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14 Oct

2019

Zero Harm – Stop Taking it Seriously!

Simon Lawrence Safety Culture, Safety Strategy, What's New, Zero harm No Comments

10 Health and Safety Myths – #3 Zero Harm – Stop Taking it Literally! I’m self-employed. So I can’t lose my job just for saying I don’t “believe in” Zero Harm. But others have lost their careers, apparently, so listen carefully to your Uncle Simon: If you happen to work in, or have applied for a safety role …

29 Nov

2018

Accident statistics – raw data vs. adjusted data

Simon Lawrence Road Safety, Safety Strategy, What's New No Comments

The NZ Working Safer Vision sets accident statistics goals for reduction of fatal and serious work injuries. But raw data from the Worksafe website shows no significant improvement in the simple number of deaths. 2013: 57, 2014 44, 2015: 45, 2016: 50, 2017: 50. This is because.. …the accident statistics get adjusted The calculation of baseline …

02 Oct

2018

Safety Culture – a steam in a teacup?

Simon Lawrence Safety Culture, Safety Strategy Comments Off

Last month, I was asked to speak at a meeting of one of my long-term clients. The subject was “safety culture”. It’s something I’m interested in, but I decided I’d better do some research. And it turns out there is neither a consensus about what it is, nor that it is even needed! The scientific paper I used The paper is …

24 Aug

2018

ACC Workplace Safety Incentives – Phase 3

Simon Lawrence ACC, Experience Rating, Managing Risk, Safety Strategy, What's New No Comments

I previously posted about “Product A” and “Product B” ACC workplace safety incentives. ACC is now considering submissions. They are nutting out the detail. ‘B’ is the new AEP. ‘A’ will be default for all other employers. We should start working right now, because it’s the future! Workplace safety incentives …

03 May

2018

Health & Safety at Work Strategy 2018-2028

Simon Lawrence Legislation, Managing Risk, Safety Strategy, What's New No Comments

The Government have a draft Health & Safety at Work Strategy. And they want submissions from you. Governments are not usually good at stuff that’s about human behaviour. They mostly serve up lukewarm half-measures. But I have analysed the Draft and there are some good priorities: A System Ever heard of governments talking about “systems”? …

Category Archives: Safety Strategy

Zero Harm – Stop Taking it Seriously!

Accident statistics – raw data vs. adjusted data

Safety Culture – a steam in a teacup?

ACC Workplace Safety Incentives – Phase 3

Health & Safety at Work Strategy 2018-2028