long, Safety Culture, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: groupspace, headspace, psychology of safety, Psychosocial Safety, safety communication, Safety Engagement, safety officer, Safety Systems, total safety organisation, workspace

HSE Trip Down Memory Lane

May 17, 2017 by Ken Roberts Leave a Comment

HSE Trip Down Memory Lane by Ken R. Roberts – First published here The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 was described as "a bold and far-reaching piece of legislation" by HSE's first Director General, John Locke. It was the beginning of the 'punitive' era. In other words government started … [Read more...] about HSE Trip Down Memory Lane

Filed Under: Safety Differently, Workplace Safety Tagged With: hse, Safety Systems

Systems Serve Humans not Humans Serve Systems

March 17, 2017 by Dr Rob Long 10 Comments

Systems Serve Humans not Humans Serve Systems There is nothing wrong with having systems or checklists, nor technology to assist such (see “Who Said We Don’t Need Systems”). However, when those systems and checklists become an ‘end’ in themselves they take on a ‘force’ and ‘energy’ of their own. … [Read more...] about Systems Serve Humans not Humans Serve Systems

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety systems Tagged With: Safety Systems

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