Safety Culture, Coaching & Training

If you've ever done a safety walk, you know the routine. Grab the clipboard (or the tablet, if you've gone digital). Walk the floor. Check the usual spots. Note what you see. File the report. Repeat next week. Safety walks are one of the most established practices in workplace health and safety. They're recommended by OSHA , required under New Zealand's Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA) as part of proactive risk management, and endorsed by Safe Work Australia as a core e

When we talk to safety leaders about computer vision AI, the conversations are almost always positive. They understand the technology, they see the value, and they're keen to explore it. But when it comes to rolling the technology out to the wider workforce, a different set of conversations begins. Workers have questions. Concerns. And sometimes, deeply held beliefs about what AI cameras do that simply aren't accurate. These misconceptions aren't unreasonable. Headlines about

This blog provides general information about how workplace safety data and CCTV footage may be relevant in investigations and audits. It is not legal advice. For guidance specific to your situation, consult a qualified legal professional. When a WorkSafe inspector arrives following a serious incident, or when your ISO 45001 certification audit is scheduled for next quarter, there is one question that cuts through everything else: what does your evidence actually show? Not wha

When safety teams evaluate AI monitoring platforms, the pitch they usually hear sounds something like this: "Our system detects unsafe behaviours in real time and sends alerts so you can act before an incident occurs." That is not a bad pitch. Real-time detection is genuinely useful, and most of the platforms that deliver it do so well. But there is a question that pitch leaves unanswered: what happens after the alert? Because alerts, on their own, do not change behaviour. Th

If I asked you to point to the most dangerous spot in your facility right now, you'd probably have a pretty good answer. The intersection near the loading dock. The blind corner behind Rack 12. The pedestrian crossing by the dispatch area. But would you be right? And more importantly, would you know whether it's more dangerous at 6am than at 2pm, whether the risk shifted after you rearranged the racking last month, or whether your third-party delivery drivers create a differe

You can tell a lot about a company's safety culture by what happens after a near miss. In some workplaces, nobody reports it — either because they do not think it matters, or because they are worried about the consequences. In others, the near miss goes into an incident reporting system and triggers an investigation. In the best workplaces, it becomes a conversation. A team leader reviews the footage with the person involved, they discuss what happened and what could be done