CSB UPDATE – Cuisine Solutions, Inc NH3 Release, July 31, 2024
A couple of KEY items, reading between the lines: https://www.csb.gov/assets/1/6/cuisine_solutions_investigation_update_-_final_to_publish1.pdf
Management’s 3Cs
A few years ago, I put forth the idea that workers pass through the 3 Cs in their decision-making process as they learn to take more and more risks. Those three (3) Cs were: That article stirred quite a bit of debate among the SAFTENG community and so I thought it was time to share
What am I? #1
For each one of my Advanced SMS courses, I always start the course by having the students list the 16 Elements of the SAFTENG Safety Process/SMS in order of importance. I tell them there is no right or wrong answer. Over the past couple of years, I began to keep the answers to the questions
Safety Leadership and Culture
This is one of the most requested presentations I use when working with C-Suite Executives and Senior Safety Leadership.
Incident Management – Safety Management System Element
This is a presentation I use when doing some of my SMS and Incident Management training courses.
Safety Thought of the Week… James Reason’s Human Failure Model
James Reason’s Human Failure Model: Active and Latent [Organizational] Failures As safety professionals, we need to understand that we ALL make errors, mistakes, and violations. When we are asked to facilitate a causal analysis, it is incumbent upon us to keep the team aware of this fact and educate them on the differences between Active
Days worked w/o injury and Pizza Parties (Comedy Skit)
This is one of my favorite videos to use in my SMS Training courses (with approval from HR). Some of the scenes are over-the-top fake graphic scenes, but they are so over-the-top that I hope adults can handle them. The video mocks Lagging Indicators and Pizza Parties, which most of us have come to recognize
My favorite SMS Element to use as a “kick-off” is Incident Management
As SAFTENG wraps up another successful year, I am reminded of its success. I got a thank you note from a facility manager who hired us to build an SMS/Safety Process to “bring some sense to safety.” He and his team were tired of the ups and downs and wanted consistency in their performance with
The myth that a “Culture of Safety” does not exist
I have to chuckle when companies and experts tell me there is no such thing as a culture of safety. That there is only one culture (if even that). I call bullshit on that belief. One way to learn this is the hard way, such as what Boeing is going through. And on an investor
Safety Thought of the Week (Richard I. Cook, MD)
Complex systems contain changing mixtures of failures latent within them The complexity of these systems makes it impossible for them to run without multiple flaws being present. Because these are individually insufficient to cause failure they are regarded as minor factors during operations. Eradication of all latent failures is limited primarily by economic cost but
[My] Safety Thought of the Week
If you really want to get a feel for the culture around safety, STOP with the surveys and get with today’s technology Three of my five bosses throughout my career all had this same practice, which is far more telling than a “survey.” And with today’s technology, such as cameras and drones, there is a
Safety Thought of the Week… Behavior influences attitude and attitude influences behavior
“… an attitude of frustration or an internal state of distress can certainly influence driving behaviors, and vice versa. Indeed, internal (unobserved) personal states of mind continually influence observable behaviors, while changes in observable behaviors continually affect changes in person states or attitudes. Thus, it is possible to “think a person into safe behaviors” (through