Crying Over Spilt Milk; Mistakes Are Inevitable, Injuries Are Not Adding another dimension to the ZERO HARM debate – recent article by Phil LaDuke – ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED HERE People make mistakes; it’s what makes us human. The propensity for human error is practically embedded in our … [Read more...] about Crying Over Spilt Milk; Mistakes Are Inevitable, Injuries Are Not
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OHS 2012 Where Are We Now?
George Robotham reflects back over the changes, or lack there of, in the last 11 years. Comments and criticisms are bound be many and are totally encouraged. Be warned, no punches have been pulled! Quote: “Many of the people who work in OHS are strongly locked into traditional approaches and have … [Read more...] about OHS 2012 Where Are We Now?
Our kids–a great reason to focus on safety
Our kids–a great reason to focus on safety Not really totally safety related but it’s Sunday and many safety programs do focus on our kids being a great motivator for us wanting to come home from work each day intact. I am sure most of the people reading this blog have kids or know someone who … [Read more...] about Our kids–a great reason to focus on safety
Safety Censorship
One of our guest Authors, Phil La Duke was unceremoniously dumped from a LinkedIn Forum (and Aussie one!) for daring to publish this article. It is heavy duty and provocative but one needs to look beyond taking it personally or getting offended (I would be concerned if I was offended by this) and at … [Read more...] about Safety Censorship
How to Make Incident Reporting Work for Your Site
How to Make Incident Reporting Work for Your Site Guest Post Incident reporting has been long considered one of the most effective pre-emptive measures to reduce on-site injuries and achieve a ‘zero harm’ objective. However, implementing incident reporting can be difficult exercise – how do you … [Read more...] about How to Make Incident Reporting Work for Your Site
Setting Aspirational Safety Targets Is an Exercise in Futility
Setting Aspirational Safety Targets Is an Exercise in Futility By Peter L Mitchell Setting targets and objectives is a very important part of our everyday work life. It may be targets for sales, profit, safety, market share, staff turnover, absenteeism, share price and so on. These targets and … [Read more...] about Setting Aspirational Safety Targets Is an Exercise in Futility