Brassed Off

@davidgcant Generally a cop out from a bad site manager.

Asked a site manager what his biggest H&S challenge was. He said, “Keeping on top of the paperwork.” I didn’t have the heart to tell him that was exactly the problem.

@davidgcant He might have been on the phone to the excavator driver.

Walked past a site yesterday where the banksman was on his phone while reversing a 20-tonne excavator past two guys on foot. Nobody said a damn word. That's not a plant problem. That's a culture problem.

@davidgcant You might just find that as you go to grab hold of it you will have mist it

If I put a handful of this fog in my pocket, will it be mist? Good morning.

@BasilTheGreat They are not original socialists.

🚨ANDY BURNHAM SAYS ANGELA RAYNER NEEDS TO BE LISTENED TO ON IMMIGRATION This is the woman who was promising 5 out of every 7 new homes to migrants These people are insane

@davidgcant Ya can't beat a bit of good luck. But surely to suggest that its just luck is confirmation bias 🤣😂

Roofing contractor told me today, “We've never had an incident.” Spent 5 minutes on the site, and I could see 3 reasons why they'd just been lucky. Not the same thing.

@davidgcant The induction, probably the most disliked job on site.

Nobody believed in me when I said I’d make construction sites safer. But I updated the induction pack. I laminated it. I put it in a folder. I put the folder neatly on a shelf. The shelf is on a site that’s had 3 serious incidents this month. But the folder looks superb.

@davidgcant Most folk just want to get on with the job, they know the risks. It's the over zealous safety professionals who spoil it.

Years of reviewing risk assessments, I've noticed a pattern. 90% do not define a hazard clearly. 10% explain what they are and what to do about them. But the gap isn't the problem here. It's understanding hazards and risks well enough to stop guessing.

@_sneakernyame He is making a total do list for when he gets his pay off

Instead of the board to appoint a coach they went ahead to appoint an English teacher. This man is always writing.

@davidgcant You will have more time to read up on when sprinkler systems are required.

Standby! This might be hard to accept. Your safety management system is not working effectively when employees report concerns or issues. You're simply trying to prevent failure and managing an increasingly thin slice of actual work. You're being reactive. Things have already happened. Do you understand why work usually goes right? The adaptations, workarounds, and shortcuts that keep operations running every day. Measuring what goes right, on the other hand, is a predictor of what can go wrong. Learn from normal work. Because it's better to proactively make the invisible visible so that issues can be prevented.

@__scottsaunders He is one weirdo

“My players wanted to be around the ball, to respect the ball” What kind of nonsense did I just hear?

@LeinsterClub Pollock is in love with himself

There was less than a minute left in the game and Pollock throws a loose pass instead of going into contact. That's how close we were.

@HonestFrank He had plenty of time to get nearer the posts.

I’m no rugger expert but the showboating in favour of running closer to the posts may have cost England the win and Ireland the title?? #FRAvENG #SixNations

@FCBayernUS Is it not a cautionable offence to leave the field of play without the Referees permision?

Olise reminding us why we don’t all play professionally 🤯

@davidgcant @Arron_Tweets_ Stick to what you know.

@Arron_Tweets_ I'm onto it.. (The wine that is).

In a site meeting, I was corrected. It stung for about 30 seconds. Then I realised it was the most useful thing that had happened all week.

@davidgcant It wasn't a Friday afternoon thats for sure

Spent an hour with a bricklaying gang this week who genuinely looked out for each other. No safety prompt. No management initiative. Just people who gave a damn. It was refreshing to see.

@davidgcant Confirmation bias is used by folk who take life far too seriously and can't accept a different opinion.

Heard of “Confirmation Bias” in site walkabouts? It's more common than you might think. When a manager believes the site is running well… They’ll unconsciously gather evidence that confirms it and discount any challenges. It distorts your view of reality. Why is it a dangerous behaviour: It isn’t that the manager doesn’t care. It's that they genuinely believe they have an accurate picture when they don’t. That gap between perceived and actual site conditions is where serious incidents live. And “looking harder” rarely fixes it. PS: I help clients understand what does.

@davidgcant Not sure if doing his job means a strong safety culture. If there had been a strong safety culture he wouldn't have had to suspend the lift.

Watched a site supervisor stop a whole team during a contract lift today because one bloke wasn't clipped on at 15 feet. No yelling. He just said… “We don't move until everyone is working safely and goes home tonight." That's what a strong safety culture looks like.

@davidgcant Why was the site shut down for weeks?

Manager on a commercial build: The scaffold collapsed mid-shift. No proper bracing, no competent person check. Two workers fell 20 ft. Fractures, hospital visit, site shut down for weeks. The HSE was all over it. When was the last time you checked your scaffolding?

@davidgcant Ya can't beat blowing your own 🎺

When a client in a team meeting says, “Every time you're here… the fruit always blossoms”,… You know you're doing something right.

@davidgcant Oh the times they would try to convince me that it was ok if they wore a harness and lanyard 😂🤣. They would even suggest that they could use a MEWP for access to a roof that had edge protection. What you are suggesting that you can climb over the rails of the basket.

Unpopular opinion: Most accidents aren't "accidents." They're the result of normalised risk-taking behaviour that nobody challenged. This is an example. Change the culture, change the outcome.