Are our safety myths--like most accidents being the result of human error--holding back genuine improvement within safety?Can myths like these actually hamper learning, and increase operational risk?Today's article is from Besnard, D., & Hollnagel, E. (2014). I want to believe: some myths about the management of industrial safety. Cognition, Technology & Work, 16, 13-23.Feel free to shout me a coffee to support my site &podcasts: https://buymeacoffee.com/benhutchinsonMore research at SafetyInsights.Org Intro/Output "Dark Synth Wave" by ElephantGreen(PixaBay.com)Make sure to subscribe to Safe AF on Spotify/Apple, and ifyou find it useful then please help share the news, and leave a rating and review on your podcast app.I also have a Safe AF LinkedIn group if you want to stay up to date on releases.
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Ep 9: How certified systems & auditing mask psychosocial issues
We design, implement and certify our safety systems with best intentions. We hope these systems help us to identify and address workplace hazards.However, is it possible that certified management systems can instead mask particular complex sociotechnical issues, simplifying psychosocial matters into neat, auditable matters, devoid of their depth and nuance? Can auditing transform functional systems into easily auditable, but less functional, systems?Today we explore the following paper: Hohnen, P., & Hasle, P. (2011). Making work environment auditable–A ‘critical case’ study of certified occupational health and safety management systems in Denmark. Safety science, 49(7), 1022-1029.Feel free to shout me a coffee to support my site &podcasts: https://buymeacoffee.com/benhutchinsonMore research at SafetyInsights.OrgIntro/Output "Dark Synth Wave" by ElephantGreen(PixaBay.com)
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Ep 8: The harm in zero harm
Is Zero Harm a laudable approach or a misdirection--an illusion--associated with higher fatality rates?This episode dives into the paper from: Sherratt, F., & Dainty, A. R. (2017). UK construction safety: a zero paradox?. Policy and practice in health and safety, 15(2), 108-116.Feel free to shout me a coffee to support my site &podcasts: https://buymeacoffee.com/benhutchinsonMore research at SafetyInsights.Org Intro/Output "Dark Synth Wave" by ElephantGreen(PixaBay.com)
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Ep 7: How investigations blind us to control effectiveness
Are our investigations blinded to the functioning and effectiveness of risk controls? Are our current approaches, and mental models about how safety events occur, defined less by what they unpack and more by what they leave in the dark?This study unpacks these questions, and evaluates how accident investigators consider, or not, the functioning of risk controls within the context of investigations.Ref: Dodshon, P., & Hassall, M. E. (2017). Practitioners’ perspectives on incident investigations. Safety science, 93, 187-198.Feel free to shout me a coffee to support my site &podcasts: https://buymeacoffee.com/benhutchinsonMore research at SafetyInsights.OrgIntro/Output "Dark Synth Wave" by ElephantGreen(PixaBay.com)
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Ep #6: Audit Masquerade - How audits provide comfort rather than treatment for serious safety problems
Are audits effective checks and verifications of our risk control systems?Are they diving deep into the functionality and effectiveness of systems and practices, and evaluating actual daily, hazardous work? Or, are they mostly rustling paperwork at the expense of real operational hazards?Ref: Hutchinson, B., Dekker, S., & Rae, A. (2024). Audit masquerade: How audits provide comfort rather than treatment for serious safety problems. Safety science, 169, 106348.Feel free to shout me a coffee to support my site &podcasts: https://buymeacoffee.com/benhutchinsonMore research at SafetyInsights.Org Intro/Output "Dark Synth Wave" by ElephantGreen(PixaBay.com)
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