COVID-19 WORK FROM HOME SAFETY CHECKLISTS AND RISK Covid-19 Returning To Work Inductions, Transitioning, Safety Start Up And Re Entry Plans – HERE >>>>>>> Telecommuting Safety Checklist: Covid-19 Working from Home Safety and Workers Comp Checklist: Working from Home checklist from Comcare Please see below a checklist of considerations for short-term working from home arrangements. This includes workers that enter the 14-day FREE COVID-19 TOOLBOX TALKS Free Coronavirus / Covid-19 Toolbox Talks and Safety Moments Covid-19 Returning To Work Inductions, Transitioning, Safety Start Up And Re Entry Plans – HERE >>>>>>> Free COVID 19 Toolbox Resources from WorkSafetyHub Construction, Trades and Allied Industries. We are preparing a series of resources to assist our clients with the management and control of COVID CONSTRUCTION PLANT & SAFE WORK METHODS Construction Plant & Safe Work Methods Construction Industry Guide to Site Safety (QLD) 2013/14 – Released Regardless of the legal responsibilities, morally, no business, employer, or worker wants to see his or her employee or work colleague injured at work. Safety is important for all involved in the workplace, and this is especially important for those working with heavy machinery and THE HIERARCHY OF CONTROL AND COVID-19 The below graphic ‘Hierarchy of Controls’ is a standard system promoted by the majority in safety as a reference for control to minimize or eliminate exposure to hazards. The below graphic how to apply the ‘Hierarchy of Controls’ during a Pandemic has been floating around on LinkedIn, various safety blogs, etc. SAFETY AND RISK SNIPPETS Safety and Risk Snippets – a few interesting recent safety and risk articles from the WWW The Importance of Discipline By Phil LaDuke Safety professionals take great pains to engage workers in safety. While it’s true that engaged workers tend to be more concerned about the safety of the workplace worker engagement can only take BIASES AND PERCEPTIONS IN SAFETY Biases and Perceptions in Safety Thanks to John Wettstein from Safety Strategies for sending this in. Have a read of the story and reflect (see reflection makes sense) on how this message may apply in the workplace, particularly in regards to risk and safety. Why does this happen? Here are a few reasons: In his CONSTRUCTION SAFETY PLAN Construction Safety Plan 4 c) Asbestos Removal Work – Prescribed Activity - Irrespective of cost. d) Other High Risk Construction Activities (but not limited to): o Personnel entering trenches more than 1.5 metres in depth. o Use of explosives (excluding powder-actuated hand-held fastening NEXT GENERATION SAFETY LEADERSHIP–BOOK REVIEW Next Generation Safety Leadership: From Compliance to Care by Clive Lloyd. The beauty of a life spent reading is this: there is always the possibility of witnessing or being present at the right reverberation being struck at the right time. This may very well be the right time. After all, timing is everything. BOUNDED RATIONALITY–HOW CAN TOO MUCH SAFETY BE BAD FOR YOU First by Herbert Simon (1978) bounded rationality is the idea that in decision-making, rationality of individuals is limited by the information they have, the cognitive limitations of their minds, and the finite amount of time they have to make a decision. The truth is humans are limited by what our mind and social constructs can manage. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO) TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES Equal employment opportunity (EEO) training for employees – what is harassment? Some organisations require employees to complete EEO training, providing the knowledge required to understand what inappropriate workplace behaviours are, and how to avoid them. Workplace Harassment is a significant issue in many workplaces. Preventing harassment in the workplace is a skill all COVID-19 WORK FROM HOME SAFETY CHECKLISTS AND RISK Covid-19 Returning To Work Inductions, Transitioning, Safety Start Up And Re Entry Plans – HERE >>>>>>> Telecommuting Safety Checklist: Covid-19 Working from Home Safety and Workers Comp Checklist: Working from Home checklist from Comcare Please see below a checklist of considerations for short-term working from home arrangements. This includes workers that enter the 14-day FREE COVID-19 TOOLBOX TALKS Free Coronavirus / Covid-19 Toolbox Talks and Safety Moments Covid-19 Returning To Work Inductions, Transitioning, Safety Start Up And Re Entry Plans – HERE >>>>>>> Free COVID 19 Toolbox Resources from WorkSafetyHub Construction, Trades and Allied Industries. We are preparing a series of resources to assist our clients with the management and control of COVID CONSTRUCTION PLANT & SAFE WORK METHODS Construction Plant & Safe Work Methods Construction Industry Guide to Site Safety (QLD) 2013/14 – Released Regardless of the legal responsibilities, morally, no business, employer, or worker wants to see his or her employee or work colleague injured at work. Safety is important for all involved in the workplace, and this is especially important for those working with heavy machinery and THE HIERARCHY OF CONTROL AND COVID-19 The below graphic ‘Hierarchy of Controls’ is a standard system promoted by the majority in safety as a reference for control to minimize or eliminate exposure to hazards. The below graphic how to apply the ‘Hierarchy of Controls’ during a Pandemic has been floating around on LinkedIn, various safety blogs, etc. SAFETY AND RISK SNIPPETS Safety and Risk Snippets – a few interesting recent safety and risk articles from the WWW The Importance of Discipline By Phil LaDuke Safety professionals take great pains to engage workers in safety. While it’s true that engaged workers tend to be more concerned about the safety of the workplace worker engagement can only take BIASES AND PERCEPTIONS IN SAFETY Biases and Perceptions in Safety Thanks to John Wettstein from Safety Strategies for sending this in. Have a read of the story and reflect (see reflection makes sense) on how this message may apply in the workplace, particularly in regards to risk and safety. Why does this happen? Here are a few reasons: In his CONSTRUCTION SAFETY PLAN Construction Safety Plan 4 c) Asbestos Removal Work – Prescribed Activity - Irrespective of cost. d) Other High Risk Construction Activities (but not limited to): o Personnel entering trenches more than 1.5 metres in depth. o Use of explosives (excluding powder-actuated hand-held fastening NEXT GENERATION SAFETY LEADERSHIP–BOOK REVIEW Next Generation Safety Leadership: From Compliance to Care by Clive Lloyd. The beauty of a life spent reading is this: there is always the possibility of witnessing or being present at the right reverberation being struck at the right time. This may very well be the right time. After all, timing is everything. BOUNDED RATIONALITY–HOW CAN TOO MUCH SAFETY BE BAD FOR YOU First by Herbert Simon (1978) bounded rationality is the idea that in decision-making, rationality of individuals is limited by the information they have, the cognitive limitations of their minds, and the finite amount of time they have to make a decision. The truth is humans are limited by what our mind and social constructs can manage. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO) TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES Equal employment opportunity (EEO) training for employees – what is harassment? Some organisations require employees to complete EEO training, providing the knowledge required to understand what inappropriate workplace behaviours are, and how to avoid them. Workplace Harassment is a significant issue in many workplaces. Preventing harassment in the workplace is a skill all WHEN THERE IS NO FIX? 5 hours ago · When There is no Fix? One of the favourite words of the safety sector is ‘controls’. Hazards and controls, that’s the scope of safety. However, the moment one engages in an ethic of risk one learns that life and being are not that simple. There is no objective, neutral notion of THE HIERARCHY OF CONTROL AND COVID-19 The below graphic ‘Hierarchy of Controls’ is a standard system promoted by the majority in safety as a reference for control to minimize or eliminate exposure to hazards. The below graphic how to apply the ‘Hierarchy of Controls’ during a Pandemic has been floating around on LinkedIn, various safety blogs, etc.

