Safe As Podcast
by Ben Hutchinson
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E111: Dr Steven Shorrock Part 1: Is HOP actually 'new' or built on…
E111: Dr Steven Shorrock Part 1: Is HOP actually 'new' or built on…
About this podcast
A podcast dedicated to the thrifty analysis of safety science, risk, systems, and performance research.
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 111 episodes
- E111: Dr Steven Shorrock Part 1: Is HOP actually 'new' or built on Human Factors? · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 111“There’s nothing new since the 1980s there”In part 1 of my interview with Dr Steven Shorrock. He's worked for about 30 years as a psychologist and human factors engineer in…
- E110: Why Low Injury Rates Hide Catastrophic Risk (The Longford Disaster) · 9 min · Season 1 Episode 110This ep unpacks the 1998 Esso Longford gas plant explosion in Victoria, drawing on the safety science and sociological research from Emeritus Professor Andrew Hopkins. We move…
- 109: High-Energy Hazards & SIF Risk: What the Research Shows (Quickisode) · 5 min · Season 1 Episode 109Are higher-energy hazard interactions more likely to seriously injure or kill people?In this ep, we unpack the empirical link between energy exposure and SIFs - where over 500…
- 108: Professor Robin Dillon-Merrill Part 2: Resilient Vs Vulnerable Near misses · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 108Can AI help us identify critical safety blind-spots before disaster?Part 2 interview with Professor Robin Dillon-Merrill (Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business)…
- E107: Skip-Order-Action Framework: Measuring Work-As-Done in the Field (HOP / Safety-II) · 5 min · Season 1 Episode 107Today we unpack a study tracking 1,422 procedural steps across 40 petrochemical operations. Using their Skip-Order-Action (SOA) Framework, they explored how frontline personnel…
- E106: Boeing 737 MAX Disaster: When High-Authority Systems Go "Strong, Silent, and Wrong" · 4 min · Season 1 Episode 106What happens when a high-authority automated system operate with an incorrect model of reality?This question is explored via Dekker & Woods’ (2024) article on automated systems…
- E105: Does Fatigue Cause Attentional Blindness? (Quickisode) · 5 min · Season 1 Episode 105Can fatigue cause visual blindness in plant operators and drivers?In this video, I review a 2019 study from Li et al. (Automation in Construction) who used wearable eye-tracking…
- E104: Professor Robin Dillon-Merrill Part 1: Near Misses & Confusing Luck with Resilience · 17 min · Season 1 Episode 104Do we routinely mistake good luck with systemic resilience – until something blows up? Today I speak with Professor Robin Dillon-Merrill (Georgetown University, McDonough School…
- E103: Does HOP Actually Work? Real Data From a 5-Year Study (Quickisode) · 6 min · Season 1 Episode 103Does a Human & Organizational Performance (HOP) initiative improve learning and the quality of actions? And what happens when the initiative stops?This quickisode unpacks…
- E102: Writing Better Safety Procedures Part 2: Rules vs Reality, WAI/WAD, Safety-II & Workarounds · 18 min · Season 1 Episode 102In a 5-year petrochemical study examining over 1,400 work steps, 1/3 were performed differently from what was written in the procedure, but every task was completed…
- E101: From Blame to Restorative Justice: A Just Culture Tool (HOP / Safety-II / New View) · 7 min · Season 1 Episode 101Do traditional approaches unintentionally blame front-line workers instead of fixing broken organisational systems?This Quickisode unpacks how an international energy company…
- E100: Dr Linda Bellamy Part 2: Fatal vs Minor hazards, SIFs & Barrier Failures · 22 minPart 2 discussion with Dr Linda Bellamy on SIFs, fatal accidents, and barrier failures. Resources & Links:Website & Articles: https://safetyinsights.orgSupport the channel…
- E99: 25 Questions for Better Incident Investigations | Safety-II / HOP · 4 min · Season 1 Episode 99Do your investigations often conclude when you've identified 'human error', or a pesky person not following rules?Do you want to improve the quality and depth of your learning…
- E98: Writing better procedures part 1: Action verbs, human factors & more · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 98Why are so many procedures technically accurate, but barely workable in practice?In Part 1 of this two part series on procedural systems, we unpack the technical side of writing…
- E97: Investigating when 'Nothing' Failed: a Safety-II/HOP debrief tool (Quickisode) · 7 min · Season 1 Episode 97This quickisode races through a Safety-II / HOP inspired debrief tool which can help unearth 'hidden' insights about work that doesn't rely on incidents for learning.Resources &…
- E96: Dr Linda Bellamy Part 1: Fatal vs Minor hazards, SIFs & Barrier Failures · 25 min · Season 1 Episode 96Is there a relationship between fatal and minor hazard exposures? Recent SIF research & movements suggest 'NO' - what kills people aren't the same as what hurts them. But is…
- E95: Critical Controls & Barriers - Part 4: What do barrier models leave out? A Safety-II critique · 28 min · Season 1 Episode 95A bowtie or critical control register may be useful tools, but they aren't the work.In Part 4 of this series, I unpack what control / barrier models can leave out: e.g. changing…
- E94: Dr Marcin Nazaruk Part 2: HOP, New View, Learning from Daily Work · 14 min · Season 1 Episode 94Today I interview Dr Marcin Nazaruk, who shares his practical experience and research on learning from normal work / daily work, HOP / New View / Safety-II, to improve learning…
- E93: Critical Controls & Barriers & Safeguard | Part 3: Human Factors & Human Performance · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 93How do we set realistic and effective human performance expectations in our barrier approaches?In part 1 we looked at definitions of controls and barriers, whereas in part 2 we…
- E92: Dr Marcin Nazaruk Part 1: HOP, New View, Learning from Daily Work · 16 minToday I interview Dr Marcin Nazaruk, who shares his practical experience and research on learning from normal work / daily work, HOP / New View / Safety-II, to improve learning…
