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Ride-On Mowers and the Comfort of Familiar Risk
On 23 Jan 26, the Victorian Coroner handed down findings into the death of an older man who was fatally trapped when a ride-on mower rolled down an embankment at Glenmaggie. It was not a freak event. It was not a mechanical failure. It was the predictable outcome of a task carried out near a slope, on a machine without roll-over protection, in circumstances that many people would describe as routine. This is the uncomfortable truth about plant risk. Familiarity dulls judg

Safety Jon
Jan 253 min read


Fatal Fall at Sydney Climbing Gym: A Case Study in Missed Controls
On 13 October 2021, tragedy struck at the Sydney Indoor Climbing Gym when a recreational climber fell approximately 12 metres after an...

Safety Jon
Sep 1, 20252 min read
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