Positive Performance Indicators – The better way of measuring safety performance? By the late great George Robotham Quotable Quote “A health & safety problem can be described by statistics but cannot be understood by statistics. It can only be understood by knowing and feeling the pain, anguish, and depression and shattered hopes of the victim… Read More Positive Performance Indicators
Article by the late George Robotham. In his words: “I think this is the most potentially useful to other safety people paper that I have ever produced” Major safety technical lessons learnt In my 38 years in OHS I have helped my employers cope with the aftermath of 13 fatalities, one case of paraplegia, one major… Read More Major safety technical lessons learnt
The Safety Blame Game Far too many people involved in OHS, including some Safety People, spend too much time playing the blame game. Article by the late George Robotham When you pick up the newspaper and listen to the television or radio you will find terms like driver error, human error and pilot error used… Read More The Safety Blame Game
Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate reflections by the late George Robotham – More Pearls of Wisdom Here The Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate is the principal measure of safety performance in many companies in Australia. The definition of L.T.I.F.R. is the number of Lost Time Injuries multiplied by 1 million divided by the number of manhours… Read More Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate
The 15 Major Impediments To OHS Success 1 Lack of succinct paperwork. There is not much point in having detailed paperwork that is too much like hard work to read. The OHS world is famous for long ponderous paper work that no one reads, cares about or uses. Busy people do not have time to… Read More The 15 Major Impediments To OHS Success