Safety Management Systems (SMS) Implementation Plan
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Understanding your decisions and the risks
As one of my favorite authors said in his book “Risk Makes Sense”… Remember that the biggest danger in risk assessment is not the threat itself but the mind space of the person who overlooks, underestimates, ignores, or is perhaps deluded in their assessment of that risk.Dr. Robert Long, Risk Makes Sense If you have…...
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The fairy tale of the 3-C’s (Concerned, Comfortable, Confident)
The three C’s of Behaviors In full disclosure, I am not a behavior specialist or a psychologist, just a safety professional who has spent the last 30+ years studying human behaviors. This 3-C model attempts to demonstrate how workers go from the CONCERNED state, the first of the C’s, to the CONFIDENT state, the last…...
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Sustained inattentional blindness in expert observers
This is one for all the Behavior-Based Safety Observation admirers who somehow convinced themselves their BBS process is flawless. Most of us in the safety profession has seen the “gorilla and basketball” video. The study used a video made famous by earlier “inattention blindness” research featured in the 2010 book “The Invisible Gorilla,” by Christopher…...
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The Hierarchy of Responses, How Hazards Sink to the Bottom
I am not sure who came up with this, but it is a classic example of far too many organizations…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
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The Safety Process through the eyes of a Quality Assurance Process
As many of you know I have taken on a new client (full time) in 2022 and my role in this organization is to build a safety management system (SMS). And let me tell you what, if you thought explaining a RAGAGEP to management was difficult – try explaining that safety is a “process” and…...
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The learning pyramid… what works best
As safety professionals, we typically spend a great deal of time training workers. However, the time we are given to conduct this training is shrinking; so we need to be SMART in how we develop our content AND deliver it. The “learning pyramid” has been around as long as I have been alive and it…...
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Dr. Clive Lloyd discusses his five fundamentals to culture change
I have shared Dr. Lloyd with you all before; one of my favorite safety authors and Safety psychologists. But man, did he ever just sum up in 45 minutes what we are trying to accomplish in our careers as safety professionals. For sure, buy his book “Next Generation Safety Leadership: From Compliance to Care“ But…...
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Recognized Hazard vs. Realized Hazard
Two similar terms with very different meanings. And in terms of safety performance, the gap between these two terms, although they are incorrectly used to speak of hazards in the same context, is light-years apart. A “recognized hazard” is…… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log...
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Characteristics of a Safety Culture (Patrick Hudson, 2001)
In 2001, Dr. Patrick Hudson, Centre for Safety Science – The Netherlands published a paper on safety cultures. His work has stood the test of time, as many authors today still reference his 2001 research paper. In his paper, he explains there are five (5) different types of safety cultures and explains a number of…...
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5 Stages of Psychological Safety Culture (Dr. Clive Lloyd)
One of my favorite and newest safety authors is Dr. Clive Lloyd. His new book, Next Generation Safety Leadership: From Compliance to Care Dr. Lloyd explains the progression of safety cultures from Stage 1 – Apathetic through Stage 5 – Integrated and to be frank, it is the best explanation of cultural progression I have…...
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Risk… can you see it?
Let’s take a safety quiz. I’ll show you two (2) pictures and you tell me which one shows a risk. Most everyone can recognize the rattlesnake as a risk, as it presents an immediate threat to our safety. How many saw the fire extinguisher, with it last annual inspection in 1965, as…...
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