A great piece Published by Quillette ( HERE). Some very salient points relevant to WHS. Most are likely to agree with the sentiments in the article. People get weary of walking on political eggshells and lament the paternalism and doublespeak of the Safety Crusaders. But, who is courageous enough to challenge them? Is Safetyism Destroying […]
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The Sound of Safety
The Sound of Safety When people in safety see the word ‘sound’ they tend to think of noise hazards and hearing protection. Whilst these are important there are many other ways of thinking about ‘noise’ and ‘sound’ that are not associated with physical hazards and are much more dangerous. An discussion of the social psychology […]
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An Awesome Safety Motivator or Pure Evil?
An Awesome Safety Motivator or Pure Evil? Safety Officers around the world have latched onto this piece of prose (below) for use in tool box talks and safety flyers, one describing it as “An awesome motivator to use when the crew needs a good pick me up”. The current manifestation of this, floating around the […]
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Where To Find Pictures Of Unsafe Acts
Where To Find Pictures Of Unsafe Acts written by: Isabellas Having a workplace presentation is a great thing to do, but it can also be rather boring at times as well. This is when you should know how to blend the proper pictures of the safe acts and the unsafe acts in the same presentation. […]
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WHS Legislation is NOT about Safety it’s about Culture
WHS Legislation is NOT about Safety it’s about Culture. First published HERE I asked a couple of managers the other day what they thought the WHS legislation was about. You see, my client had asked me to make sure that their managers knew of their legal compliance obligations – a fairly typical request often from […]
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Ten Risk and Safety Program Essentials
Ten Risk and Safety Program Essentials Guest article Dr Rob Long from Human Dymensions. Image sent in by a reader of this blog. I read yet another ‘beyond zero’ website the other day and never stop to be amazed at just how much people accept nonsense language and spin. The site claimed to take organisations […]
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Deepwater Horizon and The Suppression of Risky Conversations
Deepwater Horizon and The Suppression of Risky Conversations The release on October 6 of the movie Deepwater Horizon (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1860357/ ) brings to the surface some of the discourse that dominates the risk and safety industry. Whilst the movie focuses on the heroics and heartache typical of a Hollywood Disaster movie, it nonetheless highlights some critical […]
