Seven Bad Habits of Safety Management

ISBN-13: 9781032520278 / Twarda / 2023 / 136 str.

Murray Ritchie

Opis

The Seven Bad Habits of Safety Management delivers seven, focused chapters designed to bring occupational health and safety right up to date. Each critically analyzes common safety practices exploring where they came from, why they fail and what alternatives are currently being researched around the world.

Spis treści

1. Bad Habit 1 - Plan-Do-Check-Act - The Activity Trap.  2. Bad Habit 2 - Safety Management Systems - Rules vs Risk.  3. Bad Habit 3 - Lagging Indicators - Not Everything That Can Be Counted Counts!.  4. Bad Habit 4 - Leading Indicators - Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted.  5. Bad Habit 5 - Behaviour Based Safety - The Problem Child.  6. Bad Habit 6 - Joint Health and Safety Committees - Put Down the Donuts There’s Work to Do.  7. Bad Habit 7 - Safety Culture - If You Can’t Speak The Language Blame The Culture.

O autorze

Murray Ritchie is an occupational health and safety practitioner, researcher, educator, and speaker with 40 years of experience working with various industries, governments, and NGOs. He obtained a Master of Science degree in Occupational Safety and Health from the University of Greenwich, UK, late in life following a boots-on-the-ground career in the offshore oil and gas industry. He has worked on five continents consulting to a wide variety of industries, has served on program advisory boards for two colleges, and taught as a contract instructor for the University of Alberta Faculty of Extension.