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The Essence of Safety.
What The Other Voices Say
Presented by:
Frank Dobson
Dobson Associates
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What The Other Voices Say.
Safety has made quite a lot of
progress over the last 36 + years.
Our workplaces are now much
safer than our homes.
As a matter of fact, we are 8 times
safer at work than at home. (BLS 05)
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What The Other Voices Say.
There is a lot of confusion andmisunderstanding about defining
Safety.
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What The Other Voices Say.
This confusion is limiting usfrom achieving the high levels
of Safety Performance expected
in todays Hi-Tech world.
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What The Other Voices Say.
We all need to establish a uniformdefinition and understanding of
Safety if we are going to Lead and
Manage this function effectively.
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What The Other Voices Say.
We have the responsibility tocommunicate, more effectively, a
single-minded version of Safety to
all of our workforce.
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Just What Do The Other
Voices Say?????
EXERCISE
Breakout into Teams and solvethis riddle
What Does Safety Mean to Me?
Record your ideas and report back
in 20 minutes.
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Listing of Mind-Sets
We all possess a mental model
or mind-setof what Safety
means to each of us.
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What Is A Mental Model
or Mind-Set?
The human brain builds a model frombits of knowledge, (like putting a
puzzle together), without knowing
what the picture should look like, orhow the pieces fit together.
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What Is A Mental Model
or Mind-Set?
The bits of knowledge come frompersonal experiences, imagination,
perceptions, and from some problem
solving strategies we use during
day-to-day operations.
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What Is A Mental Model
or Mind-Set?
The picture takes shape as the piecesare added,
but..
It may never be complete.
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Listing of Mind-Sets
Were there any people whosemodels were similar?
If so, how similar were they?
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Listing of Mind-Sets
Were there models that wereextremely far apart?
If so, how far apart?
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What Are Mental Models ?
Variations in peoples perceptionsof Safety.
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What Are Mental Models ?
Mind-sets formed over time that
have developed into realities.
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What Are Mental Models ?
Models that were influenced byour cultural and professional
experiences.
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What Are Mental Models ?
Internal Pictures of our core beliefsof reality.
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What Are Mental Models ?
Our understanding of where andhow we fit into the world around us.
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What Are Mental Models ?
How we see our systems working
in our workplaces.
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Limitations to Models
often incomplete version of anevent or observable fact
sometimes flawed due to human
error in basic assumptions
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Limitations to Models
reliant upon information from
other models or emotions based in
the absence of feedback
not easily understood and open to
loose interpretations
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Limitations to Models
sometimes based on ambiguous and
contradictive information(Garbage-InGarbage-Out)
based on very little information andover-simplified explanations to a
complex event
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Limitations to Models
validity of information not tested
(i.e. clinging to old Safety Myths)
representations of what is true,
but not what is false
Break for 10 mins.
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Testing It For Yourself
Exercise
Breakout into Teams again thenwrite (in 25 words or less)
A definition of Safety.
Take 20 minutes then record ideas
and report out.
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Some Common Responses
Preventing accidents and injuries
Freedom from harm or injury
Being safe
Not getting hurt
Its number one
Following procedures
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Some Common Responses
Being aware of your surroundings
It is a state of being
Looking out for each other
Complying with OSHA
Going home the same way you
came to work
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Evaluating Our Responses
How did your mental models or your
mind-sets influence you with thedefinitions you wrote for Safety?
Did you totally capture theessence of Safety that you
expected?
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Evaluating Our Responses
Have you noticed the wide
variability and uncertainty?
Was this a most difficult task
for you to perform?
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Evaluating Our Responses
Have we been reciting clichs
without seeking substantiation?
Do we follow published premises
that may not have any foundation?
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OK..So Who Is Right
& Who Is Wrong?
The implication here is not that your
responses are right or wrong.
We are addressing the variability in
the key aspects of the
Essence of Safety.
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Safety Management
EXERCISE
As individuals please writein 25 words or less..
How Do I Manage Safety?
Take 20 minutes then we will discuss.
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What Does It Look Like?
This should be a simple Question!
Why is this exercise so difficult?
Do you really know Safety or
how to manage it?
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Dont Copp-Out
How many of you just wanted to
throw-up your hands and say;
I really dont know Safety or how
to manage it!
Youre the Safety Guy, you tell us!
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Safety Professional Model
How accidents are caused
(Domino sequence of causation)
Heinrichs 1-29-300 premise (alsoknown as the Accident Ratio Study)
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Safety Professional Model
90% of accidents caused by unsafeacts of employees..
10% by unsafe work conditions
Frequency precedes severity
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Safety Professionals
Strive for certainty and wisdom to
continuously improve and to
constantly challenge, refine, and test
the prevailing mental models, and
feedback systems that influence us.
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World Complexities
The natural world, business systems,
accident causation, root cause,
psychosocial factors, and cultural
influences just may be well beyond
our mental capabilities.
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Summary
There is no single-minded model of
what safety is or how to manage it.
This uncertainty is a gap in need of
closure.
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Summary
This uncertainty represents an
opportunity for safety professionals
and organizations to achieve a higher
level of capability and confidence in
the quest to control hazardous
incidents.
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Summary
Safety is..
Not an exact Science
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Please remember..
All Accidents Are
Preventable !
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Thank You
for learning with us today.
Take Care & Stay Safe
www.DobsonAssociates.com