When choosing milk, do you prefer 5% fat or 95% fat free? What if a doctor presented the risk from surgery as 90 % survive, versus 10% die? Same risk, different framing. Whether people accept the surgery shouldn’t matter on how that identical risk is presented, right? It turns out, how information and risks are… Continue reading Framing and communicating risk – 90% survive vs 10% die
Kevin Geddert interview p1: Brief history of injury frequency rates & better business measures
Do you know when and where injury frequency rates, like TRIFR, began? No, I mean like, the precise year and article it was first mentioned in publication? In this episode, Kevin Geddert discusses his fascinating PhD research and historical deep dive into the history of injury measures, showing it dates back at least 100 years… Continue reading Kevin Geddert interview p1: Brief history of injury frequency rates & better business measures
Next week on Safe As YT: Safety Culture Myth? A scientific critique
Is ‘Safety Culture’ a nebulous construct, or even a myth, that obscures more than it reveals? Or is its persistence because it provides a useful vehicle for explaining phenomena in organisations and groups? Next week on Safe As YouTube, we unpack several articles (at least 10), from authors like Borys, Guldenmund, Schein, Silbey, Hopkins, Cooper… Continue reading Next week on Safe As YT: Safety Culture Myth? A scientific critique
Safety signals and near misses: exposing the design failures we can prevent
A brief discussion paper on safety signals and moving away from reactive harm-based safety. Full article provided under open access licence (see end of post). PS. Check out my YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@safe_as_pod Extracts: · “Healthcare continues to rely primarily on reactive safety—responding after harm occurs—rather than proactively identifying and addressing system weaknesses upstream” · “‘safety signal’ … refer[s]… Continue reading Safety signals and near misses: exposing the design failures we can prevent
Dr Drew Rae: Does the limited New View / HOP / Safety-II empirical evidence challenge its credibility?
Does the limited empirical interventional evidence underpinning New View / HOP / Safety-II approaches challenge their credibility? Here Dr Drew Rae unpacks his perspective on how this is often framed as a confused question. We also discuss the limited evidence behind Risk Matrices, which prompts the foundational question: what are they actually used for?
Does sleep affect strength gains?
Does sleep affect strength gains? Are any particular types of strength more or less affected by sleep loss? We unpack a systematic review to find out.
How SMEs respond to legal requirements to provide information, training, instruction and supervision to workers about work health and safety matters
This article explores how small to medium enterprises (SMEs) provide information, training, instruction and supervision (ITIS) to their workers regarding WHS matters. Note that I’ve skipped HEAPS in this paper, so consider it a superficial overview. 46 SMEs were included. Background: · They highlight the general requirements for employers to provide ITIS to their workers,… Continue reading How SMEs respond to legal requirements to provide information, training, instruction and supervision to workers about work health and safety matters
Leader walkarounds – just for show or genuine improvement activities?
How effective are leadership walkarounds for improving elements of safety? Can they backfire, and be more exercises of peacocking? E.g. Being seen, but not really caring. This ep unpacks these questions via several studies.
Does higher diversity = higher firm performance?
How does diversity affect firm performance? And if so, which types of diversity impact performance the most? https://youtube.com/shorts/TdAoD6WEiY0
Circus of Safety video discussion about safety science, audits and more
I was recently on the Circus of Safety discussing a few topics – why not check it out? Link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Hb1VfsDdDRkiDvVzQoVaJ?si=lHkVqdFOR_G8NaLUiZH4uA
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