How to tell if a Safety Institute of Australia member, fellow or Chartered Fellow is incompetent?

That's easy! They will purchase a safety management system instead of developing one that suits their organisation! They will also focuss on controlling behaviour, instead of mitigating risks!

And it makes it even easier when their lack of knowledge and education allows them to believe the hype and purchase the Du Pont crap safety management system that focusses on behaviour.

And the enforcement agencies are in the same boat as they cannot recognise that the DuPont System and others that focuss on behavioural control DO NOT COMPLY WITH LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS TO CONTROL RISKS USING A HIERACHY!

Hopefully one day Safety Institute Members will be prosecuted for impersonating a professional!

To highlight the corruption in the Safety Industry I will reproduce some of the Safety Solutions Group Newsletter click here to sign up With DuPont rating at number three becuase of it's failure in protecting the workers, interesting that Safety Bingo is also selling fast highlighting just how much knowledge people leading organisations such as the Safety Institute of Australia have.

WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY DIRTY DOZEN REPORT
The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health - America’s Dangerous Employers
This report describes 12 cases of companies whose reckless disregard for their employees’ safety and health has had tragic consequences.
These companies have been able to act with such negligence due to a lack of adequate sanctions from governmental regulations or public oversight.
With the goal of preventing future tragedies, this report announces a new National COSH campaign, “Stop Corporate Killers” which will call for an overhaul of the regulatory system to ensure that workers realize the right to a safe and healthy workplace that the Occupational Safety and Health Act promised.
Each year workers in the U.S. suffer tragic consequences from workplace injuries
and illnesses. Current data from the federal agencies directed to track workplace injury and illness tell a grueling tale: Federal sources document that an average of more than 16 worker deaths occur each day. In addition, roughly four million workers are seriously injured each year. Another 60,000 workers are estimated to die each year as result of exposure to hazardous materials in the workplace.
Most of this toll of death and injury and illness is preventable.
Particularly alarming is the data related to the most vulnerable people in the
workplace – youth and immigrant workers. The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health [NIOSH] estimates 70 youth [less than 18 years old] are killed each year at work, while the rate of workplace fatalities for workers of foreign descent has increased steadily for the last five years.
Each case of workplace death or injury needs its own analysis to determine the
exact causes and prevention methods. We do know some companies that have
particularly bad track records in health and safety. This list is meant to create public
accountability for worker health and safety.
Unfortunately, there are more offenders that space can provide on this list but these cases can serve as examples for the need to make companies more accountable in our society.

3. DuPont Corp. – The DuPont Corporation, a worldwide manufacturer of chemicals, has carefully crafted a public relations image as being the “benchmark” for safety in industry.
They sell their trademark “STOP” safety program to other companies reaping over $100 million in revenues from their misdirected program.
The STOP program is a behavior-based program founded on the theory that almost all injuries are caused by worker unsafe acts. This contradicts the current approach of health and safety professionals that identifies hazards and unsafe conditions as the principle causes of workplace injuries and illnesses.
In fact, DuPont has achieved such record breaking numbers in safety by a
coordinated program of intimidation and underreporting of injuries and illnesses. A long history of citations by OSHA and EPA has dogged the company reputation.
OSHA cited DuPont for record keeping violations in a landmark case in 1998 for not reporting 117 occupational injuries and illnesses at their Delaware facility.
They have continued to build this legacy by getting cited by OSHA again for recordkeeping violations [July 2004] and violation of federal law for not providing health and safety information to the union under the National Labor Relations Act [June, 2004].