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23 hours ago · PhD., MEd., MOH., BEd., BTh., Dip T., Dip Min., Cert IV TAA, MRMIA Rob is the founder of Human Dymensions and has extensive experience, qualifications and expertise NO SAFETY IN NUMBERS No Safety in Numbers. I was asked to present recently to a group in the USA on the fixation/psychosis of Safety with numbers. I started with the title of this blog making two points: that you are no safer in a crowd/group, dispelling the myth ‘there is always safety in numbers’ and then spoke on the history of the safety industry and why it has developed ‘numerics psychosis’.

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23 hours ago · Each issue of WorkSafe™ Magazine includes a safety photo that has been staged to show a number of hazards or potentially dangerous work practices. The online version is highly interactive and includes ability to place pins and comments Learn more >>>>> USEFUL RISK MANAGEMENT MODEL Management of Low Probability/High Consequence Risk. Thanks to George Robotham for his basic explanation of the very useful 9 box model. How often have we heard in regard to a high consequence risk “We have been doing it that way for 20 years and not had a problem” Disasters like the Moura explosion and the Longford disaster prove that plans must be put in place to manage low probability WORKING FROM HOME HEALTH AND SAFETY TIPS Working From Home Safety Working from home, or telecommuting, is becoming more and more popular. I’ve done it for years and,despite the disadvantages, couldn’t imagine commuting each day. But it is a workplace and proper safe practices must still apply, particularly as often you will be working alone. I used to tell my kids that if they find me lying dead on the floor it may be worth their APARTMENT BUILDING SAFETY CHECKLISTS Apartment Building Safety Checklist Our 50 page Hotel and Resort checklist covers every aspect of the risks involved in these operations. With a few modifications, anyone who manages an apartment building, body corporate or residential strata building could also use this. If you would like the Word Version so you can modify it yourself then you can EMAIL us but make sure you ask really nicely 20 COGNITIVE BIASES THAT AFFECT RISK DECISION MAKING 20 Cognitive Biases That Affect Risk Decision Making Republished by request Thanks to Rob Long for sharing this – originally published here on Business Insider. Ever wondered why your decisions, risk assessments and incident investigations are not as objective as you may think? Rob Long defines cognitive bias (Here) as “a pattern of

deviation in

RISK ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE TEMPLATEWEB VIEW Project Name: Prepared by: Date (MM/DD/YYYY): 1. Instructions for Using this Document. Section I Risk Assessment Questionnaire Use Section I of this template to identify risks that will impact the project and the level of threat they pose to the project’s success. WHEN THERE IS NO FIX? When There is no Fix? One of the favourite words of the safety sector is ‘controls’. Hazards and controls, that’s the scope of safety. However, the moment one engages in an ethic of risk one learns that life and being are not that simple. There is no objective, neutral

notion of

COVID-19 WORK FROM HOME SAFETY CHECKLISTS AND RISK Covid-19 Returning To Work Inductions, Transitioning, Safety Start Up And Re Entry Plans – HERE >>>>>>> Telecommuting Safety Checklist: Covid-19 Working from Home Safety and Workers Comp Checklist: Working from Home checklist from Comcare Please see below a checklist of considerations for short-term working from home arrangements. This includes workers that enter the 14-day FREE COVID-19 TOOLBOX TALKS Free Coronavirus / Covid-19 Toolbox Talks and Safety Moments Covid-19 Returning To Work Inductions, Transitioning, Safety Start Up And Re Entry Plans – HERE >>>>>>> Free COVID 19 Toolbox Resources from WorkSafetyHub Construction, Trades and Allied Industries. We are preparing a series of resources to assist our clients with the management and control of COVID THE HIERARCHY OF CONTROL AND COVID-19 The below graphic ‘Hierarchy of Controls’ is a standard system promoted by the majority in safety as a reference for control to minimize or eliminate exposure to hazards. The below graphic how to apply the ‘Hierarchy of Controls’ during a Pandemic has been floating around on LinkedIn, various safety blogs, etc. CONSTRUCTION PLANT & SAFE WORK METHODS Construction Plant & Safe Work Methods Construction Industry Guide to Site Safety (QLD) 2013/14 – Released Regardless of the legal responsibilities, morally, no business, employer, or worker wants to see his or her employee or work colleague injured at work. Safety is important for all involved in the workplace, and this is especially important for those working with heavy machinery and SAFETY AND RISK SNIPPETS Safety and Risk Snippets – a few interesting recent safety and risk articles from the WWW The Importance of Discipline By Phil LaDuke Safety professionals take great pains to engage workers in safety. While it’s true that engaged workers tend to be more concerned about the safety of the workplace worker engagement can only take CONSTRUCTION SAFETY PLAN Construction Safety Plan 4 c) Asbestos Removal Work – Prescribed Activity - Irrespective of cost. d) Other High Risk Construction Activities (but not limited to): o Personnel entering trenches more than 1.5 metres in depth. o Use of explosives (excluding powder-actuated hand-held fastening NEXT GENERATION SAFETY LEADERSHIP–BOOK REVIEW Next Generation Safety Leadership: From Compliance to Care by Clive Lloyd. The beauty of a life spent reading is this: there is always the possibility of witnessing or being present at the right reverberation being struck at the right time. This may very well be the right time. After all, timing is everything. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO) TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES Equal employment opportunity (EEO) training for employees – what is harassment? Some organisations require employees to complete EEO training, providing the knowledge required to understand what inappropriate workplace behaviours are, and how to avoid them. Workplace Harassment is a significant issue in many workplaces. Preventing harassment in the workplace is a skill all BOUNDED RATIONALITY–HOW CAN TOO MUCH SAFETY BE BAD FOR YOU First by Herbert Simon (1978) bounded rationality is the idea that in decision-making, rationality of individuals is limited by the information they have, the cognitive limitations of their minds, and the finite amount of time they have to make a decision. The truth is humans are limited by what our mind and social constructs can manage. WHEN THERE IS NO FIX? When There is no Fix? One of the favourite words of the safety sector is ‘controls’. Hazards and controls, that’s the scope of safety. However, the moment one engages in an ethic of risk one learns that life and being are not that simple. There is no objective, neutral

