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How We Think About Workplace Safety

10/24/2013

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What is your first reaction to the sight of a worker performing a task that puts the worker, or the public, at risk of an injury? It is natural to want to prevent injuries and there is nothing wrong with that.

However just stopping the job, even if the worker agrees, may have lasting negative effects. Indeed it could actually cause the behavior to go underground or perform that task while no one is watching.

When I was a young man working construction, I was instructed to drop my tools, stay off ladders, and make myself scarce because OSHA was on-site. The thought was that they were only here to look for and penalize  workers for getting the job done. No worker, no fine.

This type of “on the job training” indicates a system that underlies, encourages, and supports at-risk behaviors. In some cases these systems can be subtle and difficult to discover. 

I have written a series of articles on workplace safety:
Part 1
Part 2

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    Jim Kleinsteuber

    Before starting Workplace Safety Consultants, Jim Kleinsteuber worked for 12 years as an Environmental Safety & Health Specialist at Los Alamos National Laboratories, during which time he and his team reduced, over a 3 year period (2009-2012) the Total Recordable Case Rate from 5.86 to 3.76 (a 36% improvement), and reduced the Days Away Restricted Time (DART) from 2.45 to 1.09 (a 56% improvement).

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