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Safety Incentives

Do you know how to sell safety?

April 10, 2024 by Admin Leave a Comment

Do you know how to sell safety? Great article recently Posted by Marie-Claire Ross from Digicast – Read the whole article here A few similar ones you might also relate to: Safety Professionals–The Piggy in The Middle? Safety Professionals – We Are Our Own Worst Enemies Risk Psychometrics, … [Read more...] about Do you know how to sell safety?

Filed Under: Humble Inquiry, Workplace Safety Tagged With: left brain, right brain, safety compliance, Safety Incentives, safety processes, safety tips, sell safety

What Does Self Harm Teach us About Safety and Risk

December 16, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Another very interesting article by Dr Robert Long about the nonsense non-human goals, like Zero Harm, that CEOs set in safety and risk. 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” What Does Self … [Read more...] about What Does Self Harm Teach us About Safety and Risk

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: Personal Safety, Safe Behaviour, Safety, Safety Incentives, safety slogan, self harm, Zero Harm

How to Make Safety Incentive Schemes Successful

June 28, 2023 by Admin 9 Comments

How to Make Safety Incentive Schemes Successful Since seeing the by-products of poorly designed and implemented safety incentive schemes I have never been a big fan of them, particularly those that reward for not getting injured (or not reporting those injuries). Although they once supported and … [Read more...] about How to Make Safety Incentive Schemes Successful

Filed Under: Risk Homeostasis, Safety Incentives Tagged With: risk homeostasis, Safety Incentives

Ten Secrets to Risk and Safety Motivation and Ownership

May 4, 2017 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

Ten Secrets to Risk and Safety Motivation and Ownership (republished by request) Here they are: 1. There are no secrets. What we need to know about motivation is already out there, trouble is, in the risk and safety sector, education in the social sciences is minimal. The best place to start is … [Read more...] about Ten Secrets to Risk and Safety Motivation and Ownership

Filed Under: Robert Long, Simplistic Safety, Social Psychology of Risk, Wicked Problems Tagged With: motivation, ownership, Safety, Safety Incentives, safety professional, silver bullet

Jerry won the safety award (but he didn’t do anything!)

October 26, 2014 by Rob Sams 5 Comments

Jerry won the safety award (but he didn’t do anything!) I was at a family gathering recently and got talking to Jerry who I hadn’t spoken with for a while. We chatted about our work and he asked whether I was still in ‘safety’. I said no, that’s not what I do anymore: (I’m Not that into Safety … [Read more...] about Jerry won the safety award (but he didn’t do anything!)

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, Rob Sams, Safe Behaviours, Safety Culture, Safety Statistics Tagged With: incentives, rewards, Safety, safety awards, Safety Incentives

Employee Engagement: Chocolate, Vanilla, or Strawberry?

May 4, 2014 by Bill Sims 3 Comments

Employee Engagement: Chocolate, Vanilla, or Strawberry? Guest article by Bill Sims, Jnr. You will find his articles quirky, refreshing, thought provoking and just plain fun to read. Who would write a book called “Green Beans & Ice Cream - The Definitive Recipe for Employee Engagement, … [Read more...] about Employee Engagement: Chocolate, Vanilla, or Strawberry?

Filed Under: Lead and Lag Indicators, Safety Incentives, Semiotics Tagged With: cultural problems, lagging indicators, positive reinforcement, safety culture, safety cultures, Safety Incentives, unsafe behaviors

Effective Safety Incentive Programs

December 11, 2013 by Admin 2 Comments

Safety Incentive Programs – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly A little collection of the best web articles to help you decide which safety incentives work the best - or at least help you avoid having to do any real work for a while   Battery Cables  (one of my favourites) Busy managers … [Read more...] about Effective Safety Incentive Programs

Filed Under: Safety Incentives, Workplace Safety Tagged With: safety awards, Safety Incentives

Creative Safety Ideas

December 4, 2013 by Admin 2 Comments

Creative Safety Ideas Cute and creative ways to incorporate mundane but essential safety equipment into the workplace environment. How long before some over zealous Safety Fun Policeman demands compliance with Fire Safety Regulation Sub-Para 3.3.8a? Anyone see a problem with this? Anyone seen … [Read more...] about Creative Safety Ideas

Filed Under: Fire Safety Tagged With: creative safety ideas, fun policeman, Safety Humour, Safety Incentives

Whats Wrong with Safety Incentive Schemes

November 18, 2013 by George Robotham 2 Comments

Safety Incentive Schemes For the 20 years I was in the mining industry we had a variety of safety incentives. There were stubby coolers, belt buckles, caps, jackets, sports bags and so on. Awards were given for various periods without a lost time accident, often a more valuable prize was given for … [Read more...] about Whats Wrong with Safety Incentive Schemes

Filed Under: Safety Incentives, Workplace Safety Tagged With: incentive schemes, Safety Incentives, Safety Reflections

Injury Hiding-How do you stop it?

November 6, 2013 by Bill Sims 1 Comment

Injury Hiding-How do you stop it? By Bill Sims Jr. - See the rest of Bill’s Articles Here "I've inherited a safety incentive program that rewards people for lagging indicators and I'm worried there maybe injury hiding. How can I shift it to become behavior based?" All too often, safety … [Read more...] about Injury Hiding-How do you stop it?

Filed Under: Safety Incentives Tagged With: BBS, behaviour based safety, injury hiding, Safety, safety culture, Safety Incentives, safety manager

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