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Psychosocial Controls and Measures for Who?

The fixation and psychosis of the safety industry with ‘controls’ and ‘measures’ creates the delusion that psychosocial issues can be controlled and measured. When it comes to psychosocial issues, the last thing that helps is quantitative language and simplistic mythology. And the latest Worksafe Code of Practice on Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work exemplifies the… Read More Psychosocial Controls and Measures for Who?

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Acceptable Risk as a Decision Making Process

Acceptable Risk as a Decision Making Process By Dr Rob Long – first published here: http://www.safetyrisk.net/acceptable-risk-as-a-decision-making-process/ We should all know that the assessment of risk is a subjective process, determined by hundreds of social and psychological factors. The idea that risk assessment is a rational process via assessment of frequency, consequence and severity is contradicted… Read More Acceptable Risk as a Decision Making Process

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