Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) sure divides people. So, let’s take a (hopefully) balanced view by unpacking several studies on behavioural safety. What are the key claims – positive and negative, and what is the strength of evidence?
Scoping review on the effect of labour inspections on occupational health and safety: a meta-analytic update
Do safety regulator visits improve injuries and non-compliances? Yes, according to this. This scoping review evaluated 6 systematic reviews, one RCT, and 30 observational studies from 2017 – 24. Check out my new YT channel: https://youtube.com/@safe_as_pod?si=u-c_JpQqPK_NHIxD Extracts: · “labour inspections were associated with a reduced risk of work-related injuries and non-compliance in inspected workplaces compared with… Continue reading Scoping review on the effect of labour inspections on occupational health and safety: a meta-analytic update
Dr Drew Rae: Why safety clutter accumulates & why it creates risk
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
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
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