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Reporter, Enforcer, Team Player: Three Functional Approaches in Safety Management

Explore the multifaceted world of safety management where practitioners must adeptly navigate between observing, enforcing, and collaborating.

This article examines how these key operating modes interact to shape the effectiveness of the safety practitioner.

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Australian Workplace Fatalities: Overall Decline Masks Sector-Specific Rises

Australia's sustained decrease in workplace fatality rates defies the global trend of plateauing declines, yet some sectors still experience increasing rates. Why is this the case?

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Accountability and Blame in Safety Management

Balancing accountability and blame in safety management is tricky. Here's an approach to getting it right.

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An introduction to the ArchDAMS Approach

Navigating through the maze of regulatory compliance and benchmarking, safety management systems often lose sight of their core purpose.

Here's an introduction to the ArchDAMS approach to safety management.

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Glossary of Safety Management Terms

A glossary of the top safety management terms with extended commentary according to the ArchDAMS approach.

Safety Culture

Safety Leadership

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Zero Accidents, Zero Chance: Deciphering the Metric and Metaphorical Zeros in Zero Accident Programs

Here is our attempt at deciphering the metric and metaphorical zeros in zero accident programs.

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Culture Snaps

A selection of cultural snippets that gives insights into organisational safety culture.

Where does your safety manager spend the majority of their time at work?

Can your staff articulate the company safety policy without referencing it?

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Organisational Context: The Key to Effective Safety Management

Designing an effective safety management system depends on a thorough understanding of the organisational context.

Here's an exploration of why many safety management systems still get it wrong.

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10 Barriers to Leadership Engagement in Safety Management

Achieving genuine senior leadership engagement with your safety programme beyond nice talking points like "safety first" and "safety culture" is a formidable task. Here are our top 10 reasons why you may be struggling.

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UK Workplace Fatalities: A Decade of Stalled Progress in Reducing Deaths

In the decade that zero accident programmes proliferated across industries, expectations were high for fatality rates to trend towards zero. So why is the reduction in workplace fatalities stagnating?

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An Exploration of Zero Accident Programmes

Balancing aspirations with realities in workplace safety is the task of the safety practitioner.

Here is our take on attitudes towards zero accident programmes.

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