This quickisode explores how resilience engineering – particularly enhancing resilient skills – can improve procedures. Source: Saurin, T. A., Wachs, P., & Costella, M. F. (2015). Exploring synergies between the design of procedures and the development of resilience skills. In Proceedings of the 6th Resilience Engineering Symposium. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1KizbG4BtlOlxeLOeNwJs6?si=34xw1lyHTx2Gz_pzUm2gGw Make sure to subscribe to Safe As… Continue reading Safe As E47: Improving procedures via resilient skills – leveraging resilience engineering (quickisode)
STKY (the stuff that kills), energy, and improving hazard awareness: Energy Based Safety – Hallowell
More extracts from Matt Hallowell’s energy based safety: · “Research consistently shows that higher levels of energy result in greater harm. At a certain threshold (1500 Joules to be exact), the energy involved becomes so significant that the most likely outcome of contact is a SIF” · “Every [physical] injury results from a transfer of energy to… Continue reading STKY (the stuff that kills), energy, and improving hazard awareness: Energy Based Safety – Hallowell
Safe As E46: The Stuff That Kills People and weaknesses in Critical Control Programs
How do Critical Control programs succeed or fault and trip? And are CC observations calibrated to the actual things that kill or permanently injure people? This episode unpacks creative sentencing reports. Article: Lefsrud, L. M., Sattari, F., Gellatly, I. R., Wasel, C., Charuvil Elizabeth, R. M., Abdolmaleki, A., … & O’Neill, T. (2025). Final Report… Continue reading Safe As E46: The Stuff That Kills People and weaknesses in Critical Control Programs
Short and long-term effects of interactivity in immersive virtual reality training for occupational safety
This tested Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) on “proactive safety behaviours and their antecedents”. They argue that the efficacy of IVR depends on the implementation quality, which depends on immersion, presence and interactivity. 22 training sessions were held with 68 participants. Extracts: · “Increased interactivity was shown to particularly improve the perceived control over safety issues and… Continue reading Short and long-term effects of interactivity in immersive virtual reality training for occupational safety
Psychological Distress and Post-Traumatic Symptoms Following Occupational Accidents
What are the psychological consequences of physical work incidents? 38 occupationally injured persons matched against 38 none injured. Background: · Prior work “reported that 34.7% of injured workers with chronic pain achieved full criteria for PTSD, and 18.2% had partial PTSD” · “victims of work-related accidents showed clinically relevant psychopathological symptoms, including post-traumatic symptoms, anxiety, depression, anger, and… Continue reading Psychological Distress and Post-Traumatic Symptoms Following Occupational Accidents
Energy-Based Safety: The misdirection of managing (minor) injuries while people die
Some extracts from Matt Hallowell’s Energy-Based Safety, exploring contradictions and logics of injury vs fatality prevention:
Safe As 45: Unpacking Officer Due Diligence based on a Maritime NZ prosecution
This episode unpacks findings from the recent Maritime NZ / Port of Auckland case, where a CEO was charged under due diligence offences. It offers an enlightening perspective on work-as-done, night shift work, critical controls and more. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5EsUw6aRLTuG1AvSxb5JHv?si=tNoxgiWRTdaYKje2K29RNw Make sure to subscribe to Safe As on Spotify/Apple, and if you find it useful then… Continue reading Safe As 45: Unpacking Officer Due Diligence based on a Maritime NZ prosecution
The opacity of risk: language and the culture of safety in NASA’s space shuttle program
Really interesting book chapter about the vocabulary of safety at NASA prior to the 2003 Columbia shuttle disaster. WAY too much to cover, so a few extracts. The vocabulary of safety means “the interrelated set of words used to guide organizational communications regarding known and unknown risks and danger to the mission, vehicle, and crew… Continue reading The opacity of risk: language and the culture of safety in NASA’s space shuttle program
Safe As 44: Human-centred design – some terms from Don Norman
This quickisode dives into some key human-centred design terms from the GOAT, Don Norman. The source is: Norman, D. (2013). The design of everyday things. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2aOZLiHpZpX4vfFq4bVYQ4?si=d37krBKhRKivbag9yyjtag Make sure to subscribe to Safe As on Spotify/Apple, and if you find it useful then please help share the news, and leave a rating and review on… Continue reading Safe As 44: Human-centred design – some terms from Don Norman
Safety culture maturity models in occupational safety and health: An updated scoping review
Review study of the evidence underpinning ‘safety culture’ maturity models. 17 studies were included. Tl;dr: the evidence supporting that they actually do what they purport to do, is limited. Note: I’m not a fan of SC maturity models, but good to see efforts to describe the empirical landscape. Extracts: · “The vast majority of included studies… Continue reading Safety culture maturity models in occupational safety and health: An updated scoping review
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