safety culture

Enthusiasm, Motivation and Double Speak in Managing Risk and Safety Another excellent piece by Dr Robert Long to keep the ball rolling – If you liked this article then you should read the whole series: CLICK HERE. I highly recommend you check out Rob’s new book “RISK MAKES SENSE” – click on image in right [...]

There is no such thing as a safety culture

There is no such thing as a safety culture Hopefully most people can see right through meaningless and demoralising slogans like “safety first” and “zero harm”? The employees certainly can and you will see them cringe at the big sign out the front when then arrive at work each day. The ONLY reason that businesses [...]

Safety on work sites ‘dumbed down’

Interesting article in today’s Canberra Times, quoting our guest author Dr Robert Long (see his work here) Safety on work sites ‘dumbed down’ BY JOHN THISTLETON 08 Feb, 2012 01:00 AM A safety and risk assessment consultant engaged after the Beaconsfield Mine disaster says safety on Canberra construction sites is being dumbed down and over-regulated. [...]

A Formula for Safety Culture Failure and Success

A Formula for Safety Culture Failure and Success Another provocative article by Dr Robert Long – If you liked this article then you should read the whole series: CLICK HERE I find it fascinating to read many uses of the word ‘culture’ and ‘risk’ that have no complementary reference to people. Even when there is [...]

Conducting a Psychology and Culture Safety Walk

Conducting a Psychology and Culture Safety Walk Another guest post by Dr Robert Long – If you liked this article then you should read the whole series: CLICK HERE Safety walks, observations and conversations are foundational to managing safety in organisations. Site walks, office walks or whatever you want to call them are a critical [...]

Safety Culture Sinks Ships

See all the amazing photos here: http://cryptome.org/2012-info/costa-concordia/0041.htm Culture not Rocks Sink Ships Another guest post by Dr Robert Long – If you liked this article then you should read the whole series: CLICK HERE These amazing photos of the Costa Concordia are a stark reminder that poor safety culture sinks ships. The picture of the [...]

Risk and Safety Maturity

Risk Management

Risk and Safety Maturity Another guest post by Dr Robert Long – If you liked this article then you should read the whole series: CLICK HERE There are many programs which advertise about ‘safety leadership’ and ‘safety culture’ but advocate little more than tightening up systems, vigilance in policing and raising penalties for non-compliance. Whilst systems, policing and compliance [...]

Safety Culture Program Essentials

Safety Culture Program Essentials Another guest post by Dr Robert Long – If you loved this article then you should read the whole series: CLICK HERE Now is the time of the year when people begin to think of rebooting or starting up a safety culture program. The concept of safety culture is so overworked yet so poorly defined. [...]

Non-Compliance and the Ten Fundamentals of Motivation

Non-Compliance and the Ten Fundamentals of Motivation Another guest post by Dr Robert Long – If you loved this article then you should read the whole series: CLICK HERE Why do people not do as they are told? When all the rules, codes of practice and standards in safety are clear and the procedures are plain, why do people [...]

Small breaches undermine safety culture

Small breaches undermine safety culture Guest post By John Wettstein Workplace injuries and incidents increase when a company lets little violations go Admit it. We sit back, shocked by illegal actions at large corporations which cause preventable injuries. But what about you? Have you ever violated a procedure, and then justified your action because “it’s [...]

Safety culture

George’s Safety Reflections MORE HERE Safety culture A good safety culture is an elusive thing those responsible for safety management systems struggle to achieve. Culture is often defined as “The way we do things around here”. Schein (1990) defines organisational culture as the system of shared beliefs and values that develops within an organisation and [...]

Deming on Safety

I had the pleasure of meeting this guy just before he died – LEGEND! Deming on Safety: Adopt the New Philosophy I’ve long been a big fan of Deming’s Philosophies and Phil La Duke has provided here an excellent article of how to apply to them to safety in the workplace. See the full article [...]

Safety Culture–Does Anyone Really Want to Get Hurt

Job Hazard Analysis

Safety Culture–Does Anyone Really Want to Get Hurt This new website SAFETY CULTURE PLUS, has been put together by safety culture and Job Safety Analysis Guru and Author, James Roughton. As part of his ongoing efforts to promote a safety culture, his blog contains posts from his personal experience, related-items from the web internet that [...]

We’ve always done it that way

Safety Consultants often find themselves visiting a new site and asking “why do you do it that way”? The standard response is: “we’ve always done that way” That has been problem for many years CHECK OUT THIS POEM written in 1885! I once asked a manufacturing company why they end their financial year in [...]

