Hi, I’m Ben Hutchinson and thanks for visiting my site. This is a collection of research summaries posted to LinkedIn.
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Dr Linda Bellamy part 1: SIFs & the links between minor and major incidents
Is there a link between fatal and minor hazard exposures? Recent SIF research & campaigns suggest ‘NO’ – what kills people aren’t the same as what hurts them. But is that scientifically accurate? In part 1 of my chat with Dr Linda Bellamy, we discuss how Linda undertook perhaps the largest study of this kind…
Safe As: Writing better procedures 2 pt series, and new series of Quickisodes starting with a Safety-II debrief tool
Let’s gooo…Just finished editing a two-part series on writing better procedures. Part 1 looks more at the technical side – action verbs, equipment identifiers, splitting compound instructions, and hazard labels. We also unpack cognitive load, numbered steps, conditional logics (if/then) and high-risk hold-points and more. Actually, we start with a more important question – do…
Can adding more controls / barriers create new failure modes?
Can adding more controls / barriers create new failure modes? …maybe. Adding new controls doesn’t leave the surrounding work unchanged. A control may prevent one event while obstructing another function, shifting risk elsewhere, or introducing byproducts that weren’t initially anticipated. E.g. a barricade protecting plant / pedestrian collisions may also obstruct visibility, or an alarm…
The More Who Die, the Less We Care: Evidence from Natural Language Analysis of Online News Articles and Social Media Posts
At what point does the loss of human life become mere statistics? This study analysed >100k mentions of death in news articles and social media posts based on valence (overall positive or negative qualities) and arousal (the degree of intensity people have about the text), grouped by number of deaths mentioned. Paul Slovic was a…
Differences in SIF Risk Perceptions among Construction Experts
Would two construction experts see the same SIF threat on the same site? This study from Frank Benin, Sid Bhandari & Matthew Hallowell evaluated how 19 construction experts perceive the likelihood of SIFs during routine work and how confident they were in those assessments. Assessments were sought via 3 work site scenario photos (so note…
WHEN IS PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY HELPFUL IN ORGANIZATIONS? A LONGITUDINAL STUDY
When is psychological safety helpful in organisations? When are higher perceived levels not? This investigated New York City public score responses (545 schools) and 170k survey responses to explore the boundary conditions. They contrast the effects of PS with both psychological empowerment (the extent individuals see their work as having impact or being important) and…
Critical Controls & Barriers / Part 4: What are barrier models leaving out? A Safety-II Critique
A bowtie or critical control register may be useful tools, but they aren’t the work itself. In Part 4 of this YouTube series, I unpack what control / barrier models can leave out: e.g. changing conditions, competing goals, control dependencies, unintended consequences and the adaptations people make to keep work functioning. I also explore how…
My new study: How Safety Audits are Superficially Trapped: An Assessment via the Hierarchy of Controls and Rasmussen’s Risk Management Framework
Are our safety audits improving paperwork over verifying effective safety systems? Happy to share my first solo, non-PhD study which mapped 448 corrective actions from 65 health and safety audits, using the Hierarchy of Controls and Rasmussen’s Risk Management framework. I found: · ~86% addressed ‘soft’ controls, e.g. admin & PPE, leaving just ~14% for ‘hard’…
Influence of inadequate safety leadership on unsafe behavior: Evidence from fatal construction accident
What do fatal incident investigations say about the links b.t. leadership, worker PPE non-compliance & safety participation? This study investigated 169 fatal incidents in HK on the connections. PS. Check out my YouTube and recent Critical Control / barrier vid: https://youtu.be/Ly1mEn_KCLQ?si=yG3yRVOM0r2eyyKI Shout a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/benhutchinson Extracts: · “the lack of safety-oriented care by higher management is…
When the interface fails: a patient-safety hazard hidden by the assumption of human error
How does attributions of ‘human error’ create hidden hazards? Interesting article discussing a failure type in intraocular surgery using a cannula and how it’s effectively become hidden. PS. Check out my YouTube and recent Critical Control / barrier vid: https://youtu.be/Ly1mEn_KCLQ?si=yG3yRVOM0r2eyyKI Shout a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/benhutchinson Extracts: · “The way we look for harm shapes what we are…
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