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Freedom in Necessity

October 2, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

Freedom in Necessity The characteristics of fallibility are the benefits of fallibility. Unless humans are fallible we can never know the delights of love, forgiveness, relationship, passion, care, helping or learning. The quest for immutability, to be robotic and without error is delusional … [Read more...] about Freedom in Necessity

Filed Under: Covid-19, Ethics, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: AIHS BoK on Ethics, ethic of risk, fallibility, safety management system

Anthropocentric Safety

June 4, 2016 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

“the floggings shall continue until morale improves” It is simply delusional to think or espouse that people can be controlled or enforced into total compliance. A mechanical approach to safety, consumed by zero harm, absolutes and statistics is simply alienating, non-inspiring and de-motivational. … [Read more...] about Anthropocentric Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Wicked Problems, Zero Harm Tagged With: Anthropocentric safety, safety culture, safety management system, Safety Systems

Free EBook – Effective Safety Management Systems

May 15, 2015 by George Robotham 4 Comments

Free Ebook Effective Safety Management Systems Last in the Series By the late George Robotham - sadly George passed away suddenly in Sept 2013 - please enjoy his incredible legacy. George’s 7th (and last  Ebook) Effective Safety Management Systems Download The Ebook Here  See details of George’s … [Read more...] about Free EBook – Effective Safety Management Systems

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What Makes a Safety Management System Fly

October 16, 2014 by George Robotham 3 Comments

What Makes a Safety Management System Fly Had quite a bit of interest recently in this article - one of the most popular articles written by the late, great George Robotham – download his free E-Books HERE Original published by the American Society of Safety Engineers, International Safety … [Read more...] about What Makes a Safety Management System Fly

Filed Under: George Robotham, Safety Management Plan, Safety systems Tagged With: safety management system, safety management systems

More on 10 Sure Fire Ways To Stuff Up a Safety Management System

October 8, 2014 by George Robotham 1 Comment

10 Sure Fire Ways To Stuff Up a Safety Management System- Expanded version Article by the late George Robotham GET GEORGE’S FREE SAFETY MANAGEMENT E-BOOK HERE When the original paper was published there was a reader request to expand on the brief points made. This paper is my response to that … [Read more...] about More on 10 Sure Fire Ways To Stuff Up a Safety Management System

Filed Under: George Robotham, Lead and Lag Indicators Tagged With: safety management system, safety management systems, stuff up

CONFINED SPACE WORK a personal experience

May 3, 2014 by George Robotham Leave a Comment

What has become clear over the last few years of spitting out these blog posts is that real life personal experience stories are are a shit load more interesting and popular than boring old intellectual white papers, holier than thou opinions and theoretical drivel. George from … [Read more...] about CONFINED SPACE WORK a personal experience

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25 Ways to stuff up a Safety Management System

April 25, 2014 by George Robotham 4 Comments

Today is probably the most important national occasion in Australia and NZ. ANZAC Day – 25 April – marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. The day our combined forces landed on the beaches at Gallipoli in 1915 … [Read more...] about 25 Ways to stuff up a Safety Management System

Filed Under: George Robotham, Lead and Lag Indicators Tagged With: adult learning principles, continuous improvement philosophy, developing goals, george robotham, implementing change, law principles, leading indicators, management commitment, safety culture, safety legislation, safety management system, Safety Reflections, Safety Systems, safety tips, using adult learning principles

Safety Management Systems in Mining

February 5, 2014 by Admin 1 Comment

Safety Management Systems in Mining Mining Industry Guide to Workplace Safety 2014 – Released A Work Health and Safety Management System (WHSMS) is the primary means of ensuring the safe operation of a mine. This is one of the prominent topics of this year’s edition of the Mining Industry Guide … [Read more...] about Safety Management Systems in Mining

Filed Under: Mining Safety Tagged With: mining, safety management system

DIY WHS Management System Guide

October 2, 2013 by Admin 2 Comments

Review - Workplace Health and Safety Management Systems - D.I.Y Guide UPDATE: THIS BOOK IS NOW FREE!! Download here: http://bennsons.com/home-2/  We just received our copy of this new book by Jessica Urquhart After reading the initial description of the book: Workplace Health and Safety … [Read more...] about DIY WHS Management System Guide

Filed Under: Safety Legislation Tagged With: DIY Safety, safety management system, Safety Systems, WHS harmonisation

Commercial Safety Management Systems

October 2, 2013 by George Robotham Leave a Comment

Commercial Safety Management Systems by the late George Robotham No doubt there are commercial safety managements systems that add value to organisation’s safety effort but I experienced one that was a disaster. The introduction of the overseas S.M.S. was led aggressively by senior management … [Read more...] about Commercial Safety Management Systems

Filed Under: George Robotham, Lead and Lag Indicators, Safety Management Plan Tagged With: safety management system, Safety Reflections, Safety Systems

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