Earlier I shared a quote from Hippocrates in 450 B.C. and in that post, I mentioned that management’s reliance on incident rates is a sickness. That got me a lot of texts and a few phone calls. So I figured I would explain what I meant by that. Reliance on lagging indicators to measure the…...
“A supervisor or a foreman stands upon the first rung of the executive ladder. Because of certain valuable personal qualities, he has been selected to direct the work of other employees. Unfortunately, in the average case, he enters upon this phase of work uninstructed in the art of executive leadership—and works into it so gradually…...
Playing on what Hippocrates said centuries ago, I’ll offer this advice to safety pros who are exploring their next gig… Before you can heal [an organization], ask [them] if [they’re] willing to give up the things that make [them] sick. Hippocrates, 450 B.C…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View...
Not a doctored pic – it is real and you can verify it at your local store, which I will not name, but I am betting you can figure it out or at least be close to the target…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log...
Size, Shape, and Color matter when reducing human error. It is really quite simple but seems to be a lost art these days. REAL PIC – we can’t even make this stuff up!… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
Which is most effective? All are real options. The one furthest to the right was one that caused quite a bit of controversy. Imagine trying to read that sign traveling at 40 mph… Human Factors Engineering MATTERS!… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in...
Use safety as the vehicle to create a facility culture where SAFETY IS VALUED. For any organization to advance in safety, there MUST be TRUST and CREDIBILITY, and the path to building both starts with EMPATHY. Showing workers, we actually care about them is STEP 1 to any shift in safety. And EMPATHY is a…...
The significance (or severity) of an event depends upon the consequences suffered and not on the error that initiates it. The error that triggers a serious accident … and the error that is one of the hundreds with no consequences… can be the same error. Human Error, James Reason, Department of Psychology University of…...
Management’s responsibility for controlling the unsafe acts of employees exists chiefly because these unsafe acts occur in the course of employment that management creates and then directs. Management selects the persons upon whom it depends to carry out industrial work. It may, if it so elects, choose persons who are experienced, capable of, and willing…...
Do parents have safety metrics for their children’s safety? Do we put up banners to demonstrate the significance of our children’s safety? I am betting not on both. It is not needed as we naturally VALUE the safety of our children. We may never have the same level of VALUE of safety towards other adults…...
“An operator’s behavior is strongly influenced by their working situation and the human and organizational factors that characterize the situation. If unsafe behavior is noted, the most effective way to prevent it from happening again is to eliminate the conditions that produced it. This implies that time and thought must to given to an analysis…....
“If there is the will to achieve, if true accident causes are known and remedies are effectively applied, there can be no question of results. From the point of view of the industrial executive, no innovations are required. He may apply to accident prevention the very same methods that are successful in controlling the quality…...
