Avoiding The Dirty Dozen
I first wrote this article on the FirefighterNation website way back in 2009, before I was involved in Safety Wise and knee-deep in...
Normalising Versus Fixing & Preventing
This is a fascinating video (and hard to watch for the car enthusiast!). The long and short of it is the car had been rebuilt and heavily...
Keeping Your New Employees Safe
Now that we seem to be getting on top of Covid 19, or learning how to live with it, industries are starting to open up again to satisfy...
Challenge Your Thinking
This week, I've been talking about quality reviews of investigation reports and related activities. Despite our vast experience as...
Reviewing Your Risk Controls
This week I've been talking about the adequacy of risk controls, or more to the point, failures in implementing them properly or...
Are We In A Battle?
This week I've been talking about language in our communication around workplace safety. It was triggered by a recent post which quoted a...
Reality Checks On Your Paperwork
I'm gonna make this one short, sharp and sweet. Paperwork. An absolute necessity in most industries and workplaces, not only due to the...
The Problem With Pandemics
The problem with pandemics is that for many people, we're experiencing something never experienced before. We're seeing our day-to-day...
ICAM Training In Times Of A Pandemic
Over the last few weeks we've seen a flurry of information, and misinformation, spreading like an out of control pandemic around the...
Who Are The Four Horsemen of Investigations?
This week I've been discussing the Four Horsemen of Investigations and the role they play in undermining our investigation efforts. A...
