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Very recently I wrote a piece on this exact topic. While Bryan Haywood correctly highlights that the model was developed in the 1920 and from this perspective, it might look progressive, we should not forget that this period (and even later) was dominated by "scientific management" - which was not much science nor management. We should also look at the model as explicative at best, but this is not a predictive model and as such useless in preventing injuries. Here is my long take on the value of the safety pyramid: https://lnkd.in/gviG4ttw
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Defending H.W. Heinrich The Accident Pyramid I am just getting into Carsten Busch’s book The Heinrich Project III, which has already made it onto my top 10 list for safety pros. Carsten put together all of H.W. Heinrich’s articles and speeches from when he was with Traveler’s Insurance. If you are a believer, as I am, in many of the traditional OSH approaches to preventing accidents, you will be amazed at Heinrich’s ability to be the safety pioneer he was. To realize he wrote these articles in the 1920’s and 1930’s is just mind-boggling. And much of what he said nearly 100 years ago STILL HOLDS TRUE TODAY. But this book that Carsten has put together compliments Heinrich’s books as we get to see his thought process and reasoning well before his first official safety book was published. For example, so many have taken potshots at the Accident Pyramid, but just 80 pages into this book, Heinrich explains the process that generated the pyramid, of which the vast majority depicted today are NOT what Heinrich and his team at Traveler’s developed. To be specific in their defense, the pyramid was never intended to claim the peak was a fatality (as normally shown today). In fact, the peak as Heinrich explained it was simply an “OSHA Recorable” in terms of today’s classification. He even stated “not all will involve lost time”. And one of the biggest reasons he and his team pushed the Pyramid was to drive home the point that the 29 and 330 other events that occurred BEFORE the “major injury” have tremendous value in accident prevention efforts, yet most will only spend time and resources on the major injury. (Sounding familiar?) We can debate the numbers (1, 29, 330) but the idea that we should be investigating ALL events, REGARDLESS of outcome, to understand their causes so that we can work to reduce their likelihood of repeating and/or reduce their severity when they do occur again is something most seasoned safety pros can agree with. Remember, Heinrich proposed this approach in 1927!!! And yet, nearly 100 years later, we are still battling this most simple approach to accident prevention. Link to purchase Carsten's book: https://lnkd.in/eKNUN6dK
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Seeking Safety, Leadership, Communication, or HOP Speaker for Vancouver Event in October 2024 Hello network, With such a talented pool of connectors and speakers in my circle, I'm reaching out to tap into your expertise. We're organizing a small gathering of safety professionals in Vancouver this October and we're on the lookout for a dynamic speaker. We need someone local who can captivate the audience with an hour-long presentation that enriches our group's soft skills. While we haven't set a specific theme, we're hoping the presentation will touch on at least one of the following topics: safety, leadership, communication, or HOP (Human and Organizational Performance). Alternatively, bridging some of these themes together could also be incredibly valuable. I'd greatly appreciate any suggestions you may have. Thank you in advance!
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This has been hard to watch how real it is. For how often it happens. For how unnecessary it is. But the toughest part is that many of us know all these facts and still do it. Why? Likely because we think we can do more than 1 thing at a time and because it seems we rely on others to keep us and them safe. Ignoring the fact that others are like us and might be prone to the same mistakes, errors and assumptions. Ignoring the fact we are not better than others. The hardest part of the video is that people come to realize their mistakes - from which so far they got a free pass - only when presented with somebody like them. Only when "them" become "us", only when the wall of separation is broken, do we realize the error of our thinking. We are not special, we are not different. We are not better at texting and driving than the "average" person. We are actually all the same. It is a function of probability, of time, if we text and drive, to miss a crucial detail and hurt ourselves and others. Please don't, and everybody's chances improve. Including our own.
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This is something I always communicated- safety is a support function, not an execution function. And safety is so integral to operations that I prefer to link both under the term safe operations. Great job on Slice, Inc. and Tony Muschara for putting together this video.
“That mindset is antithetical to Safety…” Safety author Tony Muschara is very clear on who is responsible for workplace safety. He believes it sits with line managers, with EHS practitioners providing appropriate education and training. Tony dispairs at managers only focusing on production and treating Safety as a tickbox exercise. Listen to his full interview in the latest episode of Safety Labs by Slice: Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3pG2g5r YouTube: https://lnkd.in/dzEr-xzE Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3NEApum #safetyatwork #hse #workplacesafety
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Great and sad poem written by a worker in an organization measuring safety by the lack of accidents.
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It's logical for workers to perceive incentivizing dubious milestones, as seen below, as a scheme to keep the numbers down without caring about their welfare. The following poem was written by an hourly worker in a chemical plant with a safety incentive program based on outcome (i.e., no injuries). #learn #improve #becurious
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