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Safe As Podcast

Ben Hutchinson
Risk Management
Safety Science
Safety Culture
Workplace Safety
Construction Industry
Human Performance
Deepwater Horizon
Safety
Root Cause Analysis
Safety Management
Psychological Safety
Healthcare
Patient Safety
Human Error
Meta-Analysis
4ds
Human Factors
High Risk Operations
Human and Organizational Performance (HOP)
Safety Clutter

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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Today 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 navigate written instructions in practice: revealing that roughly 1/3 of ... more

What 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 that are Strong, Silent, and Wrong.We explore the breakdown of human-auto... more

Can 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 tech to measure how prolonged excavator operation / time-on-task fatigue... more

Do we routinely mistake good luck with systemic resilience – until something blows up?

Today I speak with Professor Robin Dillon-Merrill (Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business), who breaks down her 20+ years of research on decision-mak... more

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Robin Dillon-Merrill
Professor at Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business
Georgetown University
Episode: E104: Professor Robin Dillon-Merrill Part 1: Near Misses & Confusing Luck with Resilience
Dr Linda Bellamy
Safety researcher and author
Episode: E100: Dr Linda Bellamy Part 2: Fatal vs Minor hazards, SIFs & Barrier Failures
Marcin Nazaruk
Safety researcher and practitioner focused on learning from normal work
Learning from Normal Work (learningfromnormalwork.com)
Episode: E92: Dr Marcin Nazaruk Part 1: HOP, New View, Learning from Daily Work
Guido Carim Jr.
Episode: E90: Dr Guido Carim Jr Part 2
Guido Carim Jr
Head of aviation at Griffith University; pilot by trade; researcher in safety management systems, pilot training, and procedures
Griffith University
Episode: E88: Dr Guido Carim Jr Part 1
Nancy Levinson
Expert on indicators in safety science (as referenced in episode)
Episode: E75: Better indicators for your risk control system

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Dr. Ben Hutchinson
Host of Safe As Podcast, often anchors technical safety and risk discussions with research-backed perspectives.

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4.8 out of 5 stars from 42 ratings
  • Awesome podcast

    Well-chosen papers, succinct overview of key points with Ben’s thoughts.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    NZDanNZ
    New Zealanda year ago
  • The best

    Very insightful information and always based on research

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Kusnu
    Indonesiaa year ago

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E104: Professor Robin Dillon-Merrill Part 1: Near Misses & Confusing Luck with Resilience
Q: How can organizations decouple outcome bias from decision quality when evaluating near misses?
Organizations should pause and learn before outcomes are known, evaluate decisions in advance, and use counterfactual thinking to consider alternative outcomes. This reduces reliance on luck as a proxy for competence and encourages deeper analysis of the decision process itself.
E104: Professor Robin Dillon-Merrill Part 1: Near Misses & Confusing Luck with Resilience
Q: Can you explain the difference between a resilient near miss and a vulnerable near miss?
A resilient near miss is when the bad outcome was narrowly avoided but the result is framed as a success largely due to luck, which can lead people to believe their system is robust when it isn't. A vulnerable near miss is when the near miss was closer to a failure, making people recognize their system's fragility and the potential for worse outcomes.
E96: Dr Linda Bellamy Part 1: Fatal vs Minor hazards, SIFs & Barrier Failures
Q: What should organizations measure day-to-day to know if risk is under control?
Organizations should map hazards to their specific barriers and management delivery systems, conducting risk assessments that identify barrier failures and the controls that prevent barrier breaches.
E96: Dr Linda Bellamy Part 1: Fatal vs Minor hazards, SIFs & Barrier Failures
Q: Can you explain what it means that smaller, more frequent events may only predict fatal events when analyzed within the same hazard type?
Small accidents reveal underlying, hazard-specific barrier and human factors; mixing hazards obscures these relationships, so prediction should be hazard-specific to be meaningful.
E94: Dr Marcin Nazaruk Part 2: HOP, New View, Learning from Daily Work
Q: How can organizations implement these ideas at scale and avoid superficial change?
By integrating mindset, skillset, and toolset into the operational routines, aligning reporting structures, and ensuring support and resources from leadership to sustain the transformation.

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