notion of

COVID-19 WORK FROM HOME SAFETY CHECKLISTS AND RISK Covid-19 Returning To Work Inductions, Transitioning, Safety Start Up And Re Entry Plans – HERE >>>>>>> Telecommuting Safety Checklist: Covid-19 Working from Home Safety and Workers Comp Checklist: Working from Home checklist from Comcare Please see below a checklist of considerations for short-term working from home arrangements. This includes workers that enter the 14-day FREE COVID-19 TOOLBOX TALKS Free Coronavirus / Covid-19 Toolbox Talks and Safety Moments Covid-19 Returning To Work Inductions, Transitioning, Safety Start Up And Re Entry Plans – HERE >>>>>>> Free COVID 19 Toolbox Resources from WorkSafetyHub Construction, Trades and Allied Industries. We are preparing a series of resources to assist our clients with the management and control of COVID THE HIERARCHY OF CONTROL AND COVID-19 The below graphic ‘Hierarchy of Controls’ is a standard system promoted by the majority in safety as a reference for control to minimize or eliminate exposure to hazards. The below graphic how to apply the ‘Hierarchy of Controls’ during a Pandemic has been floating around on LinkedIn, various safety blogs, etc. CONSTRUCTION PLANT & SAFE WORK METHODS Construction Plant & Safe Work Methods Construction Industry Guide to Site Safety (QLD) 2013/14 – Released Regardless of the legal responsibilities, morally, no business, employer, or worker wants to see his or her employee or work colleague injured at work. Safety is important for all involved in the workplace, and this is especially important for those working with heavy machinery and SAFETY AND RISK SNIPPETS Safety and Risk Snippets – a few interesting recent safety and risk articles from the WWW The Importance of Discipline By Phil LaDuke Safety professionals take great pains to engage workers in safety. While it’s true that engaged workers tend to be more concerned about the safety of the workplace worker engagement can only take CONSTRUCTION SAFETY PLAN Construction Safety Plan 4 c) Asbestos Removal Work – Prescribed Activity - Irrespective of cost. d) Other High Risk Construction Activities (but not limited to): o Personnel entering trenches more than 1.5 metres in depth. o Use of explosives (excluding powder-actuated hand-held fastening NEXT GENERATION SAFETY LEADERSHIP–BOOK REVIEW Next Generation Safety Leadership: From Compliance to Care by Clive Lloyd. The beauty of a life spent reading is this: there is always the possibility of witnessing or being present at the right reverberation being struck at the right time. This may very well be the right time. After all, timing is everything. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO) TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES Equal employment opportunity (EEO) training for employees – what is harassment? Some organisations require employees to complete EEO training, providing the knowledge required to understand what inappropriate workplace behaviours are, and how to avoid them. Workplace Harassment is a significant issue in many workplaces. Preventing harassment in the workplace is a skill all BOUNDED RATIONALITY–HOW CAN TOO MUCH SAFETY BE BAD FOR YOU First by Herbert Simon (1978) bounded rationality is the idea that in decision-making, rationality of individuals is limited by the information they have, the cognitive limitations of their minds, and the finite amount of time they have to make a decision. The truth is humans are limited by what our mind and social constructs can manage. WHEN THERE IS NO FIX? When There is no Fix? One of the favourite words of the safety sector is ‘controls’. Hazards and controls, that’s the scope of safety. However, the moment one engages in an ethic of risk one learns that life and being are not that simple. There is no objective, neutral

notion of

THE HIERARCHY OF CONTROL AND COVID-19 The below graphic ‘Hierarchy of Controls’ is a standard system promoted by the majority in safety as a reference for control to minimize or eliminate exposure to hazards. The below graphic how to apply the ‘Hierarchy of Controls’ during a Pandemic has been floating around on LinkedIn, various safety blogs, etc.

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19 hours ago · PhD., MEd., MOH., BEd., BTh., Dip T., Dip Min., Cert IV TAA, MRMIA Rob is the founder of Human Dymensions and has extensive experience, qualifications and expertise

