Religion

Safety

God ordains salvation Individuals ordain salvation – ‘safety is a choice’ – ‘unsafety is a choice’

https://safetyrisk.net/is-safety-a-choice-you-make/

Aspiration to perfection

God is omniscient

Aspiration to perfection – Humans are omniscient

‘All accidents are preventable’

Sense of the sacred Sense of the sacred, safety is above all things and justifies all power over others Sacred texts dictate knowledge Sacred texts dictate knowledge (SWMS, Risk Assessments) Studying sacred texts, can’t be taken away Studying sacred texts: legislation, regulation, standards and codes of practice, can only be added to, can’t be taken away Belief in the absolute (zero=infinity) Belief in the absolute (zero=infinity)

Click to access session1.pdf

‘Cardinal’ rules/sin ‘Cardinal’ rules (eg. https://asciano.com.au/system/ckeditor_assets/attachments/34/patricksafetycardinalrulesjune2011.pdf) Delusions visions Delusions visions

http://oshwiki.eu/wiki/Zero_accident_vision

http://www.perosh.eu/research-projects/perosh-projects/safety-culture-and-accidents-promotion-of-zero-accident-vision/

Click to access zero_incident.pdf

Original sin (humans are innately sinful) Original sin (Humans are innately unsafe – Bradley Curve ‘Natural Instincts’ http://www.dupont.com.au/products-and-services/consulting-services-process-technologies/brands/sustainable-solutions/sub-brands/operational-risk-management/uses-and-applications/bradley-curve.html

https://vimeo.com/124273239

Disbelief results in excommunication

Believers and unbelievers

Disbelief in zero results in excommunication

Believers and unbelievers

Infallibility – God

Mortality – humans

Infallibility – Humans

Mortality is denied

http://contractormag.com/news/cm_newsarticle_55

Shibboleths for in-out groupness Shibboleths for in-out groupness Binary opposition irrationality Binary opposition irrationality

Taboos Taboos Professionalised class of people Professionalised class of people Vestments Salvation through PPE fixation Mantras as absolutes Mantras as absolutes Gobbeldygook language Beyond zero, zero plus etc

http://nsca.org.au/beyond-zero-harm-human-factor-safety/

http://www.beyond-zero.com/

http://www.cos-mag.com/safety/safety-columns/zero-tolerance-rules-are-anything-but-absolute.html

Priests as gatekeepers Zero Harm Managers as gatekeepers Intolerance Intolerance

http://www.z-safetyservices.org/en/zero-tolerance.cshtml?nav=2

Sunk cost in traditions Sunk cost in traditions Acknowledgement of suffering and pain as the human condition Denial of suffering and pain as the human condition Exclusive knowledge and language Exclusive knowledge and language

https://safetyrisk.net/safety-slogans/

Faith and belief irrational discourse Faith and belief in irrational discourse – eg. LTIs as a measure of culture, Heinrich’s pyramid Rituals and symbols Rituals and symbols

https://safetyrisk.net/this-toaster-is-hot/

Unquestioned traditions Unquestioned traditions Certainty in the face of uncertainty Certainty in the face of uncertainty

‘All accidents are preventable’

Internal cults Internal cults Eugenics, weed out non-believers Eugenics, weed out non-believers

http://sia.org.au/forums/showpost.asp?ContentID=105270&ContainerID=2960&TopNodeID=105270

Narrow training

70% of religious studies is on the shape of belief

Narrow training

70% of safety training is on Legislation and Regulation, the shape of belief

Military language of warfare Military language of warfare

http://www.safetydifferently.com/lean-green-safety-machine-part-3/

Identity against the enemy Identity against the enemy

http://www.safetydifferently.com/lean-green-safety-machine-part-1/

Fear and lack of critical theory Fear and lack of critical theory Entitlement in knowledge, religious knowledge extends to all of life Entitlement in knowledge, a Dip WHS and safety experience makes one expert in everything (apparently) Making things holy Non-negotiables Denial and defensiveness Denial and defensiveness Hierarchies and pyramids Hierarchies and pyramids Calculative culture, who is saved and not saved, presence of something by the absence of something Calculative culture, who is saved and not saved, presence of something by the absence of something, injury as a measure of safety Enculturated overconfidence, we have all the answers Enculturated overconfidence, safety has all the answers (positivism)