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Safe As Podcast

A podcast dedicated to the thrifty analysis of safety science, risk, systems, and performance research. Jump onto SafetyInsights.Org for more research. Intro/Output "Dark Synth Wave" by ElephantGreen (PixaBay.com)

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00:13:59

E45: Unpacking Officer Due Diligence based on a...

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2025/10/08

This episode unpacks findings from the recent Maritime NZ / Port of Auckland case, where a CEO was charged under due diligence offences.It offers an enlightening perspective on work-as-done, night shift work, critical controls and more.More research at SafetyInsights.OrgIntro/Output "Dark Synth Wave" by ElephantGreen (PixaBay.com)Make sure to subscribe to Safe As on Spotify/Apple, and if you find it useful then please help share the news, and leave a rating and review on your podcast app.I

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00:03:49

E44: Human-centred design - some terms from Don...

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2025/10/06

This quickisode dives into some key human-centred design terms from the GOAT, Don Norman.The source is: Norman, D. (2013). The design of everyday things.More research at SafetyInsights.OrgIntro/Output "Dark Synth Wave" by ElephantGreen (PixaBay.com)Make sure to subscribe to Safe As on Spotify/Apple, and if you find it useful then please help share the news, and leave a rating and review on your podcast app.I also have a Safe As LinkedIn group if you want to stay up to date on

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00:11:53

E43: How 'no blame' can potentially subvert learning...

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2025/10/05

Few would disagree that blame negatively impacts learning.However, can efforts to promote 'no blame' approaches also carry their own negative and unintended impacts on learning and improvement?Today's article is: Sherratt, F., Thallapureddy, S., Bhandari, S., Hansen, H., Harch, D., & Hallowell, M. R. (2023). The unintended consequences of no blame ideology for incident investigation in the US construction industry. Safety science, 166, 106247.More research at

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00:08:49

E42: The blindspots of incident reporting approaches

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2025/10/01

Are our incident reporting systems providing accurate reflections of incidents and severity, or blinkered, highly selective views disconnected from actual injury severities?Today's article: Geddert, K., Dekker, S., & Rae, A. (2021). How does selective reporting distort understanding of workplace injuries?. Safety, 7(3), 58.More research at SafetyInsights.OrgIntro/Output "Dark Synth Wave" by ElephantGreen (PixaBay.com)Make sure to subscribe to Safe As on Spotify/Apple, and if you

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00:05:23

E41: Writing better procedures with the dark arts of...

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2025/09/29

How can we apply the dark arts of Human Factors to write better procedures? Let's find out.Today's source is: HPOG (2021). Best Practice in Procedure Formatting.More research at SafetyInsights.OrgIntro/Output "Dark Synth Wave" by ElephantGreen (PixaBay.com)Make sure to subscribe to Safe As on Spotify/Apple, and if you find it useful then please help share the news, and leave a rating and review on your podcast app.I also have a Safe As LinkedIn group if you want to stay up to date

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00:11:10

E40: Types and mechanisms of investigator bias

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2025/09/28

What are the types and mechanisms of investigator bias, and what are some proposed debiasing methods and improvements?Today's article: MacLean, C. L. (2022). Cognitive bias in workplace investigation: Problems, perspectives and proposed solutions. Applied Ergonomics, 105, 103860.More research at SafetyInsights.OrgIntro/Output "Dark Synth Wave" by ElephantGreen (PixaBay.com)Make sure to subscribe to Safe As on Spotify/Apple, and if you find it useful then please help share the news, and

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00:08:59

E39: How biased are incident investigators?

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2025/09/24

Investigations are reputed to be 'fact finding' exercises: objective searches for facts and truth.How what role does investigator bias play in constructing the incident findings?Today's article is: MacLean, C. L., & Dror, I. E. (2023). Measuring base-rate bias error in workplace safety investigators. Journal of safety research, 84, 108-116.More research at SafetyInsights.OrgIntro/Output "Dark Synth Wave" by ElephantGreen (PixaBay.com)Make sure to subscribe to Safe As on Spotify/Apple, and if you

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00:04:06

E38: 4Ds - Dumb, Dangerous, Different, Difficult -...

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2025/09/22

This quickisode unpacks the 4D method for learning: Dumb, Dangerous, Different, Difficult.The source is Sutton et al. 2023. 4Ds for HOP and Learning Teams: A practical how-to guide to facilitate learning from everyday work, critical and dynamic risks with the 4Ds.More research at SafetyInsights.OrgIntro/Output "Dark Synth Wave" by ElephantGreen (PixaBay.com)Make sure to subscribe to Safe As on Spotify/Apple, and if you find it useful then please help share the news, and leave a rating and review on

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00:09:54

E37: Psychological Safety - what is it good for? A...

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2025/09/21

Psychological safety has reached almost Deity levels.Every third business, HR or tech article and its dog seems to mention Psychological Safety.But what does evidence underpins the construct? As we'll find, even by 2017, quite a lot.Today's article is Frazier, M. L., Fainshmidt, S., Klinger, R. L., Pezeshkan, A., & Vracheva, V. (2017). Psychological safety: A meta‐analytic review and extension. Personnel psychology, 70(1), 113-165.More research at SafetyInsights.OrgIntro/Output "Dark Synth Wave"

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00:13:22

E36: How audits fail prior to major accidents

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2025/09/17

How do audits fail to avert major disasters? What do investigations after a major accident say about the performance, or failures, of audits?Today's article is Hutchinson, B., Dekker, S., & Rae, A. (2024). How audits fail according to accident investigations: A counterfactual logic analysis. Process Safety Progress, 43(3), 441-454.More research at SafetyInsights.OrgIntro/Output "Dark Synth Wave" by ElephantGreen (PixaBay.com)Make sure to subscribe to Safe As on Spotify/Apple, and if you find it

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00:04:04

E35: Critical Steps for managing hazardous work...

