The Art of Safety

How to simply and easily persuade everyone around you to take safety as serious business

Archives for Job Safety

Art of Safety Workshop – Toronto

 The next Art of Safety workshop is fast approaching - February 17 & 18 in Toronto - spread the word and think about who you should send... check it out on the website Events listing... www.artofsafety.ca Gary ...more»
January 17, 2009

Changing the Language of Safety – Part 2

In Part 1 we introduced the concept of presuppositions, phrases that have negative impacts on our safety programs, here’s another example: 3. “Is it safe?” The answer to this kind of question is either a “yes” or “no” answer. It either is, or is not. This ...more»
August 1, 2008

Changing the Language of Safety – Part 1

The “art” of safety, as opposed to the science or technology, offers subtle ways to use influencing language without inadvertently or clumsily sabotaging one's own best efforts. The recently released Art of Safety offers ingenious ways to lift stalled programs off the plateau through the use of simple communication ...more»
July 1, 2008

Job Safety Analysis

At the core of many safety activities is the Job Safety Analysis. In reality it is most often a “Task” Safety Analysis, an individual task is analyzed, not a job. A job will generally contain a variety of tasks. A Job Safety Analysis is an adaptation of a Task Analysis ...more»
June 2, 2008