George’s Philosophy on Life, Work and Relationships

Must Read Article For All Safety Professionals Hot off the press from Australia’s Safety Guru, George Robotham. No apologies for the raw language and honesty. George does not hold back on telling it how it is and I respect him 100% for that because he has actually been there, done that. This is one of [...]

Passion 101 – Passionate about safety

Passion keeps one fully in the present, so that time became a series of mutually exclusive ‘nows.’ Another great article from the “Safety 101 = Keep Safety Simple” Series by Ruth Jenkins from SINA SAFETY SOLUTIONS I am passionate about safety. Now “how does that work”? I hear you say. This is simple for me [...]

How to make Safety Culture a Reality

Recommended Reading: Culture of Safety – A Reality Another great article from Sina Safety Solutions. Their mission is to make Health and Safety become a way of life in every workplace. They are very successful at this by creating simple and useable systems that can and will be used by all employees. As one of [...]

Safety Culture Survey Tool

Safety Culture Survey Tool We’ve written and published many articles about the importance of safety culture and how to sell safety (see them all here). Whilst we believe that safety culture is completely dependant on the overall culture of the organisation, trying to improve your “safety culture” can be a good catalyst for overall organisation [...]

How to Sell Safety

The GFC became a great excuse for many as to why things didn’t go to plan or why vital funds for essential capital works and safety initiatives should be cut. Unfortunately many businesses did fail and many people lost their livelihoods. But, many more survived and some of them even prospered. Many of our better [...]

Mobile Safety Software for iPad 2

iPhone Apps

We’ve been looking and waiting for sometime for some good iPhone safety apps but a QLD based company has developed a system for developing and updating work method statements and safety Procedures on site, with photos. The system will work on the new iPad 2 which is due for release in Australia tomorrow (25th March). [...]

Safety Culture and How to Improve it

George Robotham

Another brilliant article from George Robotham at OHSChange based on his extensive experience and research. DOWNLOAD THE FULL ARTICLE HERE: EXTRACT: Management summary Safety culture is said to be an underlying construct that influences the effectiveness of an organisation’s Safety Management System. Culture is often defined as “The way we do things around here”. A [...]

Developing an effective safety culture

Safety Books

One of our favourite article submitters and guru on the subjects of safety culture and job hazard analysis has written his own book on the subject. “Developing An Effective Safety Culture – A Leadership Approach” was written by James Roughton and is currently prescribed as a text by a number of Universities. The book provides [...]

Safety Culture – Twelve Steps to a Change Management Checklist

Safety Culture – Twelve Steps to a Change Management Checklist By James Roughtonand Nathan Crutchfield Conducting site reviews (audits), areas surveys, findings from job hazard analysis (JHA), and observations may uncover perceptions, areas or tasks that must be quickly addressed. To be effective, change management must be used if the necessary revisions and actions are [...]

Barriers To Improving Safety Culture

Safety Culture – Nine Warning Flags – Factors That Defeat Controls By James Roughtonand Nathan Crutchfield The implementation of an improved safety culture requires an almost Sherlock Holmes ability to use observation and logic to identify where underlying loss potential resides in the workplace. Just as Sherlock searched a crime scene, the OHS professional must [...]

Communicating The Safety Policy

Safety Culture – 3 Ways of Communicating Your Written Safety Policy! By James Roughtonand Nathan Crutchfield To be effective, Top management must state its commitment to safety, quality, etc. through a written and clearly communicated policy. This policy usually outlines the value of providing a safe place for employees to work or producing a quality [...]

Safety Culture

Safety Culture – Developing, Writing, and Communicating the Direction! By James Roughtonand Nathan Crutchfield When you plan a vacation, you and your family have this great vision in mind about where you want to go, what you want to see, and what you want to do as well as the types of experiences you want [...]

Safety Culture – Are Injuries Consequences of Our Daily Actions

Accidents

Safety Culture – Are Injuries Consequences of Our Daily Actions? By James Roughton I am a firm believer that injuries happen for a reason! There are many that will agree with this statement, while others will rationalize that some injuries are just, “Freak accidents.” If you listen to news reporters on your local new stations, [...]

Safety Culture – Six Basic Safety Program Elements

Safety Culture – Six Basic Safety Program Elements By James Roughton If you run a small business, sometimes it is hard to keep up with all the rules and regulations. However, there are some very basic elements that must be implemented into a management system. One example is Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) Proposed [...]

How to Create a Safety Culture