Is Zero Harm a laudable approach or a misdirection--an illusion--associated with higher fatality rates?

This episode dives into the paper from: Sherratt, F., & Dainty, A. R. (2017). UK construction safety: a zero paradox?. Policy and practice in health and safety, 15(2), 108-116.

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Are our investigations blinded to the functioning and effectiveness of risk controls?

Are our current approaches, and mental models about how safety events occur, defined less by what they unpack and more by what they leave in the dark?

This study unpacks these questions, and evaluates how accident investigators consider, or not, the functioning of risk controls within the context of investigations.

Ref: Dodshon, P., & Hassall, M. E. (2017). Practitioners’ perspectives on incident investigations. Safety science, 93, 187-198.

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Are audits effective checks and verifications of our risk control systems?

Are they diving deep into the functionality and effectiveness of systems and practices, and evaluating actual daily, hazardous work?

Or, are they mostly rustling paperwork at the expense of real operational hazards?

Ref: Hutchinson, B., Dekker, S., & Rae, A. (2024). Audit masquerade: How audits provide comfort rather than treatment for serious safety problems. Safety science, 169, 106348.

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