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19 hours ago · Each issue of WorkSafe™ Magazine includes a safety photo that has been staged to show a number of hazards or potentially dangerous work practices. The online version is highly interactive and includes ability to place pins and comments Learn more >>>>> NO SAFETY IN NUMBERS No Safety in Numbers. I was asked to present recently to a group in the USA on the fixation/psychosis of Safety with numbers. I started with the title of this blog making two points: that you are no safer in a crowd/group, dispelling the myth ‘there is always safety in numbers’ and then spoke on the history of the safety industry and why it has developed ‘numerics psychosis’. USEFUL RISK MANAGEMENT MODEL Management of Low Probability/High Consequence Risk. Thanks to George Robotham for his basic explanation of the very useful 9 box model. How often have we heard in regard to a high consequence risk “We have been doing it that way for 20 years and not had a problem” Disasters like the Moura explosion and the Longford disaster prove that plans must be put in place to manage low probability WORKING FROM HOME HEALTH AND SAFETY TIPS Working From Home Safety Working from home, or telecommuting, is becoming more and more popular. I’ve done it for years and,despite the disadvantages, couldn’t imagine commuting each day. But it is a workplace and proper safe practices must still apply, particularly as often you will be working alone. I used to tell my kids that if they find me lying dead on the floor it may be worth their APARTMENT BUILDING SAFETY CHECKLISTS Apartment Building Safety Checklist Our 50 page Hotel and Resort checklist covers every aspect of the risks involved in these operations. With a few modifications, anyone who manages an apartment building, body corporate or residential strata building could also use this. If you would like the Word Version so you can modify it yourself then you can EMAIL us but make sure you ask really nicely BIASES AND PERCEPTIONS IN SAFETY Biases and Perceptions in Safety Thanks to John Wettstein from Safety Strategies for sending this in. Have a read of the story and reflect (see reflection makes sense) on how this message may apply in the workplace, particularly in regards to risk and safety. Why does this happen? Here are a few reasons: In his RISK ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE TEMPLATEWEB VIEW Project Name: Prepared by: Date (MM/DD/YYYY): 1. Instructions for Using this Document. Section I Risk Assessment Questionnaire Use Section I of this template to identify risks that will impact the project and the level of threat they pose to the project’s success. INVESTIGATIONS AND LEARNING Investigations and Learning You’ve got to hand it to Safety, if it can turn something into a simplistic delusion, it will. We see this with the recent attention to learning in regard to investigations. Good olde Safety now expert in learning theory. If one signs FREE COVID-19 TOOLBOX TALKS Free Coronavirus / Covid-19 Toolbox Talks and Safety Moments Covid-19 Returning To Work Inductions, Transitioning, Safety Start Up And Re Entry Plans – HERE >>>>>>> Free COVID 19 Toolbox Resources from WorkSafetyHub Construction, Trades and Allied Industries. We are preparing a series of resources to assist our clients with the management and control of COVID 500 OF THE WORLDS BEST HEALTH AND SAFETY SLOGANS Find The Best, Catchy, Competition Winning Health and Safety Slogans and Safety Messages for Your Workplace – 2020 quotable quote: “The use of silly and meaningless safety slogans matters, it creates a distraction and delusion that safety and risk are being addressed.We may feel good about speaking such words but they dumb down culture and distract people from taking safety seriously THE HIERARCHY OF CONTROL AND COVID-19 The below graphic ‘Hierarchy of Controls’ is a standard system promoted by the majority in safety as a reference for control to minimize or eliminate exposure to hazards. The below graphic how to apply the ‘Hierarchy of Controls’ during a Pandemic has been floating around on LinkedIn, various safety blogs, etc. SAFETY AND RISK SNIPPETS Safety and Risk Snippets – a few interesting recent safety and risk articles from the WWW The Importance of Discipline By Phil LaDuke Safety professionals take great pains to engage workers in safety. While it’s true that engaged workers tend to be more concerned about the safety of the workplace worker engagement can only take ELECTRONIC RISK SCORE CALCULATOR Risk Score Nomograms are based on OHS Risk Assessment AS/NZS 4804:2001 and contained in HB205-2004 OHS Risk Management Handbook.The Ratings used for the Risk Calculation have been adapted from Fine, Journal of Safety Research 1971 page-159.The risk assessment calculator is intended as a guide to identify level of risk. THE FEAR OF LEARNING IN RISK The fear of learning is the fear of insecurity and of not-knowing, of not being in control. The discipline of risk and safety is now immersed in zero, the opposite of learning. There is no movement in zero, only stasis. So, unless Safety embraces the unknown and movement to not-knowing whatever it does is not about learning. STEP BACK 5 X 5 SAFETY PROGRAMS Step Back 5 x 5 Safety Programs Also known as Take 5, the STEPBACK process requires everyone to take the time to properly understand the risks they may be exposed to CONSTRUCTION SAFETY PLAN Construction Safety Plan 4 c) Asbestos Removal Work – Prescribed Activity - Irrespective of cost. d) Other High Risk Construction Activities (but not limited to): o Personnel entering trenches more than 1.5 metres in depth. o Use of explosives (excluding powder-actuated hand-held fastening NEXT GENERATION SAFETY LEADERSHIP–BOOK REVIEW Next Generation Safety Leadership: From Compliance to Care by Clive Lloyd. The beauty of a life spent reading is this: there is always the possibility of witnessing or being present at the right reverberation being struck at the right time. This may very well be the right time. After all, timing is everything. INVESTIGATIONS AND LEARNING Investigations and Learning You’ve got to hand it to Safety, if it can turn something into a simplistic delusion, it will. We see this with the recent attention to learning in regard to investigations. Good olde Safety now expert in learning theory. If one signs FREE COVID-19 TOOLBOX TALKS Free Coronavirus / Covid-19 Toolbox Talks and Safety Moments Covid-19 Returning To Work Inductions, Transitioning, Safety Start Up And Re Entry Plans – HERE >>>>>>> Free COVID 19 Toolbox Resources from WorkSafetyHub Construction, Trades and Allied Industries. We are preparing a series of resources to assist our clients with the management and control of COVID 500 OF THE WORLDS BEST HEALTH AND SAFETY SLOGANS Find The Best, Catchy, Competition Winning Health and Safety Slogans and Safety Messages for Your Workplace – 2020 quotable quote: “The use of silly and meaningless safety slogans matters, it creates a distraction and delusion that safety and risk are being addressed.We may feel good about speaking such words but they dumb down culture and distract people from taking safety seriously THE HIERARCHY OF CONTROL AND COVID-19 The below graphic ‘Hierarchy of Controls’ is a standard system promoted by the majority in safety as a reference for control to minimize or eliminate exposure to hazards. The below graphic how to apply the ‘Hierarchy of Controls’ during a Pandemic has been floating around on LinkedIn, various safety blogs, etc. SAFETY AND RISK SNIPPETS Safety and Risk Snippets – a few interesting recent safety and risk articles from the WWW The Importance of Discipline By Phil LaDuke Safety professionals take great pains to engage workers in safety. While it’s true that engaged workers tend to be more concerned about the safety of the workplace worker engagement can only take ELECTRONIC RISK SCORE CALCULATOR Risk Score Nomograms are based on OHS Risk Assessment AS/NZS 4804:2001 and contained in HB205-2004 OHS Risk Management Handbook.The Ratings used for the Risk Calculation have been adapted from Fine, Journal of Safety Research 1971 page-159.The risk assessment calculator is intended as a guide to identify level of risk. THE FEAR OF LEARNING IN RISK The fear of learning is the fear of insecurity and of not-knowing, of not being in control. The discipline of risk and safety is now immersed in zero, the opposite of learning. There is no movement in zero, only stasis. So, unless Safety embraces the unknown and movement to not-knowing whatever it does is not about learning. STEP BACK 5 X 5 SAFETY PROGRAMS Step Back 5 x 5 Safety Programs Also known as Take 5, the STEPBACK process requires everyone to take the time to properly understand the risks they may be exposed to CONSTRUCTION SAFETY PLAN Construction Safety Plan 4 c) Asbestos Removal Work – Prescribed Activity - Irrespective of cost. d) Other High Risk Construction Activities (but not limited to): o Personnel entering trenches more than 1.5 metres in depth. o Use of explosives (excluding powder-actuated hand-held fastening NEXT GENERATION SAFETY LEADERSHIP–BOOK REVIEW Next Generation Safety Leadership: From Compliance to Care by Clive Lloyd. The beauty of a life spent reading is this: there is always the possibility of witnessing or being present at the right reverberation being struck at the right time. This may very well be the right time. After all, timing is everything. 