Safety and Risk Snippets – a few interesting recent safety and risk articles from the WWW
The Importance of DisciplineBy Phil LaDuke Safety professionals take great pains to engage workers in safety. While it’s true that engaged workers tend to be more concerned about the safety of the workplace worker engagement can only take us so far. And while it’s unfair to blame the injured worker—a tendency far too common—I’ve seen a decided move away from discipline as a response to unsafe behaviour. The mere mention of discipline raises emotions on both sides of the spectrum. On one end there is a chorus of “here! Here!” spouting mouth-breathers who want to blame every injury on stupid workers who can’t follow directions or won’t follow the rules. On the other end we have a bunch of bleeding hearts that want to blame everything but the responsible party. The answer in most cases lies somewhere in between. The correct approach in most cases lies somewhere in between. Read the rest here: http://philladuke.wordpress.com/2014/10/18/the-importance-of-discipline/ |
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Are Your Awareness Campaigns Just Trivia?By Phil LaDuke Awareness without context, purpose, or action is trivia. What’s more, a poorly executed safety can do more harm than good—when people think you’re a blithering idiot they won’t listen to what you have to say, now or ever. First impressions are lasting and you only get one shot at it so take some time and do it right. Read the rest here: Are Your Awareness Campaigns Just Trivia? |
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Cotton wool kids at risk of becoming mentally fragileDaily Telegraph Kidsafe ”play expert’’ Kay Lockhart said there would be “bumps and tears along the way’’ but children needed to be challenged. “We’ve seen that [helicopter parenting] has increased in recent years,’’ she said. “We need to break those parents out of that and let them take those risks and challenges.’’ However, Ms Lockhart said there were limits and it was up to parents to establish what was an acceptable risk and what was clearly dangerous. ”It might be about setting rules such as that tree is not safe to climb but this one might be okay,’’ she said. Ms Lockhart said little was known about the costs of childhood obesity, however, research on a longitudinal study of Australian children found that being overweight at age 4-5 was associated with significantly higher medical and pharmaceutical costs for children in their first 5 years at school. Read the rest here |
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