Workplace Fatalities: Failure to Predict

Workplace Fatalities: Failure to Predict

Many organizations tell us that work has never been as safe as it is today. They will show the lowest injury figures ever, and the rosiest incident counts in years. They want to be proud of these accomplishments, and perhaps they should be. But behind these results hides complexity and contradictionâ€”a messiness that Todd Conklin takes us into with this book. For one, it is pretty obvious by now that trying to lower our incident and injury rates leaves the risk of process safety disasters and fatalities pretty much unaffected. Getting better at managing injuries and incidents doesnâ€™t help us prevent fatalities and accidentsâ€”weâ€™ve known that for a long time (Salminen, Saari, Saarela, & Rasanen, 1992). The number of fatalities in, say, construction, or the energy industry, has remained relatively stable over the past decades (Amalberti, 2013; National-Safety-Council, 2004), even when many organizations proudly report entire years (or more) without injury. Lowering the injury or non- serious incident rate can actually put an organization at greater risk of accidents and fatalities. In shipping, for example, injury counts were halved over a recent decade, but the number of shipping accidents tripled (Storkersen, Antonsen, & Kongsvik, 2016). In construction, most workers lost their lives precisely in the years with the lowest injury counts (Saloniemi & Oksanen, 1998). And in aviation, airlines with the fewest incidents have the highest passenger mortality risk (Barnett & Wang, 2000).

What lies behind these fatalities? Do they really happen because some people donâ€™t wear their personal protective equipment; that some donâ€™t wear gloves when rules say they should?

WorkPlace Fatalities: Failure to Predict is the first book for the industry professional that speaks directly to this important challenge: If your organization is so safe - Why do we have fatal and serious events?
Country USA
Manufacturer PreAccident Media - Santa Fe, New Mexico
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-05-31
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	PreAccident Media - Santa Fe, New Mexico
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2017-05-31
Format	Kindle eBook

Workplace Fatalities: Failure to Predict

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