Not much to say here – just thought it may interest people. They found organisational factors to be the main contributors to mining accidents in Iran based on their data. As always, take claims like ‘main cause of accidents’ with a pinch of salt. They analysed 305 mining accidents using a systems analysis approach (so… Continue reading Effects of human and organizational deficiencies on workers’ safety behavior at a mining site in Iran
Author: Ben Hutchinson
Organizational controls and safety: The varieties of rule-related behaviour
Some extracts from Reason’s 1998 article. PS. Check out my YouTube: https://youtube.com/@safe_as_pod?si=iUaDPJynPemQRZhY Extracts: · “In almost every organization, there is a tension between the natural variability of human behaviour and the needs of the system to ensure a high degree of predictability and regularity” · “The most obvious difficulty in the traditional pursuit of organizational safety is… Continue reading Organizational controls and safety: The varieties of rule-related behaviour
Microlives: How Your Habits Steal 30 Minutes of Life
How do your daily, routine habits steal your total life expectancy? Today we unpack the concept of ‘microlives’. The cost of 30 mins on or off your life expectancy, and how a range of different habits, from smoking, drinking, pollution, driving, weight gain, and more affect your microlives. Shout a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/benhutchinson
High Psychological Safety suggested to contribute to people being “aggressively expressive” and impacting work performance
I found this interesting – higher psychological safety was linked with people being “aggressively expressive” and may contribute to anti-organisational behaviour, among other factors. They investigated perceived diversity practices and representation and the links with psychological safety and gender diversity promotion in >500 private banking employees in India. PS. Check out my YouTube: https://youtube.com/@safe_as_pod?si=iUaDPJynPemQRZhY A… Continue reading High Psychological Safety suggested to contribute to people being “aggressively expressive” and impacting work performance
When Success Leads to Disaster: Practical Drift & the 1994 Black Hawk Friendly Fire Shootdown
In 1994, two US Air force F-15 fighters shot down two friendly US Army Black Hawk helicopters. This event shouldn’t have been possible: there were experts, radio communications, radar, AWACS and more. However, this isn’t a tragedy due to human error or a lack of safeguards, it happened in spite of the safeguards. This episode… Continue reading When Success Leads to Disaster: Practical Drift & the 1994 Black Hawk Friendly Fire Shootdown
When More Becomes Less: Re-Examining Permit-to-Work, Procedures, and Communication as Risk-Management Control
This study evaluated employee perceptions of Human & Organizational Factors (HOF), procedures, PTW and more. 339 respondents from a South African chemical processing facility. I liked this quote: “Management creates more procedures” while providing “less supervision and support” PS. This article was…overwhelming. PPS. Check out my YouTube: https://youtube.com/@safe_as_pod?si=iUaDPJynPemQRZhY Extracts: · “More procedures and more detailed procedures… Continue reading When More Becomes Less: Re-Examining Permit-to-Work, Procedures, and Communication as Risk-Management Control
Are you a safety bully? YT vid
Are you a safety bully? In this article covered in my vid, Scott Geller argues that some, often well-intentioned, manager practices may constitute bullying. This includes: · misuse of discipline · holding people accountable for injury measures and incidents that they may have little control over · blame in investigations · setting zero incidents as a goal · misuse of… Continue reading Are you a safety bully? YT vid
An Evaluation of Leading Indicators in the Construction Industry and Their Relationship with Incident Rates
This Masters thesis from Kitti Miller Whalen evaluated the connection between safety initiatives, indictors and incident measures based on >260 construction companies. Yes, another injury measure / correlational analysis – but meh, fight me. PS. I’ve probably made more mistakes than usual in my haste describing the measures and methods, so caveat emptor as always.… Continue reading An Evaluation of Leading Indicators in the Construction Industry and Their Relationship with Incident Rates
Why Science Measures Things in Rhinos and Batman
Do you know how many rhinos it takes to stop a tram? Or how many elephants suspended from a rope to break glass? Today we unpack some wacky units of measurement that have crept into use. Shout a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/benhutchinson
Is the connection between construction safety warnings and cognition truly effective? A comparative study based on visual search and non-rehearsal memory experiments
How do different warning signs influence worker cognition? This compared three types of construction safety warnings: symbol silhouettes, illustration comics and VR simulation (image 2). PS. Check out my YouTube: https://youtube.com/@safe_as_pod?si=iUaDPJynPemQRZhY Background: · There are currently “no specific professional standards for construction safety signs in the global construction industry”, and they rely on general safety… Continue reading Is the connection between construction safety warnings and cognition truly effective? A comparative study based on visual search and non-rehearsal memory experiments
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