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2025/09/15

Some task steps are so important, that marshal or exchange so much energy, that they must go right first time, every time. These are called Critical Steps. Let's explore critical steps and risk important decisions.Today's source is: Muschara, T., Farris, R., & Marinus, J. (2021). Critical steps: managing what must go right in high-risk operations. CRC Press.More research at SafetyInsights.OrgIntro/Output "Dark Synth Wave" by ElephantGreen (PixaBay.com)Make sure to subscribe to

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00:06:39

E34: The failure of critical controls in construction

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2025/09/14

How reliable are the critical controls within construction? Which critical controls fail, and how?Today's article is Selleck, R., Hassall, M., & Cattani, M. (2022). Determining the reliability of critical controls in construction projects. Safety, 8(3), 64.More research at SafetyInsights.OrgIntro/Output "Dark Synth Wave" by ElephantGreen (PixaBay.com)Make sure to subscribe to Safe As on Spotify/Apple, and if you find it useful then please help share the news, and leave a rating and

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00:08:54

EP33: Is ChatGPT bullsh** you? How Large Language...

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2025/09/10

Large Language Models, like ChatGPT, have amazing capabilities. But are their responses, aiming to be convincing human text, more indicative of BS? That is, responses that are indifferent to the truth?If they are, what are the practical implications?Today's paper is: Hicks, M. T., Humphries, J., & Slater, J. (2024). ChatGPT is bullshit. Ethics and Information Technology, 26(2), 1-10.More research at SafetyInsights.OrgIntro/Output "Dark Synth Wave" by ElephantGreen (PixaBay.com)Make

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00:05:29

EP32: Navigating fatigue risk with the defences in...

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2025/09/08

This episode discusses Dawson & McCulloch's structured defences in depth approach to navigate occupational fatigue at different levels.Today's paper: Dawson, D., & McCulloch, K. (2005). Managing fatigue: it's about sleep. Sleep medicine reviews, 9(5), 365-380.More research at SafetyInsights.OrgIntro/Output "Dark Synth Wave" by ElephantGreen (PixaBay.com)Make sure to subscribe to Safe As on Spotify/Apple, and if you find it useful then please help share the news, and

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EP31: Do individual mental health interventions work?...

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2025/09/07

Do individual level mental health interventions, like personal resilience training, yoga, fruit bowls and training actually improve measures of mental health?Today's paper is: Fleming, W. J. (2024). Employee well‐being outcomes from individual‐level mental health interventions: Cross‐sectional evidence from the United Kingdom. Industrial Relations Journal, 55(2), 162-182.More research at SafetyInsights.OrgIntro/Output "Dark Synth Wave" by ElephantGreen (PixaBay.com)Make sure to

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E30: A better way to think about procedures:...

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2025/09/03

Do you see procedures as concrete actions that specify the one correct way of working, or more as resources to shape work and sensitise people to risk?Let's unpack the model 1 / model 2 perspective of rules and see which resonates best with workers.Today's paper is Hendricks, J. W., & Peres, S. C. (2021). Beyond human error: An empirical study of the safety Model 1 and Model 2 approaches for predicting workers’ behaviors and outcomes with procedures. Safety science, 134, 105016.More research at

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00:03:28

E29: Restorative Just Culture Checklist (quickisode)

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2025/09/01

This quickisode jumps into Sidney Dekker's restorative just culture checklist - available on SafetyDifferently.ComMore research at SafetyInsights.OrgIntro/Output "Dark Synth Wave" by ElephantGreen (PixaBay.com)Make sure to subscribe to Safe As on Spotify/Apple, and if you find it useful then please help share the news, and leave a rating and review on your podcast app.I also have a Safe As LinkedIn group if you want to stay up to date on releases.

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00:12:57

E28: How language shapes blame in investigations

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2025/08/31

Does the language we use in investigations shape allocations of blame? Quite possibly.Today's study is from Vesel, C. (2020). Agentive language in accident investigation: Why language matters in learning from events. ACS Chemical Health & Safety, 27(1), 34-39.More research at SafetyInsights.OrgIntro/Output "Dark Synth Wave" by ElephantGreen (PixaBay.com)Make sure to subscribe to Safe As on Spotify/Apple, and if you find it useful then please help share the news, and leave a rating

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00:09:30

E27: Is fatigue as dangerous as drink driving?

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2025/08/27

Drink driving is a well-known risk, but how dangerous is fatigue impairment in comparison? What happens when mental performance is compared between fatigue (via sleep loss) and alcohol impairment, and where/when do they intercept in impairing performance?Today's study is Maruff, P., Falleti, M. G., Collie, A., Darby, D., & McStephen, M. (2005). Fatigue‐related impairment in the speed, accuracy and variability of psychomotor performance: comparison with blood alcohol levels. Journal of sleep

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00:04:07

E26: Risk Controls: Alternative Controls / Direct...

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2025/08/25

Check out the Construction Safety Research Alliance's concept of AC/DC (alternative controls and direct controls).Let me know if it has helped you to target more effective, higher-order controls for addressing high-energy hazards.More research at SafetyInsights.OrgIntro/Output "Dark Synth Wave" by ElephantGreen (PixaBay.com)Make sure to subscribe to Safe As on Spotify/Apple, and if you find it useful then please help share the news, and leave a rating and review on your podcast app.I also have a

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