What should your health and safety manager know?
In November 2012, the Pike River Royal Commission[1] (Commission) published its report into the underground coalmine explosion in New Zealand in which 29 the miners were killed. The Commission made...
View Article25 Years on: Remembering Piper Alpha
In the past few weeks I have been asked to do presentations and share my views about the legacy of Piper Alpha in this, the 25th anniversary year of the disaster. For me, the positive legacy is the...
View ArticleSafety risk and safety data: Exploring management line of sight
I have recently done a video presentation on a fatality at the Adelaide Desalination plant, which you can find by following this link. Recently, I was reading some of the transcript of the South...
View ArticleLead indicators: Reinforcing the illusion of safety
One of my biggest gripes about safety management over the past 20 plus years is the lemming like fascination with “indicators“. Notoriously, major inquiries around the globe have found that when...
View ArticleWhen does the language of “zero harm” become unlawful?
I am not a fan of the language of “zero“, either as an aspiration or as a stated goal. It has never sat well with me, and seems so disconnected from day to day reality in both society and a workplace...
View ArticleThe Safety Paradox and the challenge of health and safety assurance
I am currently working on a new book on practical health and safety assurance, which I hope to have out by the end of the year, but I recently came across an article published through LinkedIn entitled...
View ArticleWelcome to the intellectual vacuum that is political comment on WHS
Today (29 October 2016) the ABC had an article on the ongoing coverage of the tragic loss of lives at Dreamworld in Queensland. I have commented before about the disconnect between the loss of life in...
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