500 OF THE WORLDS BEST HEALTH AND SAFETY SLOGANS Find The Best, Catchy, Competition Winning Health and Safety Slogans and Safety Messages for Your Workplace – 2020 quotable quote: “The use of silly and meaningless safety slogans matters, it creates a distraction and delusion that safety and risk are being addressed.We may feel good about speaking such words but they dumb down culture and distract people from taking safety seriously THE HIERARCHY OF CONTROL AND COVID-19 The below graphic ‘Hierarchy of Controls’ is a standard system promoted by the majority in safety as a reference for control to minimize or eliminate exposure to hazards. The below graphic how to apply the ‘Hierarchy of Controls’ during a Pandemic has been floating around on LinkedIn, various safety blogs, etc. WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY IN AN OFFICE ENVIRONMENT Workplace Health and Safety in an Office environment Image Source These risks are sometimes taken for granted or not taken as seriously as say in mining or construction. However, given the number of people employed in these environments and the seriousness of some office injuries ie electrocution, stress, manual handling, ergonomics etc. Anyone who works in an office or is NO SAFETY IN NUMBERS No Safety in Numbers. I was asked to present recently to a group in the USA on the fixation/psychosis of Safety with numbers. I started with the title of this blog making two points: that you are no safer in a crowd/group, dispelling the myth ‘there is always safety in numbers’ and then spoke on the history of the safety industry and why it has developed ‘numerics psychosis’. ELECTRONIC RISK SCORE CALCULATOR Risk Score Nomograms are based on OHS Risk Assessment AS/NZS 4804:2001 and contained in HB205-2004 OHS Risk Management Handbook.The Ratings used for the Risk Calculation have been adapted from Fine, Journal of Safety Research 1971 page-159.The risk assessment calculator is intended as a guide to identify level of risk. WORKING FROM HOME HEALTH AND SAFETY TIPS Working From Home Safety Working from home, or telecommuting, is becoming more and more popular. I’ve done it for years and,despite the disadvantages, couldn’t imagine commuting each day. But it is a workplace and proper safe practices must still apply, particularly as often you will be working alone. I used to tell my kids that if they find me lying dead on the floor it may be worth their INVESTIGATIONS AND THE CAUSALITY SAUSAGE PhD., MEd., MOH., BEd., BTh., Dip T., Dip Min., Cert IV TAA, MRMIA Rob is the founder of Human Dymensions and has extensive experience, qualifications and expertise HEALTH AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR MOVERS Health And Safety Precautions For Movers Guest Post Occupational hazards can be avoided in the workplace. Empowering employees with the necessary information to acknowledge that there are possible hazards present while moving or lifting heavy objects is vitally important. In addition, by offering ways to prevent them; we can ensure that these tasks can be completed in a safe manner. CONSTRUCTION SAFETY PLAN Construction Safety Plan 4 c) Asbestos Removal Work – Prescribed Activity - Irrespective of cost. d) Other High Risk Construction Activities (but not limited to): o Personnel entering trenches more than 1.5 metres in depth. o Use of explosives (excluding powder-actuated hand-held fastening ESTABLISHING A SAFETY CONSULTING BUSINESS No doubt many of you, for whatever reason, have, at some time thought about going out on your own as a safety consultant. Having done it sometime ago, I could never go back to having a boss! The personal and financial rewards can be great as can the losses. To be successful you will need experience, knowledge, a big network, heaps of guts and a plan! Making the transition from being a COVID-19 WORK FROM HOME SAFETY CHECKLISTS AND RISK Covid-19 Returning To Work Inductions, Transitioning, Safety Start Up And Re Entry Plans – HERE >>>>>>> Telecommuting Safety Checklist: Covid-19 Working from Home Safety and Workers Comp Checklist: Working from Home checklist from Comcare Please see below a checklist of considerations for short-term working from home arrangements. This includes workers that enter the 14-day FREE COVID-19 TOOLBOX TALKS Free Coronavirus / Covid-19 Toolbox Talks and Safety Moments Covid-19 Returning To Work Inductions, Transitioning, Safety Start Up And Re Entry Plans – HERE >>>>>>> Free COVID 19 Toolbox Resources from WorkSafetyHub Construction, Trades and Allied Industries. We are preparing a series of resources to assist our clients with the management and control of COVID 500 OF THE WORLDS BEST HEALTH AND SAFETY SLOGANS Find The Best, Catchy, Competition Winning Health and Safety Slogans and Safety Messages for Your Workplace – 2020 quotable quote: “The use of silly and meaningless safety slogans matters, it creates a distraction and delusion that safety and risk are being addressed.We may feel good about speaking such words but they dumb down culture and distract people from taking safety seriously SAFETY AND RISK SNIPPETS Safety and Risk Snippets – a few interesting recent safety and risk articles from the WWW The Importance of Discipline By Phil LaDuke Safety professionals take great pains to engage workers in safety. While it’s true that engaged workers tend to be more concerned about the safety of the workplace worker engagement can only take CONSTRUCTION PLANT & SAFE WORK METHODS Construction Plant & Safe Work Methods Construction Industry Guide to Site Safety (QLD) 2013/14 – Released Regardless of the legal responsibilities, morally, no business, employer, or worker wants to see his or her employee or work colleague injured at work. Safety is important for all involved in the workplace, and this is especially important for those working with heavy machinery and WORKING FROM HOME HEALTH AND SAFETY TIPS Working From Home Safety Working from home, or telecommuting, is becoming more and more popular. I’ve done it for years and,despite the disadvantages, couldn’t imagine commuting each day. But it is a workplace and proper safe practices must still apply, particularly as often you will be working alone. I used to tell my kids that if they find me lying dead on the floor it may be worth their 129 BRILLIANT IDEAS FOR SAFETY TOOL BOX TALKS, HARD HAT 129 BRILLIANT IDEAS FOR SAFETY TOOL BOX TALKS and SAFETY MOMENTS. Unfortunately, toolbox talks (and their even more counterproductive relatives “safety moments”) have evolved into something they were never intended to be and have lost the value they were originally intended to provide.Despite the fear merchants and safety crusaders who would have you believe BOUNDED RATIONALITY–HOW CAN TOO MUCH SAFETY BE BAD FOR YOU First by Herbert Simon (1978) bounded rationality is the idea that in decision-making, rationality of individuals is limited by the information they have, the cognitive limitations of their minds, and the finite amount of time they have to make a decision. The truth is humans are limited by what our mind and social constructs can manage. ANOTHER BRAIN TEASER FOR SAFETY PEOPLE Another Brain Teaser For Safety People. Following the popularity of last weeks safety brain teaser – it has become clear that to be a leader in safety and risk then you have to be prepared to think and learn, a lot! – as Rob Long says “The biggest problem with safety is not non-compliance, its non-thinking”. NEXT GENERATION SAFETY LEADERSHIP–BOOK REVIEW Next Generation Safety Leadership: From Compliance to Care by Clive Lloyd. The beauty of a life spent reading is this: there is always the possibility of witnessing or being present at the right reverberation being struck at the right time. This may very well be the right time. After all, timing is everything. COVID-19 WORK FROM HOME SAFETY CHECKLISTS AND RISK Covid-19 Returning To Work Inductions, Transitioning, Safety Start Up And Re Entry Plans – HERE >>>>>>> Telecommuting Safety Checklist: Covid-19 Working from Home Safety and Workers Comp Checklist: Working from Home checklist from Comcare Please see below a checklist of considerations for short-term working from home arrangements. This includes workers that enter the 14-day FREE COVID-19 TOOLBOX TALKS Free Coronavirus / Covid-19 Toolbox Talks and Safety Moments Covid-19 Returning To Work Inductions, Transitioning, Safety Start Up And Re Entry Plans – HERE >>>>>>> Free COVID 19 Toolbox Resources from WorkSafetyHub Construction, Trades and Allied Industries. We are preparing a series of resources to assist our clients with the management and control of COVID 500 OF THE WORLDS BEST HEALTH AND SAFETY SLOGANS Find The Best, Catchy, Competition Winning Health and Safety Slogans and Safety Messages for Your Workplace – 2020 quotable quote: “The use of silly and meaningless safety slogans matters, it creates a distraction and delusion that safety and risk are being addressed.We may feel good about speaking such words but they dumb down culture and distract people from taking safety seriously SAFETY AND RISK SNIPPETS Safety and Risk Snippets – a few interesting recent safety and risk articles from the WWW The Importance of Discipline By Phil LaDuke Safety professionals take great pains to engage workers in safety. While it’s true that engaged workers tend to be more concerned about the safety of the workplace worker engagement can only take CONSTRUCTION PLANT & SAFE WORK METHODS Construction Plant & Safe Work Methods Construction Industry Guide to Site Safety (QLD) 2013/14 – Released Regardless of the legal responsibilities, morally, no business, employer, or worker wants to see his or her employee or work colleague injured at work. Safety is important for all involved in the workplace, and this is especially important for those working with heavy machinery and WORKING FROM HOME HEALTH AND SAFETY TIPS Working From Home Safety Working from home, or telecommuting, is becoming more and more popular. I’ve done it for years and,despite the disadvantages, couldn’t imagine commuting each day. But it is a workplace and proper safe practices must still apply, particularly as often you will be working alone. I used to tell my kids that if they find me lying dead on the floor it may be worth their 129 BRILLIANT IDEAS FOR SAFETY TOOL BOX TALKS, HARD HAT 129 BRILLIANT IDEAS FOR SAFETY TOOL BOX TALKS and SAFETY MOMENTS. Unfortunately, toolbox talks (and their even more counterproductive relatives “safety moments”) have evolved into something they were never intended to be and have lost the value they were originally intended to provide.Despite the fear merchants and safety crusaders who would have you believe BOUNDED RATIONALITY–HOW CAN TOO MUCH SAFETY BE BAD FOR YOU First by Herbert Simon (1978) bounded rationality is the idea that in decision-making, rationality of individuals is limited by the information they have, the cognitive limitations of their minds, and the finite amount of time they have to make a decision. The truth is humans are limited by what our mind and social constructs can manage. ANOTHER BRAIN TEASER FOR SAFETY PEOPLE Another Brain Teaser For Safety People. Following the popularity of last weeks safety brain teaser – it has become clear that to be a leader in safety and risk then you have to be prepared to think and learn, a lot! – as Rob Long says “The biggest problem with safety is not non-compliance, its non-thinking”. NEXT GENERATION SAFETY LEADERSHIP–BOOK REVIEW Next Generation Safety Leadership: From Compliance to Care by Clive Lloyd. The beauty of a life spent reading is this: there is always the possibility of witnessing or being present at the right reverberation being struck at the right time. This may very well be the right time. After all, timing is everything.

