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Risk & Safety Management

Workplace Safety:

Workplace safety refers to the working environment at a company and encompasses all factors that impact the safety, health, and well-being of employees.

This can include environmental hazards, unsafe working conditions or processes, drug and alcohol abuse, and workplace violence

Articles Library

What are Leading and Lagging Key Performance Indicators (KPI)?

by Sonni Gopal | Jun 3, 2020

It’s a good idea to have both Leading and Lagging indicators. But, why lead or lag?

Safety Performance Improvement – what would be your advice?

by Sonni Gopal | May 21, 2020

I was asked recently my best advice on how to focus and improve on safety performance and I came up with 3 specific aspects

The Future for Behaviour Based Safety (BBS)

by Sonni Gopal | May 6, 2020

Whatever your views are on BBS (i.e, for, against or neutral), watch this video. At least enjoy the fireworks now and then.

Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

by Sonni Gopal | Apr 8, 2020

This is a Recording of the Live Stream YouTube event regarding Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and some tips that I can offer based upon my experience and lessons learnt.

Maintenance Safety Matters

by Sonni Gopal | Apr 1, 2020

Every week, I am going to randomly select a topic for safety discussion from a variety of sources….this week it’s related to maintenance safety.

Why you Shouldn’t Just Focus on Inputs and Outputs for Safety Performance Improvement

by Sonni Gopal | Mar 18, 2020

If like me, you set objectives, goals or targets but don’t always get a 100% success rate…there could be a good reason for that.

Things Are Still Going Wrong in Safety…Why?

by Sonni Gopal | Mar 11, 2020

“Still Going Wrong” by Trevor Kletz is one of my (many) favourite books. But, things are Still Going Wrong in the Safety World…Why? Let me share the 4C’s with you.

What are Workplace Hazards and Safety Signs?

by Sonni Gopal | Jan 19, 2020

Hazard and safety signs and symbols play an important role when it comes to workplace safety. Do you know them and their differences?

What are the different types of workplace hazards?

by Sonni Gopal | Jan 11, 2020

Safety moment to discuss Types of Workplace Hazards

How and where do I start for Risk and Safety Management?

by Sonni Gopal | Dec 18, 2019

Let me share with you some of my top tips in this Vlog on where to start for risk and safety management.

“Zero Accidents”- Why it’s not realistic and just a pipe dream

by Sonni Gopal | Dec 10, 2019

In this Vlog I want to share my view on that expression that I guess we are all familiar with “Zero Accidents”. Is it realistic or just a pipe dream?

What is that old devil known as “Confirmation Bias”?

by Sonni Gopal | Nov 28, 2019

Bias has various flavours, shapes, sizes and styles. They play a pivotal role in relation to human psychology, behaviour and habits associated with risk and safety management.

5 Reasons for why you should have a Safety Management System (SMS)

by Sonni Gopal | Oct 14, 2019

Here are 5 reasons why a Safety Management System (SMS) provides and supports an effective risk-based decision making framework and process.

What are SHP’s Top 5 Most Read: Is There a Trend?

by Sonni Gopal | Sep 20, 2019

The Safety and Health Practitioner (SHP) produce a topic titled “Top 5 most read” and I thought it would be interesting to see what they were historically and also to gauge what is “Top of the Pops”

How to Really Improve Safety Culture

by Sonni Gopal | Sep 18, 2019

In this short article, I want to share with you my thoughts and career experience on how you can really improve your safety culture within your organisation.