EP 724 - Sean Brady

Safety FM with Jay Allen

In this powerful episode of Safety FM with Jay Allen, we take you inside the Energy Safety Canada conference in Banff for a keynote that doesn't hold back. Dr. Sean Brady—renowned forensic engineer and author of the Brady Review—delivers a sobering, deeply detailed breakdown of mining fatalities, exposing how ineffective controls, weak supervision, and compliance theater are costing lives.

Brady walks us through real incidents, including a fatal bus rollover, revealing how organizations too often blame people while the system quietly decays. With insights on high reliability organizations (HROs), drift into failure, and the illusion of "training" as a fix-all, this episode challenges the very foundation of traditional safety thinking.

You’ll also hear a candid follow-up conversation between Jay and Sean as they explore critical controls, learning culture, and the line between HOP and HRO philosophy.

This isn’t a rebrand of old ideas. It’s a wake-up call.

🔍 Topics Covered:

• What really causes fatalities in high-hazard industries
• Why administrative controls dominate post-incident actions
• The illusion of compliance vs. control effectiveness
• How drift and production pressure silently erode systems
• Bridging HOP and HRO in a meaningful way

📡 This is not a manual. It's a decoded transmission.