What is a High Reliability Organisation? High Reliability Organisations operate in hazardous, complex environments but are successful in avoiding catastrophic accidents. According to Safe Work Australia, the work-related fatality rate has decreased by 49% since its peak in 2007. The number of high reliable organisations (HROs) could be the primary factor behind this positive trend.

Many organisations think they are doing all the right things when it comes to safety. They have worked on making safety as visible as possible in the workplace when in reality they should have been doing the opposite.

Zero harm, Target Zero, Zero Incident, Incident Free, Perfect Day, any of these slogans sound familiar?

There has been a push in the safety world to chase the target of 0 accidents or incidents. But is it realistic to expect that workplace accidents are 100% preventable?

Human Organisational Performance (HOP) is a different approach to safety that focuses on the human element.

HOP is a philosophy that builds a proactive WHS culture for better system design. It assumes the human part is the most unpredictable factor and that human error is inevitable. But instead of failure being the fault of a human worker, it lays the blame with the organisation and its lack of systems.

It can be hard to think of a toolbox talk topic for your next safety meeting if you’re in a hurry. If your shift starts in half an hour and you haven’t thought of a topic yet, it can be daunting. Fortunately, there are hundreds of safety topics you could cover. We’ve put together this list of 10 broad topics that will be sure to spark some ideas for something that is relevant to your workplace.