Having the right mindset, beliefs and values will lead to improved health and safety performance, right?
Well, only if these thoughts manifest into physical things.
There is no escaping the fact that in order for safety to happen[…]
Why take the time to observe the desired behaviour when you can audit a completed checklist?
These days there are more ‘things’ that we demand of our staff than ever before. […]
Statements like – “Safety is a priority” can be dangerous.
Dangerous because the at risk worker can see right through the false claim.
Actions speak louder than false platitudes […]
Secretly, perhaps, you want those unsafe behaviours!
Having is evidence of wanting!
There is an idea out there that our subconscious drives our conscious….
There is a propensity within the construction industry to measure the success of training by measuring how many people go through the training, and often, how fast can they get through it….
A paper cut is not the biggest risk you face from the voluminous paper you are making people fill out every day. The biggest risk you face is the real risk of death or the jail!
There is as epidemic of paperwork in the construction industry.[…]
Some well intended safety people were reviewing an activity on site. First they checked the paperwork which included daily checklists for the equipment being used…
If it were, there would be unlimited time and money.
No, safety is a challenge, a puzzle, best solved by not specifically focussing on safety, but on focussing on what it takes to deliver the task correctly.
Correctly = to time, budget, to spec and with all fingers and toes left in tact. […]
On my lunchtime stroll, walking the office dog, I pass the nearby construction site that has been going for near on 6 months, if not more now. It’s a relatively simple road reconstruction of one of the main routes into this suburb of Edinburgh. It’s been to source of many a pondering thought and never […]
We Just Don’t Trust You. You don’t have to look far for examples of the mistrust that fuels the ‘them and us’ culture in construction. “But we meant well”, doesn’t cut it anymore. We should take responsibility for crap we have come up with, apologise, stop it and move on. Here’s an example – The […]