Just when you thought Safety couldn’t get more delusional and more out of touch with reality, we get this: Of course, this from the safety world that has no idea of semiotics, that supposes a punching fist on a brick wall is about care or a stiletto is the symbol for women and safety. Don’t… Read More Making Safety a Laughing Stock Again

Originally posted on May 21, 2015 @ 1:09 PM Have you overrated your Safety Observation Skills?. Article by Dr Robert Long. If you liked this article then you should read the whole series: CLICK HERE. I highly recommend you check out Rob’s new book “RISK MAKES SENSE” The Stress Observation Safety Dilemma I recently conducted… Read More The Stress Observation Safety Dilemma

It’s a fascination how zero poses huge problems for mathematicians but causes no problems for safety (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRRolKTlF6Q). It’s fascinating how zero can mean many things for linguists (In football zero is ‘Nil’, in a telephone number its Oh, in decimals its ‘naught’ and in tennis its ‘love’). But don’t worry in Safety zero only means… Read More The Problem With Zero – SafetyRisk.net

The psychology of perception and visibility seem to be of little interest to an industry consumed with counting hazards, injury and objects. When you think that psychosocial harm is about ‘hazards’ (https://safetyrisk.net/what-is-psychosocial-safety/) you clearly have no idea what psychosocial harm is. And don’t tell me language doesn’t matter (https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/pm/adelaide-crow-rankine-accused-of-homophobic-slur-/105669108). The real problem with the culture… Read More You Don’t Need High-Vis to be ‘Seen’