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Ratio Delusions and Heinrich’s Hoax. There’s no doubt that founding interests in safety emerged from insurance and engineering. The concocted rubbish of Heinrich in 1931 was founded in mechanistic assumptions of apportioning blame and responsibility for compensation. It is from this foundation that Heinrich made up false accident ratios

and

INVESTIGATIONS AND LEARNING Investigations and Learning You’ve got to hand it to Safety, if it can turn something into a simplistic delusion, it will. We see this with the recent attention to learning in regard to investigations. Good olde Safety now expert in learning theory. If one signs HOW TO CALCULATE TRIFR, LTIFR AND OTHER HEALTH AND SAFETY How to Calculate LTIFR and Other Health and Safety Indicators By Tom Gardener Knowing how to calculate LTIFR and other safety indicators is an important skill to have if you work in the health and safety field. Despite the fact that these indicators don’t reveal a great deal of useful information managers love them and will insist on knowing what they are. They will use them to measure WORKING FROM HOME HEALTH AND SAFETY TIPS Working From Home Safety Working from home, or telecommuting, is becoming more and more popular. I’ve done it for years and,despite the disadvantages, couldn’t imagine commuting each day. But it is a workplace and proper safe practices must still apply, particularly as often you will be working alone. I used to tell my kids that if they find me lying dead on the floor it may be worth their EMBODIMENT, RISK AND SAFETY Embodiment, Risk and Safety One of the greatest impediments to an envisioned understanding of risk and safety is how these industries define the human person and culture. The idea that the fallible human is divided between a body and a brain completely distorts all strategy in risk and safety. The problem of consciousness and of

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Free OHS Templates “Everything OHS” offer the following free OHS Templates on their website HERE They also offer a complete OHS Manual including policies and procedures designed for small to medium businesses!!! This is not free but is very reasonably priced OHS Templates are samples of commonly used forms that may be of use with the management of your health and safety system. The list of INVESTIGATIONS AND THE CAUSALITY SAUSAGE PhD., MEd., MOH., BEd., BTh., Dip T., Dip Min., Cert IV TAA, MRMIA Rob is the founder of Human Dymensions and has extensive experience, qualifications and expertise

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FUN SAFETY STUFF – Please send us any funny safety stuff your come across – not safety fails! From Sheri – who says: Perhaps relevant to many situations, particularly when it comes to things like safety management and IT implementation!! 😉 10 Fun Facts–Cognitive Bias

