Repost – The Tombstone Imperative
Update – 50 years ago today, the West Gate Bridge collapsed. Re-posting this from 10 years ago. There is a term in aviation safety, called Read More …
Category: Health and Safety
“You want to get home alive? That’s on you.”
“OHSA? Son, I’m the captain of a crab boat. My responsibility is not to get you home alive. My responsibility is to get you home Read More …
Piper Alpha–the men
I’m currently studying the Piper Alpha Disaster for a Work Health Safety Diploma. The following is an incomplete list of who was on the Piper Read More …
$1.36 million dollars is not much …
when you have endured two years of offensive remarks or conduct, including a rape threat and has not been able to work since July 2010. Read More …
Kitchen sinks
I’m not talking about my house sharing experiences here*, but work places. It’s a problem. People think that the cleaners, their mum or even magic Read More …
They are already suffering a greater punishment than any of us could administer with judgement.
It’s the distractions which harm or kill us. Consider the following: Cessna 305 streams engine oil onto the fuselage. Pilot was distracted while filling up Read More …
On having a Mind Like Water and STOPing
As part of the Getting Things Done methodology, David Allen talks about the martial arts concept of having a Mind Like Water. I was talking Read More …
Tamper evident seals on fire extinguishers
I like tamper evident seals on fire extinguishers, I really do. It allows for a quick visual check to see if someone has grabbed a Read More …
Fire extinguishers in Australian Office Buildings
Spent the morning looking at the number of fire extinguishers needed in an Australian office building (ie. a Class 5 building). Here’s the process I Read More …
Australian Standards and Occupational Health and Safety.
I was looking though some OH&S training notes, and this explanation of how Australian Standards are used with OH&S laws in Victoria, seems quite useful: Read More …