This is the next conversation between Greg Smith, Dr Craig Ashhurst and Dr Long regarding Psychosocial Health. This is a continuance from the initial conversation that was discussed here: https://safetyrisk.net/conversations-about-psychosocial-risk-greg-smith-dr-craig-ashhurst-and-dr-rob-long/ The first video discussion is here: https://vimeo.com/795507470 The second video discussion is below. In this video we explore the nature of Psychosocial Health as a… Read More Conversations About Psychosocial Risk Session 2 – Greg Smith, Dr Craig Ashhurst and Dr Rob Long

Many in Safety will know of the new push into Psychosocial health. This push is understood as a ‘hazard’ (https://safetyrisk.net/not-just-another-hazard/; https://safetyrisk.net/the-language-of-hazards-and-psychosocial-mental-health/). Of course, anything associated with persons, behaviours and mental health should never be described as a ‘hazard’. Such language only endorses brutalism and unethical conduct towards persons. There is now ISO 45003 (https://safetyrisk.net/iso-45003-and-what-it-cannot-do/ ),… Read More Conversations About Psychosocial Risk – Greg Smith, Dr Craig Ashhurst and Dr Rob Long

When an industry is bogged down in engineering, behaviourism and zero, it is unlikely there will be any vision. Nothing is more crippling to vision that the toxicity of zero vision, the global safety mantra. We see this lack of vision in the recent release of the so-called ‘Australian Work Health and Safety (WHS) Strategy… Read More Safe Work Australia a Vision for No Vision

You have to hand it to Safety, whilst some claim there is no safety culture, Safety parades its culture proudly for all to see. Take this recent front page of SHP Online:  “I’m not a psychologist but I’m not an asbestos management consultant either.” Sue Parker-Tantush on reframing wellbeing. Well, here it is: If I… Read More Cultural Indicators of Safety

The language of ‘care’ is sometimes thrown about in safety like a tennis ball. It travels about the court and very few make contact. I read a safety book once that was theoretically about leadership and care and neither leadership or care were discussed in the book. Similarly, neither were not defined. As so often… Read More Psychosocial Health and an Ethic of Care