Is there a link between fatal and minor hazard exposures? Recent SIF research & campaigns suggest ‘NO’ – what kills people aren’t the same as what hurts them. But is that scientifically accurate? In part 1 of my chat with Dr Linda Bellamy, we discuss how Linda undertook perhaps the largest study of this kind… Continue reading Dr Linda Bellamy part 1: SIFs & the links between minor and major incidents
Tag: construction safety
Differences in SIF Risk Perceptions among Construction Experts
Would two construction experts see the same SIF threat on the same site? This study from Frank Benin, Sid Bhandari & Matthew Hallowell evaluated how 19 construction experts perceive the likelihood of SIFs during routine work and how confident they were in those assessments. Assessments were sought via 3 work site scenario photos (so note… Continue reading Differences in SIF Risk Perceptions among Construction Experts
Rework as a systemic risk amplifier: Exposure-normalized modeling of safety frequency and severity
Does construction rework act as a safety risk amplifier? This study from Peter E.D Love analysed data from 599 projects. PS. Check out my YouTube and recent Critical Control / barrier vid: https://youtube.com/@safe_as_pod?si=iUaDPJynPemQRZhY Shout a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/benhutchinson Extracts:· “Rework is not only a response to quality deviations but also an activity that alters task organisation and… Continue reading Rework as a systemic risk amplifier: Exposure-normalized modeling of safety frequency and severity
Do less profitable construction companies have more injuries?
Do less profitable construction companies have more injuries? This investigated business performance measures and occupational injuries (OIs) in Swedish construction companies. >13k companies between 2003 – 15 were investigated. PS. Check out my YouTube: https://youtube.com/@safe_as_pod?si=iUaDPJynPemQRZhY Shout a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/benhutchinson Extracts:· They observe that OIs “tend to rise during periods of economic growth and decrease during recessions”… Continue reading Do less profitable construction companies have more injuries?
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
Into the workers’ domain: witnessing a construction site accident
This was interesting – describes an ethnographic study where the researcher was onsite recording/observing work on job craft/craftsmanship, when they observed a minor site incident. It’s framed about the researcher’s contention that this hazard was normalised by the workers – but an entirely “mundane and accepted dimension of everyday site practice”. First they unpack some… Continue reading Into the workers’ domain: witnessing a construction site accident
Influence of justice culture on learning from incidents in construction project-based organizations: a chain mediating model
This study investigated the interaction mechanism of psychological safety and voice behaviour in a justice culture context. Specifically they explored how construction project-based organisations (CPOs) can realise learning from incidents by improving psychological perception and encouraging voice. 273 CPOs in China were studied. Background: · Learning from incidents is often said to be an important… Continue reading Influence of justice culture on learning from incidents in construction project-based organizations: a chain mediating model
Visualizing what’s missing: Using deep learning and Bow-Tie diagrams to identify and visualize missing leading indicators in industrial construction
This study, among a few other things, compared 633 incidents against >9 inspection reports with similar contexts to understand the overlap. Data was from a Canadian construction project over 3 years. E.g. They used multi-methods, including natural language processing, text mining, bow ties and more to evaluate if field inspections are looking at the same… Continue reading Visualizing what’s missing: Using deep learning and Bow-Tie diagrams to identify and visualize missing leading indicators in industrial construction
Formalised safety systems miss “three-quarters” of established factors linked to performance
Not much to say here – just found this an interesting extract from the ‘Digging Deeper’ focused on safety within NSW mining. They observe relating to the adoption of formalised safety management systems: · “Smaller organisations that take on such systems are often overwhelmed by their complexity” · And these systems “can be expensive to establish and… Continue reading Formalised safety systems miss “three-quarters” of established factors linked to performance
Safety is simple…apparently: two visual representations of the same incident
Safety is simple, bruz … (apparently) (Both examples show the same event, but each uses a different lens. Images are slides taken from one of my presentations to highlight how investigations can be as much ‘constructions’, as searches for ‘objective’ facts, entirely separate to the perceiver or who gets to draw the line in the… Continue reading Safety is simple…apparently: two visual representations of the same incident
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