This is

THE SAFETY CHECKLIST MANIFESTED Interesting article re the use of safety checklists by Tim Ludwig on his blog safety-doc.com – see it here The Checklist Manifested Safety Checklists should be used with caution. In many of his ARTICLES, Dr Rob Long cautions against developing a checklist mentality – rather you should be focusing on people rather than objects. You do this by talking to them! Read :Focus on People Not ARE YOUR OFFICE PLANTS A HEALTH AND SAFETY DANGER Article from one of our newest contributors in the UK Are your office plants a health and safety danger? We all like to give our office a bit of greenery with the help of a plant or two. It helps to brighten the place up and create a relaxing, productive workplace. From big palm trees and water features to small desktop venus fly traps, everyone will have their own ideas of what really helps COVID-19 WORK FROM HOME SAFETY CHECKLISTS AND RISK Covid-19 Returning To Work Inductions, Transitioning, Safety Start Up And Re Entry Plans – HERE >>>>>>> Telecommuting Safety Checklist: Covid-19 Working from Home Safety and Workers Comp Checklist: Working from Home checklist from Comcare Please see below a checklist of considerations for short-term working from home arrangements. This includes workers that enter the 14-day FREE COVID-19 TOOLBOX TALKS Free Coronavirus / Covid-19 Toolbox Talks and Safety Moments Covid-19 Returning To Work Inductions, Transitioning, Safety Start Up And Re Entry Plans – HERE >>>>>>> Free COVID 19 Toolbox Resources from WorkSafetyHub Construction, Trades and Allied Industries. We are preparing a series of resources to assist our clients with the management and control of COVID 500 OF THE WORLDS BEST HEALTH AND SAFETY SLOGANS Find The Best, Catchy, Competition Winning Health and Safety Slogans and Safety Messages for Your Workplace – 2020 quotable quote: “The use of silly and meaningless safety slogans matters, it creates a distraction and delusion that safety and risk are being addressed.We may feel good about speaking such words but they dumb down culture and distract people from taking safety seriously SAFETY AND RISK SNIPPETS Safety and Risk Snippets – a few interesting recent safety and risk articles from the WWW The Importance of Discipline By Phil LaDuke Safety professionals take great pains to engage workers in safety. While it’s true that engaged workers tend to be more concerned about the safety of the workplace worker engagement can only take CONSTRUCTION PLANT & SAFE WORK METHODS Construction Plant & Safe Work Methods Construction Industry Guide to Site Safety (QLD) 2013/14 – Released Regardless of the legal responsibilities, morally, no business, employer, or worker wants to see his or her employee or work colleague injured at work. Safety is important for all involved in the workplace, and this is especially important for those working with heavy machinery and WORKING FROM HOME HEALTH AND SAFETY TIPS Working From Home Safety Working from home, or telecommuting, is becoming more and more popular. I’ve done it for years and,despite the disadvantages, couldn’t imagine commuting each day. But it is a workplace and proper safe practices must still apply, particularly as often you will be working alone. I used to tell my kids that if they find me lying dead on the floor it may be worth their 129 BRILLIANT IDEAS FOR SAFETY TOOL BOX TALKS, HARD HAT 129 BRILLIANT IDEAS FOR SAFETY TOOL BOX TALKS and SAFETY MOMENTS. Unfortunately, toolbox talks (and their even more counterproductive relatives “safety moments”) have evolved into something they were never intended to be and have lost the value they were originally intended to provide.Despite the fear merchants and safety crusaders who would have you believe BOUNDED RATIONALITY–HOW CAN TOO MUCH SAFETY BE BAD FOR YOU First by Herbert Simon (1978) bounded rationality is the idea that in decision-making, rationality of individuals is limited by the information they have, the cognitive limitations of their minds, and the finite amount of time they have to make a decision. The truth is humans are limited by what our mind and social constructs can manage. ANOTHER BRAIN TEASER FOR SAFETY PEOPLE Another Brain Teaser For Safety People. Following the popularity of last weeks safety brain teaser – it has become clear that to be a leader in safety and risk then you have to be prepared to think and learn, a lot! – as Rob Long says “The biggest problem with safety is not non-compliance, its non-thinking”. NEXT GENERATION SAFETY LEADERSHIP–BOOK REVIEW Next Generation Safety Leadership: From Compliance to Care by Clive Lloyd. The beauty of a life spent reading is this: there is always the possibility of witnessing or being present at the right reverberation being struck at the right time. This may very well be the right time. After all, timing is everything. COVID-19 WORK FROM HOME SAFETY CHECKLISTS AND RISK Covid-19 Returning To Work Inductions, Transitioning, Safety Start Up And Re Entry Plans – HERE >>>>>>> Telecommuting Safety Checklist: Covid-19 Working from Home Safety and Workers Comp Checklist: Working from Home checklist from Comcare Please see below a checklist of considerations for short-term working from home arrangements. This includes workers that enter the 14-day FREE COVID-19 TOOLBOX TALKS Free Coronavirus / Covid-19 Toolbox Talks and Safety Moments Covid-19 Returning To Work Inductions, Transitioning, Safety Start Up And Re Entry Plans – HERE >>>>>>> Free COVID 19 Toolbox Resources from WorkSafetyHub Construction, Trades and Allied Industries. We are preparing a series of resources to assist our clients with the management and control of COVID 500 OF THE WORLDS BEST HEALTH AND SAFETY SLOGANS Find The Best, Catchy, Competition Winning Health and Safety Slogans and Safety Messages for Your Workplace – 2020 quotable quote: “The use of silly and meaningless safety slogans matters, it creates a distraction and delusion that safety and risk are being addressed.We may feel good about speaking such words but they dumb down culture and distract people from taking safety seriously SAFETY AND RISK SNIPPETS Safety and Risk Snippets – a few interesting recent safety and risk articles from the WWW The Importance of Discipline By Phil LaDuke Safety professionals take great pains to engage workers in safety. While it’s true that engaged workers tend to be more concerned about the safety of the workplace worker engagement can only take CONSTRUCTION PLANT & SAFE WORK METHODS Construction Plant & Safe Work Methods Construction Industry Guide to Site Safety (QLD) 2013/14 – Released Regardless of the legal responsibilities, morally, no business, employer, or worker wants to see his or her employee or work colleague injured at work. Safety is important for all involved in the workplace, and this is especially important for those working with heavy machinery and WORKING FROM HOME HEALTH AND SAFETY TIPS Working From Home Safety Working from home, or telecommuting, is becoming more and more popular. I’ve done it for years and,despite the disadvantages, couldn’t imagine commuting each day. But it is a workplace and proper safe practices must still apply, particularly as often you will be working alone. I used to tell my kids that if they find me lying dead on the floor it may be worth their 129 BRILLIANT IDEAS FOR SAFETY TOOL BOX TALKS, HARD HAT 129 BRILLIANT IDEAS FOR SAFETY TOOL BOX TALKS and SAFETY MOMENTS. Unfortunately, toolbox talks (and their even more counterproductive relatives “safety moments”) have evolved into something they were never intended to be and have lost the value they were originally intended to provide.Despite the fear merchants and safety crusaders who would have you believe BOUNDED RATIONALITY–HOW CAN TOO MUCH SAFETY BE BAD FOR YOU First by Herbert Simon (1978) bounded rationality is the idea that in decision-making, rationality of individuals is limited by the information they have, the cognitive limitations of their minds, and the finite amount of time they have to make a decision. The truth is humans are limited by what our mind and social constructs can manage. ANOTHER BRAIN TEASER FOR SAFETY PEOPLE Another Brain Teaser For Safety People. Following the popularity of last weeks safety brain teaser – it has become clear that to be a leader in safety and risk then you have to be prepared to think and learn, a lot! – as Rob Long says “The biggest problem with safety is not non-compliance, its non-thinking”. NEXT GENERATION SAFETY LEADERSHIP–BOOK REVIEW Next Generation Safety Leadership: From Compliance to Care by Clive Lloyd. The beauty of a life spent reading is this: there is always the possibility of witnessing or being present at the right reverberation being struck at the right time. This may very well be the right time. After all, timing is everything.

