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’… Continue reading My new study: How Safety Audits are Superficially Trapped: An Assessment via the Hierarchy of Controls and Rasmussen’s Risk Management Framework

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… Continue reading Influence of inadequate safety leadership on unsafe behavior: Evidence from fatal construction accident

Is the Hierarchy of Control (HoC) effective? Seems kinda strange asking this question at this stage of the race – given how embedded HoC is across legislation, codes, industry guides & more. But interestingly, there seems to be limited rigorous published evidence supporting the HoC (at least that I can find…) Here’s a freshly published… Continue reading Preventive and control measures for reducing fall-from-height fatalities in the construction industry: A 30-year empirical evaluation

Investigators tend to find what they expect to find – or What-You-Look-For-Is-What-You-Find. In Part 2 of my interview with Marcin Nazaruk, Marcin discusses an example where two people used the same tool to review the same task, but arrived at different conclusions. One found more ‘complacency’ & the other identified issues they had not previously… Continue reading Dr Marcin Nazaruk interview Part 2: HOP, Learning from Daily Work, Just Culture / Restorative Justice

The problem with workarounds is that they work, so says Amy Edmondson. And some of the strongest evidence that a barrier/control is weak, can be found by exploring normal, daily work, which can reveal workarounds. In Part 3 of my Critical Control / Barrier series, I explore human factors & human performance within barrier systems.… Continue reading The problem with workarounds is that they work: CCM Part 3 YT video

Register below for a webinar with Greg Smith & Renae Harding where I’ll be presenting my audit research findings – 27th Aug 11am Bris time. Register: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/3481d752-09e1-43af-8c03-6c4809e595ee@6b9b3793-91ec-4aa1-88e6-a320740038ab?source=copyLinkLegacyShareEventDialog

AI was supposed to take away the boring or repetitive parts of work. But, now it’s stepping into creative work, and that can change how meaningful a job feels. This YT Short unpacks a study which explored the downstream effects on work meaningfulness, autonomy, skill utilisation, and work identity, when AI takes the creative parts… Continue reading What happens when AI does the best part of your job? YT Shorts

What does Resilience Engineering reveal about construction workers’ physical and psychological symptoms? This study surveyed 741 workers from China exploring the above question. 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: ·        Dynamic safety capability refers to “an organization’s capacity to generate, reconfigure, and adapt operational… Continue reading Impact of Resilience Engineering on Physical Symptoms of Construction Workers