Dr Drew Rae discusses whether safety clutter in organizations is inevitable, why it keeps accumulating, and how it can negatively impact safety and supervision. safetyclutter #clutter #riskmanagement #risk #safety #ohs #whs
Author: Ben Hutchinson
Defining safety leadership: A qualitative exploration of senior leaders’ perspectives in high-risk industries
How do senior leaders in high-risk industries define safety leadership? And what qualities characterise them? This interview study of 25 leaders unpack these questions. Note. Those cynics which moan about why safety needs to take concepts like leadership or culture and whack ‘safety’ on the front should read this. Once again, another study highlighting domain-specificity.… Continue reading Defining safety leadership: A qualitative exploration of senior leaders’ perspectives in high-risk industries
Tik Tok is like drug addiction: problems of anxiety, depression, eating disorders and more
How does intense, high-paced social media like Tik Tok influence the adolescent brain? It turns out, similar to drug addiction.
Identifying Safety Practices Perceived as Low Value: An Exploratory Survey of Healthcare Staff in the United Kingdom and Australia
This study explored safety practices perceived as low value in healthcare. Data came from 1041 participants across Australia & the UK. They argue that this is an important area to unpack given the prevalence of safety clutter, and research highlight the extent of “ineffective practices and systemic waste in healthcare services, with evidence that up… Continue reading Identifying Safety Practices Perceived as Low Value: An Exploratory Survey of Healthcare Staff in the United Kingdom and Australia
Death at Dreamworld – the pathways to failure
This episode unpacks the tragic Dreamworld Thunder Rapids ride disaster, exploring how poor maintenance, inadequate management systems, weak auditing, and regulatory oversight created the conditions of failure. Source is from Sarah Gregson and Michael Quinlan – Michael is on my Q&A soon discussing the pathways to failure, subcontractor safety and more. Note. Apologies again for… Continue reading Death at Dreamworld – the pathways to failure
Don’t rely on weekend sleep catch-up: sleep loss and metabolic dysregulation
Sleep is a cornerstone of health and wellness, with sleep deprivation linked to poor health, early death, and higher rates of illnesses. Yet, there seems to be a myth that we can catch up on sleep on the weekend, to balance out poor weeknight sleep. Some research challenges this assumption: not only are we NOT… Continue reading Don’t rely on weekend sleep catch-up: sleep loss and metabolic dysregulation
Improving Construction Site Safety with Large Language Models: A Performance Analysis
This preliminary, proof of concept study explored the effectiveness of GPT-4o in construction visual hazard recognition. They contrasted performance against OHS experts. Source was **static images** from Google and real construction sites (not real-time video analysis). The LLM & experts were asked to rate the hazard, justify their judgement, and assess the immediate issues, use… Continue reading Improving Construction Site Safety with Large Language Models: A Performance Analysis
The Consequences of Poor Human Factors at a Super Critical Coal Power Plant – A Case Study
This brief paper explored some human factors matters relating to an incident in a super critical coal power plant. Note – I’ve skipped most of the actual event’s background and details. So if you need to know, check out the paper. Briefly, the relevant plant was in a start-up phase. There was a six-way TLO… Continue reading The Consequences of Poor Human Factors at a Super Critical Coal Power Plant – A Case Study
Sidney Dekker: Why moving from just culture to restorative culture is critical
How is just culture different to a restorative culture? Should we prioritise restorative approaches? Professor Sidney Dekker discusses how traditional just culture often focuses on rule violations and consequences. Instead, restorative approaches asks who was impacted, what they need, and whose obligation it is to meet those needs. This shift from a retributive to a… Continue reading Sidney Dekker: Why moving from just culture to restorative culture is critical
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