FREE 216 page ebook – “Guidance for the beginning OHS professional” – by the late Safety Legend George Robotham
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Most of you would know George from the many articles he has written for us in the last 2 years. This book combines many of those modified articles and many other reflections by George after nearly 40 years at the coal face of safety. Sadly George passed away suddenly on Sept 11 2013. George wanted to spread his wisdom far and wide and wrote this huge volume of the most useful safety stuff you are likely to find after already mentoring many young safety Pros. This is a must read for not only the new Safety Professional but also the tough nuts hardened by the years and perhaps still bashing your head against the wall.
Book intro and TOC are below for your info:
Introduction
In nearly 4 decades of involvement in field, corporate, project and consultant OHS roles I have had the opportunity to learn a variety of things. In this publication I have outlined generally 1-2 page thoughts on safety and safety aligned topics, with the aim of providing some brief guidance to the newly developing OHS professional. Where I considered it important I have included major papers on significant topics I believe I cover a fair bit of relevant ground. Whilst there is a smattering of theory in the following, most is based on practical experience. A strong message is that to be effective in OHS you need competency from other areas, as well as your OHS competencies.
Contents
Why read this paper? What will I learn? What is in it for me? 4
Lessons learnt from my safety jobs 4
Major safety technical lessons learnt 10
The good, bad and the ugly of George’s 38 year safety career 26
Professional associations
Why have OHS? 69
30 Sure fire ways to stuff up a safety management system 86
Advice to new OHS people 88
The accidents I have been associated with 93
What is wrong with the way OHS is managed in Australia 104
What is right with the way OHS is managed in Australia 110
What makes a safety management system fly
Geoff McDonald 128
Safety Myths 128
LTIFR 130
Personal Damage Occurrence Investigation Models 130
Analysis of “Accident” experience 131
Access to earthmoving equipment 132
Critical Incident Recall 133
George’s Philosophy on Life, Work and Relationships 134
Background to OHS 140
Behaviour-Based Safety 140
Role of the safety professional 141
Safety incentives 141
Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate 142
Alternatives to the hierarchy of controls 143
Young worker safety 145
Zero harm 146
Commercial Safety Management Systems 148
Major mistakes I have seen made in implementing OHS 149
The toughest safety assignment I have had 150
How to have an effective safety committee 151
Common law 152
Safety Benchmarking 153
OHS tools for managing safety 154
Job Safety Analysis 154
Georges down to earth advice to safety representatives and safety committee members 155
Risk assessment tips 156
Accident investigation 157
Accident investigation summary 163
Auditing OHS systems 164
Non OHS tools for managing safety 165
Safety communications 165
Safety culture 166
How to improve safety culture 166
Interpersonal skills 167
Leadership 176
The things you need to know about health and safety leadership
Leadership quotes 176
Military leaders on leadership 177
OHS Leadership 178
How to be a safety leader 180
References 180
Leadership in safety-Ethics 181
Leadership in safety-Trust 181
Learning 182
Adult learning principles and process
OHS Learning 202
Training and development needs of OHS personnel
Implementation of a learning management system 210
The use of Power-Point presentations 211
Tool box meetings 211
The use of humour 212
Safety Induction 213
Human Resources 213
Job interviews 213
The resume 215
Conclusion 216