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Swimming Up Stream and the SWMS Dilemma

February 20, 2025 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

  Refer also to: The Arse-Covering Myth Swimming Up Stream and the Safe Work Method Statement Dilemma I was with an organisation this week that was being inspected by the regulator. The regulator had the unenviable task of assessing whether this organisation was appropriately managing … [Read more...] about Swimming Up Stream and the SWMS Dilemma

Filed Under: Robert Long, Work Method Statements Tagged With: JHA, job hazard analysis, job safety analysis, JSA, Safe work method statement, safety documentation, safety slogan, swms, work method statement

The Seduction to Simplify Safety

September 15, 2024 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

The Seduction to Simplify Safe Work Method Statements Everyone knows that we are already in an age of excess in safety. This is the dilemma of optimisation. Some now talk about ‘ultra-safety’ organisations and wonder how much more they can do and say in the name of safety. How much does one have to … [Read more...] about The Seduction to Simplify Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Work Method Statements Tagged With: safe work method statements, simplify safety, swms

Comply Or Be Human

September 8, 2024 by James Parkinson 2 Comments

I have been involved with safety in Australia for the past 15 years. In that period I would like to think I have grown and learned or would it be better to say try to understand what drives and motivates people to do certain things. I hear on several different job sites I have been on we have to … [Read more...] about Comply Or Be Human

Filed Under: Safety Legislation Tagged With: comply, golden rules, human, swms

Imagination and Safety

June 1, 2024 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Imagination? We’ll Soon Knock that Nonsense Out of You A safety friend of mind Ted rang the other day, he had just gone through the circus and charade of an OFSC Audit and 4801 Audit. He said, ‘ah, now we are safe’, I said, ‘no your not, you are probably less safe’. (I’ll get back to this point … [Read more...] about Imagination and Safety

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Robert Long, Safety Culture, Safety Legislation Tagged With: AS4801, court cases, imagination, JSA, OFSC, Safety, Safety Audits, safety culture, swms, workcover

Pass Me Another SWMS Leo, The Last One Was Too Short

February 16, 2024 by Dr Rob Long 5 Comments

Isn’t it marvelous, SAI Global recently advertised new editable SWMSs (Safe Work Method Statement) for download. Now you don’t have to really assess risk, understand the job or know how to be safe, it’s the ultimate in cut and paste. So when the inspector comes, all the columns will be ruled … [Read more...] about Pass Me Another SWMS Leo, The Last One Was Too Short

Filed Under: Robert Long, Work Method Statements, Zero Harm Tagged With: safe work method statements, swms

Proving Safety

February 2, 2024 by Admin 7 Comments

Read a review of Greg's latest book "Proving Safety" One of the best safety articles I've read on Linkedin in a long, long time. By Greg Smith (Author of "Papersafe" - https://amzn.to/3wNDPTv ) Proving Safety Here is an interesting question. What would safety management look like in your … [Read more...] about Proving Safety

Filed Under: Greg Smith, Safety Leadership Tagged With: proof, proving safety, swms

Risk is About People, not just Objects

June 29, 2023 by Rob Sams Leave a Comment

Risk is About People, not just Objects Article by Robert Sams republished following a request from a reader – See all of his brilliant articles here The focus of so much of our attention today in health and safety is on ‘risk assessment’. Walk into any workplace and talk about health and safety … [Read more...] about Risk is About People, not just Objects

Filed Under: Risk Assessment, Rob Sams Tagged With: JSA, people, risk assessment, swms

Shared Ritual in the Safety Congregation?

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Shared Ritual in the Safety Congregation? When anything involves salvation there is ritual. This is the energy of Zero. Follow these procedures, habits, practices, myths or routine enactments and thou shalt be saved … [Read more...] about Shared Ritual in the Safety Congregation?

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: rituals, swms

The Futility of the Centralised Safety Management System?

June 24, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

Whenever I run the MiProfile diagnostic (https://www.humandymensions.com/services-and-programs/miprofile/) in organizations it always turns out that over 60% of people state that they do not understand the Safety Management System (SMS). With data from over 300 organizations and 60,000 participants … [Read more...] about The Futility of the Centralised Safety Management System?

Filed Under: Due Diligence, Robert Long, Safety systems, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: Due Diligence, safety management systems, sms, swms

Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright in Safety

June 23, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright in Safety One of Dylan’s greatest songs is about the power of indifference (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-Y3KfJs6T0 ), not just to love but to people in general. There’s nothing quite like the masquerade of care when in reality you don’t give a s&*t. The clip … [Read more...] about Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright in Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture Tagged With: AIHS BoK, swms

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