SAFETY RISK .NET

Ratio Delusions and Heinrich’s Hoax. There’s no doubt that founding interests in safety emerged from insurance and engineering. The concocted rubbish of Heinrich in 1931 was founded in mechanistic assumptions of apportioning blame and responsibility for compensation. It is from this foundation that Heinrich made up false accident ratios

and

INVESTIGATIONS AND LEARNING Investigations and Learning You’ve got to hand it to Safety, if it can turn something into a simplistic delusion, it will. We see this with the recent attention to learning in regard to investigations. Good olde Safety now expert in learning theory. If one signs HOW TO CALCULATE TRIFR, LTIFR AND OTHER HEALTH AND SAFETY How to Calculate LTIFR and Other Health and Safety Indicators By Tom Gardener Knowing how to calculate LTIFR and other safety indicators is an important skill to have if you work in the health and safety field. Despite the fact that these indicators don’t reveal a great deal of useful information managers love them and will insist on knowing what they are. They will use them to measure WORKING FROM HOME HEALTH AND SAFETY TIPS Working From Home Safety Working from home, or telecommuting, is becoming more and more popular. I’ve done it for years and,despite the disadvantages, couldn’t imagine commuting each day. But it is a workplace and proper safe practices must still apply, particularly as often you will be working alone. I used to tell my kids that if they find me lying dead on the floor it may be worth their EMBODIMENT, RISK AND SAFETY Embodiment, Risk and Safety One of the greatest impediments to an envisioned understanding of risk and safety is how these industries define the human person and culture. The idea that the fallible human is divided between a body and a brain completely distorts all strategy in risk and safety. The problem of consciousness and of

FREE OHS TEMPLATES

Free OHS Templates “Everything OHS” offer the following free OHS Templates on their website HERE They also offer a complete OHS Manual including policies and procedures designed for small to medium businesses!!! This is not free but is very reasonably priced OHS Templates are samples of commonly used forms that may be of use with the management of your health and safety system. The list of INVESTIGATIONS AND THE CAUSALITY SAUSAGE PhD., MEd., MOH., BEd., BTh., Dip T., Dip Min., Cert IV TAA, MRMIA Rob is the founder of Human Dymensions and has extensive experience, qualifications and expertise

FUN SAFETY STUFF

FUN SAFETY STUFF – Please send us any funny safety stuff your come across – not safety fails! From Sheri – who says: Perhaps relevant to many situations, particularly when it comes to things like safety management and IT implementation!! 😉 10 Fun Facts–Cognitive Bias

This is

THE SAFETY CHECKLIST MANIFESTED Interesting article re the use of safety checklists by Tim Ludwig on his blog safety-doc.com – see it here The Checklist Manifested Safety Checklists should be used with caution. In many of his ARTICLES, Dr Rob Long cautions against developing a checklist mentality – rather you should be focusing on people rather than objects. You do this by talking to them! Read :Focus on People Not ARE YOUR OFFICE PLANTS A HEALTH AND SAFETY DANGER Article from one of our newest contributors in the UK Are your office plants a health and safety danger? We all like to give our office a bit of greenery with the help of a plant or two. It helps to brighten the place up and create a relaxing, productive workplace. From big palm trees and water features to small desktop venus fly traps, everyone will have their own ideas of what really helps

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Posted on October 19, 2019October 19, 2019 THE ESSENTIALS OF SUPERVISION IN RISK It is a strange that people who rise to levels of supervisor receive little or no education in supervision. I find all the time that whilst executives receive significant investment in professional development that we often expect people who supervise to ‘learn on the job’. Whenever we run our Superviz workshops  we find that … Continue reading "The Essentials of Supervision in Risk" PLEASE SHARE OUR POSTS

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Posted on October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 RISK AND SAFETY AS A WICKED PROBLEM Introduction It is nearly ten years since the outstanding research by Wagner and Associates ‘Safety - A Wicked Problem’ was published (http://www.peterwagner.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Safety-A-Wicked-Problem2.pdf). The project examined responses by prominent CEOs to common problems associated in tackling risk and safety at work. The recommendations in the Executive Summary alone provide critical directions should anyone

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Posted on October 7, 2019October 7, 2019 TEN WAYS TO IMPROVE SAFETY Whenever the question arises about improving the safety industry it is amazing to see what is invisibly declared off limits. Lets have safety improvement as long as no sacred rites or safety lores are questioned. Lets tinker about the edges, change the brand of cosmetics and fixate on stasis. So as a contribution to the … Continue reading "Ten Ways to Improve Safety" PLEASE SHARE OUR POSTS

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Posted on October 5, 2019October 5, 2019

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Someone asked me the other day what was the opposite of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). An interesting question because it begs a binary answer. One might think the opposite of STEM is the Arts and Humanities but I don’t think that really captures the difference enough. When ones worldview is shaped by yearning … Continue reading "A Poetic Worldview" PLEASE SHARE OUR POSTS

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Posted on October 5, 2019October 5, 2019 THE SHOCK OF HOMEOSTASIS Homeostasis doesn’t just apply to risk (http://riskhomeostasis.org/; https://safetyrisk.net/risk-homeostasis-theorywhy-safety-initiatives-go-wrong/ ), it is a dynamic of human being. Homeostasis is really about a fundamental drive in the human psyche to regulate. Homeostasis is about how the human unconscious regulates everything from perception, experience and suffering to resilience, empathy and indifference. No matter what humans experience in … Continue reading "The Shock of Homeostasis" PLEASE SHARE OUR POSTS

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