Do people respond to risk assessments or how risky they feel the work to be? This study surveyed 120 construction workers to understand their rational & emotional responses to risk. PS. Check out my YouTube and recent Critical Control / barrier vid: https://youtu.be/Ly1mEn_KCLQ?si=yG3yRVOM0r2eyyKI Shout a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/benhutchinson Yes – it’s one of those ‘unsafe behaviour’… Continue reading Do we see how they perceive risk? An integrated analysis of risk perception and its effect on workplace safety behavior
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Price or safety – Exploring the role of supply chain certifications and audits for SMEs’ health and safety management
Are supply chain certification audits adding value for small-to-medium businesses (SMEs)? This explored the value of these audits among a large retailer and its small fruit & veggie suppliers. PS. Check out my YouTube and recent Critical Control / barrier vid: https://youtu.be/Ly1mEn_KCLQ?si=yG3yRVOM0r2eyyKI Shout a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/benhutchinson Extracts: · “analysis reveals that supply chain certifications and the… Continue reading Price or safety – Exploring the role of supply chain certifications and audits for SMEs’ health and safety management
Have we engineered systems that exceed our capacity to intellectually manage them? Extracts from Nancy Leveson
Have we engineered systems that exceed our capacity to intellectually manage them? Some extracts from Leveson’s book ‘An Introduction to System Safety Engineering’. 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 First she quotes Trevor Kletz where we’re seemingly ‘willing to spend money on complexity but… Continue reading Have we engineered systems that exceed our capacity to intellectually manage them? Extracts from Nancy Leveson
Can BBS & HOP be integrated?
Are BBS & HOP destined for conflict and silos, or can–should–they be integrated? This article from Williams & Roberts argues that they’re complimentary and proposes how we can go about this integration. Shout a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/benhutchinson
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?
Is ‘safety’ the presence of capacities?
What is your definition of ‘safety’? For some, safety is defined as the presence of capacities. Here, Drew Rae discusses his thoughts, and scientific logics, of this definition. #safety #hse #risk #science #safetyscience #safetyii
Safe As ep 24: Are leadership styles scientifically valid?
We’ve all been told about the power of positive leadership, servant leadership etc. But what if much of what we believe about these styles is more of an illusion? Today, we’re diving into research that suggests the evidence for positive leadership styles might be more steeped in how leaders are judged, not just what they… Continue reading Safe As ep 24: Are leadership styles scientifically valid?
Preventing fatal accidents in construction through the management of barriers
This paper explored a (close-to) real-time safety performance indicator for barriers (sometimes called ‘controls’, although other typologies place barriers and safeguards under the broader category of ‘barriers’). The author developed and tested an indicator for the availability of barriers against fatal accidents during construction work. I’ve skipped a lot – but it’s open access, so… Continue reading Preventing fatal accidents in construction through the management of barriers
Missing focus on Human Factors – organizational and cognitive ergonomics – in the safety management for the petroleum industry
This article explored the application of HF/E in Norwegian petroleum industry (as of 2017). Some of the results were pretty interesting, and representative of elsewhere. Findings: · “results revealed an immature focus and organization of Human Factors” · “Expertise on organizational ergonomics and cognitive ergonomics are missing from companies and safety authorities and are poorly prioritized during… Continue reading Missing focus on Human Factors – organizational and cognitive ergonomics – in the safety management for the petroleum industry
Control charts for accident frequency: a motivation for real-time occupational safety monitoring
This paper compares real-time or active monitoring of safety incidents via cumulative sum (CUSUM) control charts. It’s an interesting read, and if you’re not savvy with control charts or statistics then just skip over the technical stuff. Some of the findings are still pretty relevant. In saying that, I’ve skipped most of the dense statistical… Continue reading Control charts for accident frequency: a motivation for real-time occupational safety monitoring
