Risk Taking

Effective Safety Improvement Ideas

Risk Taking

Successful Safety and Risk Management Initiatives These are some of the entries in our recent Risk Makes Sense – Book Competition. Listed in the order they were submitted: 1) Internal standards of OHS excellence – George Robotham – www.ohschange.com.au One of the best pieces of OHS work I have seen was when one organisation implemented [...]

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Risk Makes Sense

Risk Management

Finally a Book About Risk That Makes Sense For some time now we have been privileged to have Dr Robert Long writing some very interesting and provocative articles about creative and effective ways to manage risk in the workplace. They have proven very popular – See them all here You know all about Legislation, Codes [...]

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The Psychology of Safety

Accident Investigation

The Psychology of Safety Great article by David Carter from his blog Safety Success Extract: It seems that Safety Professionals are perpetually perplexed during incident investigations.  When looking at the events that lead to injury, it is frequently very easy to see the point in time at which the injured employee made a conscious decision [...]

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The Principles of Risk Management

Risk Management

The Principles of Risk Management By Simon Buehring Every project manager and business leader needs to be aware of the practices and principles of effective risk management. Understanding how to identify and treat risks to an organisation, a programme or a project can save unnecessary difficulties later on, and will prepare managers and team members [...]

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WHY ARE SOME RISKS MORE ATTRACTIVE

Risk Assessment

Image Source: http://nedmartin.org/v3/amused/men-and-women WHAT MAKES SOME RISKS MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN OTHERS? The following factors influence perceived risk: Voluntary risks are accepted more readily than imposed risks Risks under individual control are accepted more readily than those under government control. Risks that seem fair are more acceptable than unfair. Risk information that comes from trustworthy sources [...]

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Risk Perception

Risk Management

WHAT MAKES SOME RISKS MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN OTHERS? The following factors influence perceived risk: Voluntary risks are accepted more readily than imposed risks Risks under individual control are accepted more readily than those under government control. Risks that seem fair are more acceptable than unfair. Risk information that comes from trustworthy sources is more readily [...]

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